Ely, James W., 1938-

The guardian of every other right a constitutional history of property rights / [electronic resource] : James W. Ely, Jr. - 3rd ed. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. - xiii, 216 p. : ill. - Bicentennial essays on the Bill of Rights . - Bicentennial essays on the Bill of Rights. .

Includes bibliographical references (p.185-198) and index.

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.


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