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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2014.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 333 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-320) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199394746 0199394741 9780199322565 0199322562 |