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Innovative Government, Laura Elizabeth Huggins
Innovative Government, Laura Elizabeth Huggins
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American citizens are often dissatisfied with government. They are upset over crumbling city streets, unmowed county lawns, trash on the side of state highways and neglected canyons and parks. In general, they are discontented with the amount of taxes they pay compared to the benefits they see.
Eminent Domain Law, Riparian Doctrine, And Early American Land Settlement: An Evolutionary History Of Vested Property Rights From The Late 18th Through The 19th Century, Scott Beckstead
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This paper is an effort to present a synopsis of the jurisprudence of eminent domain law and riparian doctrine and their place in the history of American property law. Both areas are vast and complicated bodies of law, and both are still undergoing scrutiny and change. We therefore will concentrate on those cases and doctrines that culminated in the eminent domain jurisprudence of the early West. In the context of early American land settlement and development, the paper will define what is known among legal and historical scholars as "takings," expounding on different aspects of that concept. We will examine …