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Author Reynolds, Susan, 1929- author.

Title Before eminent domain : toward a history of expropriation of land for the common good / Susan Reynolds
Published Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2010]
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Description 1 online resource (viii, 175 pages)
Series Studies in legal history
Studies in legal history.
Contents Introduction -- Western Europe before 1100 -- Western Europe and British North America, 1100-1800 -- Justifications and discussions -- Communities, individuals, and property
Summary In this concise history of expropriation of land for the common good in Europe and North America from medieval times to 1800, Reynolds contextualizes the history of an important legal doctrine regarding the relationship between government and the institution of private property
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Online resource (HeinOnline, viewed August 30, 2016)
Subject Eminent domain -- History
Eminent domain -- History -- To 1500
LAW -- Military.
LAW -- Legal History.
Eminent domain
European history.
Law.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780807895863
0807895865
9781469604282
1469604280
Other Titles Expropriation of land for the common good