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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.