Evicted!: Property Rights and Eminent Domain in America
The 2005 Supreme Court decision Kelo v. City of New London, which upheld the taking of an individual's home by local government for the sake of private development, unleashed a firestorm of controversy. The backlash against eminent domain cuts across partisan, ideological, and racial lines, with 4 out of 5 Americans opposing Kelo. Critics of Kelo claim that it represents a radical departure in the law, putting every homeowner in jeopardy of dispossession by government at the service of...
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Evicted! is a practical and critical look at the vulnerability of Americans' property rights to eminent domain abuse since the Supreme Court's 2005 Kelo decision.
\ From the Publisher"Anyone interested in the interaction between property rights and eminent domain need read no further than this superb\ treatise by Schultz (Hamlin Univ. School of Law). . . . Highly recommended. All readership levels."\ -\ Choice\ "Schultz provides a broad, historical, philosophical, legal, and policy overview of the issue of eminent domain. This treatment is accessible to a general audience, including undergraduates, and will be of use to its intended audience as well as academics looking to quickly get up to speed on the foundational and current issues surrounding eminent domain post-Kelo."\ -\ The Law and Politics Book Review\ \ \
