The Price of Politics Lessons from Kelo v. City of New London

by Scott, Kyle

• ISBN13: 9780739133842
• ISBN10: 0739133845
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-11-04
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

This book makes the unconventional claim that all of the rights in the U.S. Constitution are unified since they are derived from the same sources. Using the U.S. Supreme Court's controversial decision of Kelo v. City of New London to explore one of the most important constitutional questions of our time, this book reaches across disciplines and subfields to bring forth an innovative understanding of rights. The book derives its understanding of rights from historical sources and philosophical texts, which then serve as the basis for the empirically backed claim that rights in United States have been sacrificed for partisan gain and that the unbiased protection of rights is the only manner in which a free and equitable government and economy can be sustained. Given the theoretical and practical implications of the property rights debate, understanding it is important for everyone in the United States and abroad. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Kyle Scott is assistant professor of political science at the University of North Florida and author of Dismantling American Common Law: Liberty and Justice in Our Transformed Courts.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
List of Tables	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Property Rights and the Common Law Tradition	p. 1
Locke on Property	p. 33
Pre-Constitution America	p. 47
The Constitution's View of Property	p. 67
Examining the Decisions	p. 87
State Reactions to Kelo v. City of New London	p. 119
Implications	p. 133
Conclusion	p. 145
Bibliography	p. 147
Index	p. 155
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