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determine whether a city’s decision to take property for the purpose of economic development satisfies the ‘public use’ requirement of the Fifth Amendment.” The United States Supreme Court agreed with the result in the lower courts. The Supreme Court held that economic development can constitute “public use” within the meaning of the Fifth Amendment’s takings clause to justify a local government’s exercise of its power of eminent domain to take private property. The Court reasoned that the plan…

Property is mostly associated with the owning of land. In the Merriam-Webster dictionary, property is defined as: “something that is owned by a person, business, etc.; a piece of land often with buildings on it that it owned by a person, business, etc.,” but property is representative of so much more. With owning property comes power and wealth, not just land. Property has also been responsible for causing poverty. These representations can specifically be see within the Appalachian region in…

correctly, one must acknowledge that men by nature are free and equal because they were born with the faculty of reasoning. Locke argues that men have natural rights to liberty, freedom, and property. Men in the state of nature automatically possess liberty and freedom; however, their right to ownership of property is earned through labor. Even though men are equal and free in a state of nature they do not have the right to impinge on others because natural law exists. Natural law should be used…

John Locke proposes a view of freewill best characterized as compatiblism. The view he presents focuses heavily on the necessity of both liberty and motivation in true freedom. Ultimately, this view resembles libertarianism, but differs by elaborating on why people choose one decision over another. In traditional libertarianism individuals are free agents that make their own choices. As long as an individual’s ability to make choices is not restricted he is considered free. Locke disagrees…

John Locke was a political philosopher and social psychologist, often called the “Father of Liberalism”. He believed the right to government depended upon the people. He also claimed the natural right of man were the right to life, liberty, and property. Locke believed in religious freedom as well. He believed in an idea called “state of nature”. “State of nature” means all men are allowed to “order their actions, and dispose of their possessions and persons, as they think fit, within the bounds…

security guard did not have constructive possession of Marshall’s property because he did not have the special relationship required to establish constructive possession. One of the ways constructive possession is satisfied is if one has a special relationship with the employer. See, e.g., People v. Galoia, 31 Cal. App. 4th, 595 (1994) (finding no special relationship when a “Good Samaritan” lacked sufficient interest in the property being taken). Constructive possession is not met if one…

According to Locke, consent of the governed is essential for the government to function and act as a mediator for the citizens. This brings up the question of how people consent to their government, because only few people actually give their consent and therefore the government is not actually considered legitimate. Locke's argument is that tacit consent exists for this purpose of creating legitimate government since it would be impossible for every man to consent to a law. I do not agree with…

I am not convinced that Locke really thinks that the legislature is the supreme power. I believe that Locke thinks the executive is the supreme power. Locke begins off in chapter 14 by perceiving that, in any thoughtful society, circumstances will emerge that must be managed before the administrative can be amassed to give laws to them. In these cases, the executive may practice official right, or essentially "good judgment." The official is qualified to take activities that are outside the…

If Caterpillars Can Fly, So Can I is a compelling piece of writing that holds timeless information. This is one of the best books in the Caribbean on personal development. Alvin Day concluded that everyone like a caterpillar was born to fly regardless of their present conditions. The universe rewards people who know the secrets of the laws, and ignorance of the laws brings about ruin. The principles of the universal laws are not like social laws that can be broken without facing the consequences…

monarchy places all of its power in one person, which impairs the entire system. He also argues that since a monarch can encroach people’s property and life without redress the people lack incentive to contribute to the collective well-being of the society. Locke challenges the idea of an absolute monarchy based on the idea that an absolute monarch who abuses the “property” or life of any civil member is in violation of natural law. He suggests that to prevent this, authority should be placed in…