The Guardian of Every Other Right
Subtitle: A Constitutional History of Property Rights (Bicentennial Essays on the Bill of Rights)
Edition: 3 edition
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Oxford University Press
Published: October 31, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780195323337
Subjects: History; History - U.S.; History: American; Legal History; Property; United States - General; History / United States / General; Right of property; United States
First sentence: From the very beginning, the settlement of North America was closely linked with economic rights.
Description: This title chronicles the pivotal role of property rights in fashioning the American constitutional order from the colonial era to the current controversies over eminent domain and land use controls. It book emphasizes the interplay of law, politics, ideology, and economic change in shaping constitutional thought and provides a historical perspective on the contemporary debate about property rights.