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Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff

Further Readings



  • Ely, James W., Jr. The Guardian of Every Other Right: A Constitutional History of Property Rights. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1992.
  • "Institute on Law and Planning." The Private Property and Public-Interest Conflict: Proceedings. Urbana: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Bureau of Community Planning and College of Law, 1969.
  • Kanner, Gideon. "Do-Gooders' Designs Twist Takings Clause." National Law Journal, January 8, 1996, p. A19.
  • Nedelsky, Jennifer. Private Property and the Limits of American Constitutionalism: The Madisonian Framework and Its Legacy. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1990.

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Law Library - American Law and Legal InformationNotable Trials and Court Cases - 1981 to 1988Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff - Significance, Supreme Court Rules That Public Purpose, Not Public Use, Determines Constitutionality Of A Government Taking Of Land