Property rights : from Magna Carta to the Fourteenth Amendment / Bernard H Siegan.

New Brunswick, New Jersey : Transaction Publishers, 2001.

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Property.

Property -- United States.

Constitutional history -- United States.

Constitutional law.

1. Introduction

2. The Rights of Englishmen: I. The Magna Carta

II. Lord Coke and his interpretation of the Magna Carta

III. Coke's judicial record

IV. Blackstone and the common law

V. John Locke's influence on American constitutionalism

VI. The Colonies protect rights

VII. The Commercial success of English America

VIII. Rejecting authoritarian controls

IX. Freedom versus public virtue

3. Interpreting the Constitution and the Bill of Rights: I. The articles of Confederation

II. The first American constitution

III. Framing the U.S. constitution

IV. James Madison: the most important and influential farmer

V. Madison and the separation of powers

VI. Judicial review

VII. Constitutional protection of property rights

VIII. The Bill of Rights

IX. The Due process clause

X. The takings clause

XI. Correctly interpreting the Constitution's private property guarantees

XII. The Bill of Rights and property rights

4. Judicial interpretations of property rights prior to the Fourteenth Amendment: I. Introduction

II. State decisions

III. Justice Blackmun's dissent in the Lucas case

IV. Federal cases

V. Due process and the police power

VI. Observations about due process and class legislation

5. The due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment:

I. Introduction

II. The Civil Rights Act of 1866

III. Bingham's early version of Section 1

IV. The Final version of Section 1

6. The Privileges or immunities clause of the Fourteenth Amendment: I. Introduction

II. The Privileges and immunities clause of Article IV

III. Congress defines privileges and immunities

IV. Paul v. Virginia

V. The Slaughterhouse cases

VI. Saenz v. Roe

VII. Section 1: Beyond property rights

7. Concluding remarks.

Includes index.

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