Introduction 1
ONE/The Formalist Trap: Text and Tradition in the Interpretation of Constitutional Property Clauses 23
TWO/The Aborted Revolution in American Takings Law 63
THREE/Constitutionalizing the Social Obligation of Owmership:The German Example 97
FOUR/From Social Obligation to Social Transformation? South Africa’s Experience with Constitutional Property 149
FIVE/Lessons for American Takings Jurisprudence 199
Conclusion 245
Notes 249
Index 313