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The Law Of Taking Elsewhere And, One Suspects, In Maine, Orlando E. Delogu
The Law Of Taking Elsewhere And, One Suspects, In Maine, Orlando E. Delogu
Maine Law Review
The debate as to the meaning of the Taking Clause in the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution seems unending. This short, almost cryptic constitutional provision, “nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation,” has over the years given rise to both court challenges and philosophic debate aimed at parsing out the meaning and parameters of this language. As the need for regulatory controls (imposed by every level of government) has increased, the number of challenges and the stridency of the debate has also increased. Moreover, these challenges have increasingly found their way to the …