James W. Ely, Jr. is Milton R. Underwood Professor of Law and Professor of History at Vanderbilt University. He is the author or editor of sixteen books, including Ambivalent Legacy: A Legal History of the South (1984), An Uncertain Tradition: Constitutionalism and the History of the South (1989), The Bill of Rights in Modern America: After 200 Years (1993), The Chief Justiceship of Melville W. Fuller, 1888-1910 (1995), and Railroads and American Law (2001).

Acclaim for previous editions"An informative and balanced account of the history of property rights protections under the Constitution.

• Editor's Preface ; Preface ; Introduction ; 1. The Origins of Property Rights: The Colonial Period ; 2. The Revolutionary Era, 1765-1787 ; 3. "Property Must Be Secured": Establishing a New Constitutional Order ; 4. The Development of Property Rights in the Antebellum Era, 1791-1861 ; 5. The Gilded Age and the Challenge of Industrialization ; 6. Progressive Reform and Judicial Conservatism, 1900-1932 ; 7. The New Deal and the Demise of Laissez-Faire Constitutionalism ; 8. Property Rights and the Regulatory State ; 9. Epilogue ; Notes ; Bibliographical Essay ; Index of Cases ; Index

James W. Ely, Jr. is Milton R. Underwood Professor of Law and Professor of History at Vanderbilt University. He is the author or editor of sixteen books, including Ambivalent Legacy: A Legal History of the South (1984), An Uncertain Tradition: Constitutionalism and the History of the South (1989), The Bill of Rights in Modern America: After 200 Years (1993), The Chief Justiceship of Melville W. Fuller, 1888-1910 (1995), and Railroads and American Law (2001).

Acclaim for previous editions"An informative and balanced account of the history of property rights protections under the Constitution.

• Editor's Preface ; Preface ; Introduction ; 1. The Origins of Property Rights: The Colonial Period ; 2. The Revolutionary Era, 1765-1787 ; 3. "Property Must Be Secured": Establishing a New Constitutional Order ; 4. The Development of Property Rights in the Antebellum Era, 1791-1861 ; 5. The Gilded Age and the Challenge of Industrialization ; 6. Progressive Reform and Judicial Conservatism, 1900-1932 ; 7. The New Deal and the Demise of Laissez-Faire Constitutionalism ; 8. Property Rights and the Regulatory State ; 9. Epilogue ; Notes ; Bibliographical Essay ; Index of Cases ; Index

James W. Ely, Jr. is Milton R. Underwood Professor of Law and Professor of History at Vanderbilt University. He is the author or editor of sixteen books, including Ambivalent Legacy: A Legal History of the South (1984), An Uncertain Tradition: Constitutionalism and the History of the South (1989), The Bill of Rights in Modern America: After 200 Years (1993), The Chief Justiceship of Melville W. Fuller, 1888-1910 (1995), and Railroads and American Law (2001).

Acclaim for previous editions"An informative and balanced account of the history of property rights protections under the Constitution.

• Editor's Preface ; Preface ; Introduction ; 1. The Origins of Property Rights: The Colonial Period ; 2. The Revolutionary Era, 1765-1787 ; 3. "Property Must Be Secured": Establishing a New Constitutional Order ; 4. The Development of Property Rights in the Antebellum Era, 1791-1861 ; 5. The Gilded Age and the Challenge of Industrialization ; 6. Progressive Reform and Judicial Conservatism, 1900-1932 ; 7. The New Deal and the Demise of Laissez-Faire Constitutionalism ; 8. Property Rights and the Regulatory State ; 9. Epilogue ; Notes ; Bibliographical Essay ; Index of Cases ; Index