Private property and public power : eminent domain in Philadelphia /

This volume explores the legitimacy of government involvement in private economic actions by presenting a study of property takings. In the first comprehensive study of a city's eminent-domain acquisitions, Debbie Becher explores which properties Philadelphia pursued for private redevelopment a...

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Main Author: Becher, Deborah Lynn, 1970-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This volume explores the legitimacy of government involvement in private economic actions by presenting a study of property takings. In the first comprehensive study of a city's eminent-domain acquisitions, Debbie Becher explores which properties Philadelphia pursued for private redevelopment and how stakeholders decided that government actions were either a use or abuse of power.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 333 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-320) and index.
ISBN:9780199394746
0199394741
9780199322565
0199322562