Property Rights

Eminent Domain, Regulation, and the Takings Backlash - Bruce L. Benson PROPOSED CONSTRAINTS ON THE USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN POWERS Assembling Land for Urban Redevelopment - Steven J. Eagle The Proper Uses of Eminent Domain for Urban Redevelopment - Samuel R. Staley COMPENSATOIN ISSUES IN THEORY AND PRACTICE Compensation for Taking When Both Equity and Efficiency Matter - Paul Niemann and Perry Shapiro How Fair is Market Value? - Wallace Kaufman EMINENT DOMAIN FROM A PUBLIC CHOICE PERSPECTIVE The Inadequacy of the Planning Process for Protecting Property Owners from the Abuse of Eminent Domain for Private Development. - Scott G. Bullock The Limits of Backlash - Ilya Somin Eminent Domain for Private Use - Bruce L. Benson and Matthew Brown SPILLOVER COSTS OF TAKINGS Land Grab - Peter J. Boettke, Christopher J. Coyne and Peter T. Leeson The Adverse Environmental Consequences of Uncompensated Land-Use Controls - Jonathan H. Adler Markets versus Takings and Regulation - Matthew Brown and Richard L. Stroup Below-Market Housing Mandates - Tom Means, Edward Stringham and Edward Lopez Instability and Inefficiency Are the Inevitable Results of Government Planning and Regulatory Implementation - Bruce L. Benson

Bruce L. Benson is a Senior Fellow at The Independent Institute, the DeVoe Moore Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at Florida State University, and Contributing Editor of The Independent Review.