The guardian of every other right : a constitutional history of property rights
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The guardian of every other right : a constitutional history of property rights
（Organization of American Historians bicentennial essays on the Bill of Rights）
Oxford University Press, 1998
2nd ed
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Bibliography: p. 165-189
Includes index
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: c ISBN 9780195110845
Description
This second edition has been revised to reflect the major legal developments in the field of property rights since the first edition appeared in 1991. Particular attention is paid to Supreme Court decisions which have enlarged the protection afforded property owners under the 5th amendment, and the increased political clout of the private property movement.
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ISBN 9780195110852
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This volume investigates the place of economic and property rights in the American Constitutional system. Themes examined include the link between private property and political liberty, and the extent to which the US government may interfere with private contracts and the use of property. This second edition has been revised to reflect the major legal developments in the field of property rights since the first edition appeared in 1991. Particular attention is paid to Supreme Court decisions which have enlarged the protection afforded property owners under the fifth amendment, and the increased political clout of the private property movement.
Table of Contents
Editor's Preface
Preface
Introduction
1: The Origins of Property Rights: The Colonial Period
2: The Revolutionary Era, 1765-1787
3: "Property Must Be Secured": Establishing a New Constitutional Order
4: The Development of Property Rights in the Antebellum Era, 1791-1861
5: The Gilded Age and the Challenge of Industrialization
6: Progressive Reform and Judicial Conservatism, 1900-1932
7: The New Deal and the Demise of Laissez-Faire Constitutionalism
8: Property Rights and the Regulatory State
9: Epilogue
Notes
Bibliographical Essay
Index of Cases
Index
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