REVIEW OF KELO V. NEW LONDON COURT CASE ON EMINENT DOMAIN:STEVEN J. EAGLE

From: Congressional Testimony | Date: September 20, 2005 | Copyright information

Congressional Testimony
09-20-2005
Statement of Steven J. Eagle Professor of Law, George Mason University
Committee on Senate Judiciary September 20, 2005 Mr. Chairman, Senator
Leahy, and distinguished members of the Committee: My name is Steven J.
Eagle. I am a professor of law at George Mason University School of Law,
in Arlington, Virginia. I testify today in my individual capacity as a
teacher of property and constitutional law. My principal research interest
is the study of the relationship between private property rights and government
regulatory powers. I am the author of a treatise on ...

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