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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 …

Eminent Domain And Secondary Rent-Seeking, Gregory S. Alexander

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Property Rights And Public Resources, Mark L. Pollot

Regulatory Takings and Resources: What Are the Constitutional Limits? (Summer Conference, June 13-15)

4 pages.

Mining With Mr. Justice Holmes, E. F. Roberts

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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