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A critical evaluation of eminent domain considers the heated debates surrounding its applications, offering specific coverage of the controversial Kelo case in New London, Connecticut, through which eminent domain was used to fund private development.
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Main (former opinion page editor at the National Law Journal) traces the history of eminent domain law in American history to the Supreme Court case of Kelo v. New London, which sanctioned the transfer of property from one private party to another for the sake of "economic development" under the "public use" clause of the Constitution. She anchors her legal narrative within the story of how weakened property rights and eminent domain have impacted a small family-owned shrimp processing plant threatened with eminent domain seizure in Freeport, Texas, in a case very similar to Kelo. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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