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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.