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Eminent Domain As A Tool To Set Up Employee-Owned Businesses In The Face Of Shutdowns, Keith J. Smith
Eminent Domain As A Tool To Set Up Employee-Owned Businesses In The Face Of Shutdowns, Keith J. Smith
Antioch Law Journal
In recent years there has been a tremendous increase in the number of worker-owned businesses, with more than 2,000 in existence today.'Studies show that part of the reason for this increase is their success: employee-owned businesses are more productive, 2 create more jobs,3 and grow faster than comparable non-employee owned companies.4 One factor that has contributed to the growth of worker-owned businesses has been plant shutdowns. Today corporations are able to relocate around the world in order to maximize profits.5 As a result, the Northeast and the Midwest alone lost an estimated 900,000 jobs during the 1970s from plant shutdowns.6 …
Recent Publication: Indian Land Rights, Robert T. Coulter, Steven M. Tullberg
Recent Publication: Indian Land Rights, Robert T. Coulter, Steven M. Tullberg
Antioch Law Journal
Land rights have been the central issue in United States-Indian relations over the past hundred years, just as they were during the preceding century. The interplay of two elementary forces has largely determined the nature of relations between Indian nations and the United States. On one hand, Indian nations have fought tenaciously to maintain their land rights. Indian nations, communities and "tribes" have viewed and continue to view land as essential to their economic and cultural well-being, and thus to their continued political existence. Thus, control over their land is central to their survival as nations. On the other hand, …