Abuse of Power: How the Government Misuses Eminent Domain

While governments are authorized to invoke eminent domain – the power to take property by force – only when the property is to be employed for public uses, such as highways, schools and courthouse, local governments routinely seize private homes, small businesses or farms and hand them over to wealthy developers who have ‘better plans’ for the property. Abuse of Power explores the widespread exploitation by local officials in the name of the ‘greater good’. The book traces the historical and legal cases that have allowed such abuses to continue and tells the heart wrenching stories of those who have been victimized by the phenomenon. Learn about the many ways homeowners and business owners are fighting back and protecting their rights and about Greenhut’s innovative blueprint for reforms.