Before Eminent Domain: Toward a History of Expropriation of Land for the Common Good

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Before eminent domain NNN Studies in Legal History Published by the University of North Carolina Press in association with the American Society for Legal History Daniel Ernst and Thomas A. Green, editors NNNNNNN Before eminent domain Toward a History of Expropriation of Land for the Common Good Susan Reynolds The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill NNNNNNN © 2010 The University of North Carolina Press All rights reserved Designed and set in Arno Pro by Rebecca Evans Manufactured in the United States of America The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. The University of North Carolina Press has been a member of the Green Press Initiative since 2003. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Reynolds, Susan, 1929– Before eminent domain: toward a history of expropriation of land for the common good/Susan Reynolds. p. cm.—(Studies in legal history) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8078-3353-7 (cloth: alk. paper) 1. Eminent domain—History. 2. Eminent domain— History—To 1500. I. Title. K3511.R49 2010 343v.0252—dc22 2009033895 Earlier versions of parts of chapters 1–3 appeared as “Compulsory Purchase in the Earlier Middle Ages,” in Frankland: The Franks and the World of the Early Middle Ages; Essays in Honor of Dame Jinty Nelson, edited by Paul Fouracre and David Ganz (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2008). Used by permission of the publisher. 14 13 12 11 10 5 4 3 2 1 ...