https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eminent_domain
Eminent domain[a] (also known as land acquisition,[b] compulsory purchase,[c]resumption,[d] resumption/compulsory acquisition,[e] or expropriation[f]) is the power to take private property for public use. It does not include the power to take and transfer ownership of private property from one property owner to another private property owner without a valid public purpose.[3] This power can be legislatively delegated by the state to municipalities, government subdivisions, or even to private persons or corporations, when they are authorized to exercise the functions of public character.[4]
The most common uses of property taken by eminent domain have been for roads, government buildings and public utilities. Many railroads were given the right of eminent domain to obtain land or easements in order to build and connect rail networks. In the mid-20th century, a new application of eminent domain was pioneered, in which the government could take the property and transfer it to a private third party for redevelopment. This was initially done only to a property that has been deemed "blighted" or a "development impediment", on the principle that such properties had a negative impact upon surrounding property owners, but was later expanded to allow the taking of any private property when the new third-party owner could develop the property in such a way as to bring in increased tax revenues to the government.
Eminent domain[a] (also known as land acquisition,[b] compulsory purchase,[c]resumption,[d] resumption/compulsory acquisition,[e] or expropriation[f]) is the power to take private property for public use. It does not include the power to take and transfer ownership of private property from one property owner to another private property owner without a valid public purpose.[3] This power can be legislatively delegated by the state to municipalities, government subdivisions, or even to private persons or corporations, when they are authorized to exercise the functions of public character.[4]
The most common uses of property taken by eminent domain have been for roads, government buildings and public utilities. Many railroads were given the right of eminent domain to obtain land or easements in order to build and connect rail networks. In the mid-20th century, a new application of eminent domain was pioneered, in which the government could take the property and transfer it to a private third party for redevelopment. This was initially done only to a property that has been deemed "blighted" or a "development impediment", on the principle that such properties had a negative impact upon surrounding property owners, but was later expanded to allow the taking of any private property when the new third-party owner could develop the property in such a way as to bring in increased tax revenues to the government.
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Eminent domain
power of a state or a national government to take private property for public use
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eminent_domain_in_the_United_States
The practice of condemnation was transplanted into the American colonies with the common law. In the early years, unimproved land could be taken without compensation; this practice was accepted because land was so abundant that it could be cheaply replaced. When it came time to draft the United States Constitution, differing views on eminent domain were voiced. Thomas Jefferson favored eliminating all remnants of feudalism, and strove for allodial ownership.[8] James Madison, who wrote the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, had a more moderate view, and struck a compromise that sought to at least protect property rights somewhat by explicitly mandating compensation and using the term "public use" rather than "public purpose," "public interest", or "public benefit".
The practice of condemnation was transplanted into the American colonies with the common law. In the early years, unimproved land could be taken without compensation; this practice was accepted because land was so abundant that it could be cheaply replaced. When it came time to draft the United States Constitution, differing views on eminent domain were voiced. Thomas Jefferson favored eliminating all remnants of feudalism, and strove for allodial ownership.[8] James Madison, who wrote the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, had a more moderate view, and struck a compromise that sought to at least protect property rights somewhat by explicitly mandating compensation and using the term "public use" rather than "public purpose," "public interest", or "public benefit".
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Eminent domain in the United States
power of U.S. state and federal governments to seize private property with just compensation
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_R._Lewis_(scholar)
James Roger Lewis (November 3, 1949 – October 11, 2022) was an American philosophy professor at Wuhan University. He was a religious studiesscholar, sociologist of religion, and writer, who specialized in the academic study of new religious movements, astrology, and New Age.
James Roger Lewis was born November 3, 1949 in Leonardtown, Maryland, and raised in New Port Richey, Florida.
He taught in the University of Wisconsin System, where he edited a book titled Scientology, and, on an adjunct basis, at DePaul University. Lewis was an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Tromsø and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Wales, Lampeter, before becoming a professor at Wuhan University in Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Lewis died on October 11, 2022, after suffering a head injury.
James Roger Lewis (November 3, 1949 – October 11, 2022) was an American philosophy professor at Wuhan University. He was a religious studiesscholar, sociologist of religion, and writer, who specialized in the academic study of new religious movements, astrology, and New Age.
James Roger Lewis was born November 3, 1949 in Leonardtown, Maryland, and raised in New Port Richey, Florida.
He taught in the University of Wisconsin System, where he edited a book titled Scientology, and, on an adjunct basis, at DePaul University. Lewis was an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Tromsø and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Wales, Lampeter, before becoming a professor at Wuhan University in Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Lewis died on October 11, 2022, after suffering a head injury.