First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Chapter 1 CHAPTER XXXIV. PROHIBITIONS ON THE STATES - IMPAIRING CONTRACTS.; Chapter 2 LIBERTY OF CONTRACT; Chapter 3 AFFECTATION WITH PUBLIC INTEREST, WALTON H.HAMILTON; Chapter 4 TAKINGS AND THE POLICE POWER, Joseph L.Sax; Chapter 5 PROPERTY, UTILITY, AND FAIRNESS: COMMENTS ON THE ETHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF "JUST COMPENSATION" LAW, Frank I.Michelman; Chapter 6 The Origins and Original Significance of the Just Compensation Clause of the Fifth Amendment; Chapter 7 Toward a Revitalization of the Contract Clause, Richard A.Epstein; Chapter 8 1 A Tale of Two Pies; Chapter 9 2 Hobbesian Man, Lockean World; Chapter 10 8 Taking from Many: Liability Rules, Regulations, and Taxes; Chapter 11 CONCLUSION; Chapter 12 LOCHNER'S LEGACY, Cass R.Sunstein; Chapter 13 TAKINGS, INSURANCE, AND MICHELMAN: COMMENTS ON ECONOMIC INTERPRETATIONS OF"JUST COMPENSATION" LAW, WIlliam A.Fischel, PerryShapiro; Acknowledgments;