Bulldozed: Kelo, Eminent Domain and the American Lust for Land
By (Author) Carla T. Main
Encounter Books,USA
Encounter Books,USA
18th September 2007
United States
General
Non Fiction
343.730252
Runner-up for IndieFab awards (Political Science) 2007
Hardback
330
Width 160mm, Height 239mm
623g
No domestic policy issue more angers or galvanizes the public than the controversy over eminent domain-the taking of private property for public use. The stakes in this always controversial procedure have been dramatically raised in recent years as eminent domain has been used to fund private development. As the notorious Kelo case in New London, CT demonstrated last year. The practice of using eminent domain to enrich municipalities is an incendiary issue. Veteran journalist, Carla Main, takes a hard look at this practice and delivers an incisive expose that is sure to be widely read and hotly debated.