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October 16, 2008: The Capture Of The Protestant Right By Capitalism, Bruce Ledewitz
October 16, 2008: The Capture Of The Protestant Right By Capitalism, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “The Capture of the Protestant Right by Capitalism“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
September 21, 2008: The Bailout Is Socialism, Bruce Ledewitz
September 21, 2008: The Bailout Is Socialism, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “The Bailout is Socialism“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
April 16, 2008: Global Warming And Carbon Taxes, Bruce Ledewitz
April 16, 2008: Global Warming And Carbon Taxes, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Global Warming and Carbon Taxes
The Chinese Takings Law From A Comparative Perspective, Chenglin Liu
The Chinese Takings Law From A Comparative Perspective, Chenglin Liu
Faculty Articles
When acquiring private property, governments may exercise one of three options: confiscation, consensual exchange, or eminent domain. Under the first approach, the government can confiscate private land without seeking consent from private owners and without paying compensation to them. Alternatively, under the consensual exchange approach, the government can only acquire private property through arm’s-length negotiations in an open market. It requires the government to obtain consent from private owners and pay mutually agreed purchase prices, determined by both the government as a willing buyer and private owners as willing sellers. The third approach is through eminent domain, which denotes when …