I posted this once before, but I’ve found several new sources, so I thought I’d post the most recent version of my bibliography of law reviews and texts on the public use clause.
Annotation, 54 A.L.R. (1928), 7.
Note, The Public Use Limitation on Eminent Domain: An Advance Requiem, 58 Yale L.J. 599 (1949)
Mandelker, Public Purpose in Urban Redevelopment, 28 Tulane L. Rev. 96 (1953)
Note, What is Public Use in Eminent Domain, 4 St. Louis U. L.J. 316(1957)
Note, What Constitutes a Public Use?, 23 Albany L. Rev. 386 (1959)
Note, Public Use Under Eminent Domain, 15 S. C. L. Q. 943 (1962)
Note, Rex Non Protest Peccare??? The Decline and Fall of the Public Use Limitation on Eminent Domain, 76 Dick. L. Rev. 266 (1971)
Lawrence Berger, The Public Use Requirement in Eminent Domain, 57 Or. L. Rev. 203 (1978)
Errol E. Meindinger, The “Public Uses” of Eminent Domain: History And Policy, 11 Env. L. 18 (1980)
Amy E. Keuogg, Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff: The Continued Validity of The Public Use Doctrine, 47 Ohio St. L.J. 521 (1984)
Note, Definition of Property And Public Use, 98 Harv. L. Rev. 225 (1984)
Note, Public Use in Eminent Domain: Are There Limits After Oakland Raiders and Poletown?, 20 Cal. W. L. Rev. 82 (1983)
Thomas Ross, Transferring Land to Private Entities by The Power of Eminent Domain, 51 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 355 (1983)
Laura Mansnerus, Note: Public Use, Private Use, And Judicial Review in Eminent Domain, 58 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 409 (May, 1983)
Steven M. Crafton, Taking The Oakland Raiders: A Theoretical Reconsideration of The Concept of Public Use And Just Compensation, 32 Emory L.J. 857 (1983)
Thomas Ross, Transferring Land to Private Entities by the Power of Eminent Domain, 51 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 355 (1983)
Cass R. Sunstein, Naked Preferences And The Constitution, 84 Colum. L. Rev. 1689, 1723-1727 (Nov. 1984)
William Epstein, The Public Purpose Limitation on the Power of Eminent Domain: A Constitutional Liberty Under Attack, 4 Pace L. Rev. 231 (1984)
Mark C. Landry, Note: The Public Use Requirement In Eminent Domain--A Requiem, 60 Tul. L. Rev. 419 (Dec. 1985)
James G. Durham, Efficient Just Compensation As A Limit on Eminent Domain, 69 Minn. L. Rev. 1277 (1985).
Richard A. Epstein, Takings ch. 12 (1985)
Russell A. Brine, Note: Containing The Effect of Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff on Takings for Private Industry, 71 Cornell L. Rev. 428 (Jan. 1986);
Thomas Merrill, The Economics of Public Use, 72 Cornell L. Rev. 61 (1986)
Jan G. Latios, The Public Use Paradox And The TAkings Clause, J. Energy Nat. Res. & Envtl. Law 9 (1993)
Douglas T. Kendall and James E. Ryan, “Paying” For The Change: Using Eminent Domain to Secure Exactions And Sidestep Nollan And Dolan, 81 Va. L. Rev. 1801 (1995)
Buckner F. Melton, Jr., Eminent Domain, “Public Use,” And The Conundrum of Original Intent, 36 Nat. Res. J. 70 (1996).
David Kochan, "Public Use" And The Independent Judiciary: Condemnation in An Interest-Group Perspective, 3 Tex. Rev. L. & Pol. 49 (1998)
Nathan Alexander Sales, Note: Classical Republicanism And The Fifth Amendment's "Public Use" Requirement, 49 Duke L.J. 339 (1999)
Edward McKiry, The New Eminent Domain: Public Use Defense Vanishing in Wake of Growing Privatization of Power,m 115 N.J.L.J. 1145 (1999).
Jennifer Maude Klemetsrud, Note: The Use Of Eminent Domain for Economic Development, 75 N. Dak. L. Rev. 783 (1999)
Mark Graber, Naked Land Transfers and American Constitutional Development, 53 Vand. L. Rev. 73 (2000)
Keasha Broussard, Social Consequences of Eminent Domain: Urban Revitalization Against The Backdrop of The Takings Clause, 24 Law & Psychology Rev. 99 (2000)
Laura Womack, Private Property And The Power of Eminent Domain, 28 Real Est. L.J. 307 (2000).
