No domestic policy issue more angers or galvanizes the public than the controversy over eminent domain-the taking of private property for public use. The stakes in this always controversial procedure have been dramatically raised in recent years as eminent domain has been used to fund private development. As the notorious Kelo case in New London, CT demonstrated last year. The practice of using eminent domain to enrich municipalities is an incendiary issue. Veteran journalist, Carla Main, takes a hard look at this practice ...
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No domestic policy issue more angers or galvanizes the public than the controversy over eminent domain-the taking of private property for public use. The stakes in this always controversial procedure have been dramatically raised in recent years as eminent domain has been used to fund private development. As the notorious Kelo case in New London, CT demonstrated last year. The practice of using eminent domain to enrich municipalities is an incendiary issue. Veteran journalist, Carla Main, takes a hard look at this practice and delivers an incisive expose that is sure to be widely read and hotly debated.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. 304 p., [8] p. of plates: ill.; 24 cm. LCCN 2007010622 Type of material Book Personal name Main, Carla T. Main title Bulldozed: "Kelo, " eminent domain, and the American lust for land / Carla T. Main. Published/Created New York: Encounter Books, c2007. Description 304 p., [8] p. of plates: ill.; 24 cm. ISBN 9781594031939 (hardcover: alk. paper) 1594031932 (hardcover: alk. paper) LC classification KF5599. M27 2007 Contents The fish house--The mystery fax--April fools--On the river--Madison's beef, Webster's showdown--Blight, beauty, bounty--Kelo--The Kelo backlash--Democracy, Freeport style--Misery loves company--Tearing the town in two. LC Subjects Kelo, Susette--Trials, litigation, etc. Eminent domain--United States. Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-292) and index. Dewey class no. 343.73/0252 Geographic area code n-us---Other system no. (OCoLC)ocm85851612 (OCoLC)85851612
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