Expropriation and the Socio-Economic Status of Neighbourhoods in Canada: Equal Sharing of the Public Interest Burden?

<p>Expropriation &ndash; the non-consensual taking of privately-owned property by the state in exchange for the payment of compensation &ndash; is a widely-used tool of land use planning in Canada as it is in many other states. While in principle all privately-held properties are equal...

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Main Author: Anneke Smit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law 2015-03-01
Series:Oñati Socio-Legal Series
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Online Access:http://ssrn.com/abstract=2572207