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Author Ely, James W., 1938-

Title The guardian of every other right [electronic resource] : a constitutional history of property rights / James W. Ely, Jr.

Imprint New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Edition 3rd ed.
Description xiii, 216 p. : ill.
Series Bicentennial essays on the Bill of Rights
Bicentennial essays on the Bill of Rights.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p.185-198) and index.
Contents The origins of property rights : the colonial period -- The Revolutionary era, 1765-1787 -- "Property must be secured" : establishing a new constitutional order -- The development of property rights in the antebellum era, 1791-1861 -- The Gilded Age and the challenge of industrialization -- Progressive reform and judicial conservatism, 1900-1932 -- The new deal and the demise of property-conscious constitutionalism -- Property rights and the regulatory state.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Right of property -- United States -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780195323320 (hardback : alk. paper)
9780195323337 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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