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The Lucas Case and Private-property Rights (1997-04-29)
About this film
Mr. David Lucas had purchased two plots of land on an island offshore of Charleston, S.C., in 1992. When he bought them, they were zoned for development; by the time he was ready to build, the law had changed, and so he sued under the Fifth Amendment, charging that the government had taken the use of his land unjustly. A splendid debate on a complex question. NR: "There's a real effort and a movement afoot in this country to take back some of the property rights that have been eroded over several decades of [environmental regulations] that have swung the pendulum so far that people are mad as hell...." AS: "For as long as I have been in this business, which is more than forty years, people have been mad as hell about it. It just depends on whose ox is being gored."
Directors & creators
Southern Educational Communications Association
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, William F. Buckley Jr., David Lucas, Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council, Fifth Amendment, private property rights, eminent domain, environmental regulation, land use, Charleston, South Carolina, Stanford University, Firing Line, regulatory takings, constitutional law
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