The Public Use Requirement and the Character of Consequentialist Reasoning
Context, Criteria & Consequences of Expropriation, 2016, Forthcoming
19 Pages Posted: 2 Nov 2014 Last revised: 10 Nov 2015
Date Written: October 31, 2014
Abstract
How does expropriation fit into a human flourishing theory of property? If we take it that property owners owe members of their communities obligations to provide resources necessary to develop those capabilities that are essential to human flourishing, then what does this require of them in terms of the state’s power to expropriate?
Keywords: Property, expropriation, law, power, government, takings
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Alexander, Gregory S., The Public Use Requirement and the Character of Consequentialist Reasoning (October 31, 2014). Context, Criteria & Consequences of Expropriation, 2016, Forthcoming, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-19, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2517595
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