In Search of Robin Hood: Suggested Legislative Responses to Kelo

28 Pages Posted: 13 Aug 2007 Last revised: 13 Feb 2019

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Mark Seidenfeld

Florida State University College of Law

Date Written: Spring 2008

Abstract

This article is a short essay that uses an economic analysis of the need for and potential abuses of eminent domain used to transfer property from one private entity to another. It adds to the current literature by suggesting that states can establish mechanisms for evaluating and compensating current landowners for the idiosyncratic value they place on their property, and can establish administrative procedures and judicial review essentially to require local governments to auction the opportunity to obtain the property to the private entity that will provide the greatest benefit to the jurisdiction.

Keywords: Takings, Eminent Domain, Just Compensation, Kelo

Suggested Citation

Seidenfeld, Mark, In Search of Robin Hood: Suggested Legislative Responses to Kelo (Spring 2008). 23 J. Land Use & Envtl. L. 305 (2008), FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 284, FSU College of Law, Law and Economics Paper No. 07-013, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1006083 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1006083

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