Talk about how property rights are defined in America, Locke's influence, cultural resources, and other countries abusing and/or using eminent domain. Frame it in such a way where I am only covering a certain aspect of it.

Research 1.25.09

From what it seems to me, eminent domain has been applied to most societies from the days of the Bible to modern America. It was originally used for the sole purpose of appropriating property for public use, for instance, taking property from a family for the use of a highway, bridge and other governmental uses. The newest version is that of using eminent domain for the use of private use. This is bringing about the idea of eminent domain abuse. Governments are taking properties from owners and giving them to companies that have provided compensation to the government for the expropriation of the property. The companies are then in turn using the property for their own financial gain and there really is no "public" use.

Eminent Domain Abuse

I am a college student and I am doing a project on Eminent Domain Abuse for my Current Social Problems class. I am not a lawyer so I do not have any legal advice but I plan on working with property as a lawyer eventually. If you have any stories, interesting information, or just some great facts, please comment away.