Supreme Neglect: How to Revive Constitutional Protection for Private Property

by Richard A. Epstein

Book Overview

As far back as the Magna Carta in 1215, the right of private property was seen as a bulwark of the individual against the arbitrary power of the state. Indeed, common-law tradition holds that "property is the guardian of every other right." And yet, for most of the last seventy years, property rights had few staunch supporters in America.

This latest addition to Oxford's Inalienable Rights series provides a succinct, pointed look at property...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195304608
• ISBN13: 9780195304602
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.4"