The power of the government to take private property and convert it into public use. The Fifth Amendment provides that the government may only exercise this power if they provide just compensation to the property owners. see, e.g. Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corp. 458 US 419 (1982).
- The Annotated Constitution of the US entry on eminent domain
- The LIIBULLETIN preview in San Remo Hotel v. San Francisco
- The LIIBULLETIN preview in Kelo v. City of New London
- The Harvard Bridge Project explanation of takings from the point of view of law and economics
- The Harvard Bridge Project explanation of takings from the point of view of moral philosophy