On Private Property
Subtitle: Finding Common Ground on the Ownership of Land
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: November 5, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780807044162
Subjects: Property & real estate; Property Law; Law; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Non-Classifiable; Real Estate; Real Estate - General; Land Use; Property; 21st century; Land tenure; Right of property; United States
Description: In a legal argument on what it means to own land that explores issues of eminent domain, sprawl, and conservation, Freyfogle explores the inner workings of the familiar but poorly understood institution of private property. He discusses what he thinks are the three threats it currently faces: government mismanagement, the recently reinvigorated property rights movement, and conservation groups' efforts to buy tracts of land in order to protect them. He then offers a solution in the middle ground between the extreme sides of these debates. [From publisher description].