Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Cornell Law Review

Abstract

In this brief paper I want to address the influence that the classical legal tradition has had upon the development of public law in general, and modem American constitutional law in particular. In so doing, I shall concern myself with this question as it relates to the protection of private property and economic liberties. In some sense it might seem improbable to chart a course from the early Roman and classical writers to the present day. But I do think that the journey can be made, and that it discloses some interesting, if unanticipated insights, along the way.

First Page

292

Volume

73

Publication Date

1988

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