Public Property and Private Power The Corporation of the City of New York in American Law, 1730-1870

Name: Public Property and Private Power The Corporation of the City of New York in American Law, 1730-1870
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ISBN: 9780801495601

ISBN-10: 0801495601

ISBN-13: 9780801495601

Edition: 1989

Authors: Hendrik A. Hartog

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Book details

List price: $46.95
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 3/2/1989
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 274
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English

Hendrik Hartog is Class of 1921 Bicentennial Professor in the History of American Law and Liberty at Princeton University.




The Properties of the Corporation



Reading the Charter



The Creation of Autonomy



The Business of City Government



Planning by Granting



The Political Theory of a Waterlot Grant



City Power in Republican America



Burying the Past



A Little Republic in a Republican State



The Changing Role of Property



The Promise of Public Power



The Ends of Government in Republican New York City



The Triumph of a Public Sphere



The Corporation in the Grip of the Law



The Laws of Communities



Unifying the Public Sphere



The Judicial Creation of a Municipal Corporation



The Private Property of a Public Entity: Crossing Brooklyn Ferry


Conclusion


Index