Stephen Jones, Note: Trumping Eminent Domain Law: An Argument for Strict Scrutiny Analysis under The Public Use Requirement of The Fifth Amendment, 50 Syracuse L. Rev. 285 (2000)
Peter J. Kulick, Rolling The Dice: Determining Public Use in Order to Effectuate A "Public-Private Taking": A Proposal to Redefine "Public Use," 200 L. Rev. M.S.U.-D.C.L. 639 (Fall 2000)
Derek Werner, Note: The Public Use Clause, Common Sense, and Takings, 10 B.U. Pub. Int. L.J. 335 (2001).
Brian R. Harris, Note: Private Road or Public Use? The Landlocked Property Dilemma: A Constitutional And Economic Analysis of Private Road Acts, 80 U. Det. Mercy L. Rev. 149 (2002)
Matthew P. Harrington, “Public Use” And The Original Understanding of The So-Called “Takings” Clause, 53 Hastings L. J. 1245 (2002).
Jennifer J. Kruckeberg, Note: Can The Government Buy Everything?: The Takings Clause And The Erosion of The “Public Use” Requirement, 87 Minn. L. Rev. 543 (2002)
Wendell E. Pritchett, The “Public Menace” of Blight: Urban Renewal And The Private Uses of Eminent Domain, 21 Yale L. & Pol’y Rev. 1 (2003)
Nancy K. Kubasek, Time to Return to A Higher Standard of Scrutiny in Defining Public Use, 27 Rutgers L. Rec. 3 (2003).
Jeffery W. Scott, Public Use And Private Profit: When Should Heightened Scrutiny be Applied to “Public-Private” Takings? 2-SUM J. Affordable Housing & Community Dev. L. 466 (2003)
Steve P. Calandrillo, Eminent Domain Economics: Should “Just Compensation” Be Abolished, And Would “Takings Insurace” Work Instead?, 64 Ohio St. L. J. 451 (2003)
Timothy Sandefur, A Natural Rights Perspective on Eminent Domain in California: A Rationale for Meaningful Judicial Scrutiny of “Public Use,” 32 Sw. U. L. Rev. 569 (2003).
Nicole Stelle Garnett, The Public-Use Question As A Takings Problem, 71 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 934 (2003)
Dana Berliner, Public Power, Private Gain (2003).
Micah Elazar, “Public Use” And The Justification of Takings, 7 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 249 (2004)
Adam Mossoff, The Death of Poletown: The Future of Eminent Domain and Urban Development after County of Wayne v. Hathcock, 2004 Mich. St. L. Rev. 837
James W. Ely, Jr., Thomas Cooley, “Public Use,” and New Directions in Takings Jurisprudence, 2004 Mich. St. L. Rev. 845
James E. Krier & Christopher Serkin, Public Ruses, 2004 Mich. St. L. Rev. 859
Eric R. Claeys, Public Use Limitations and Natural Property Rights, 2004 Mich. St. L. Rev. 877
Lee Anne Fennel, Taking Eminent Domain Apart, 2004 Mich. St. L. Rev. 957
Alan T. Ackerman, The Changing Landscape and Recognition of the Public Use Limitation: Is Hathcock the precursor of Kelo?, 2004 Mich. St. L. Rev.1041
Steven J. Eagle, The Public Use Requirement and Doctrinal Renewal, 34 ELR 10999 (2004).
Corey J. Wilk, The Struggle over The Public Use Clause: Survey of Holdings And Trends, 1986-2003, 39 Real Prop. Prob. & Trust J. 251 (2004).
Joel R. Burcat and Elizabeth U. Witmer, “Fairness and Justice” Ought to Guide the Courts When Reviewing Legislative Determinations of “Public Use,” 35 ELR 10108 (2005).
Timothy Sandefur, A Gleeful Obituary for Poletown Neighborhood Council v. Detroit, 28 Harv. J. L. & Pub. Pol’y 651 (2005).
Katherine M. McFarland, Privacy And Property: Two Sides of The Same Coin: The Mandate for Stricter Scrutiny for Government Uses of Eminent Domain, 14 B.U. Pub. Int. L.J. 142 (2004).
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