There is nothing new under the sun. For centuries, scholars have noted that the Romans copied the Greeks, and Shakespeare copied the works of others with wild abandon and without attribution. Most of our favorite bedtime stories and childhood cartoons were copied from works that have come...

In its landmark 2005 Kelo v. New London decision, the Supreme Court invited state legislatures to enact stricter eminent domain legislation. This study invites readers to consider the terms “public good” and “public interest” in the context of such legislation. The distinctions between...