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property-rights

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  • Tamil Nadu, with a politically conscious electorate that keeps turning regional parties in and out of power and ensures property-rights protection, ranks as the freest state in India.

    India Looks to the States 2011

  • If you were a black person in a society in which property owners exercise their property-rights principles in such a way that you are consistently excluded, what would you do?

    The Volokh Conspiracy » The “Racist” Charge 2010

  • I'd planned on voting for Mary Embleton but the prospect of one of the property-rights candidates winning made me switch my vote for Max -- the candidate who got the most public support from the Sierra Club, Dow, etc.

    Late Afternoon Fizz: King Conservation District Vote « PubliCola 2010

  • Ninety-five per cent of all civil cases had been squabbles over property, conflicts of, property-rights, lawsuits, contests of wills, breaches of contract, bankruptcies, etc.

    Goliah 2010

  • Backed by property-rights advocates and industry groups, including the American Petroleum Institute and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Sacketts sued, contending the order violated the constitutional guarantee of due process and the federal Administrative Procedure Act, which provides rules for regulatory agencies like the EPA.

    Justices Appear Likely to Blunt EPA Tool Jess Bravin 2012

  • Baltimore has blithely ignored basic property-rights theory.

    How Sunday's NFL Cities Became Champs Steve H. Hanke 2012

  • Such is a charitable interpretation of the most famous blow-up to date, Toronto-listed Sino-Forest, whose complex corporate structure may well be designed chiefly to secure its forest assets in China absent normal property-rights protections.

    Happy New Year, China? Joseph Sternberg 2011

  • Such is a charitable interpretation of the most famous blow-up to date, Toronto-listed Sino-Forest, whose complex corporate structure may well be designed chiefly to secure its forest assets in China absent normal property-rights protections.

    China's Year of the Question Mark Joseph Sternberg 2011

  • The government has opened markets, increased property-rights protection, improved transparency in the state's fiscal accounts, and restrained spending.

    Peru's Election: A Vote on Modernity Mary Anastasia O'Grady 2011

  • Mr. Leckar also offered a property-rights argument, saying the government was effectively seizing Mr. Jones's Jeep Grand Cherokee when it affixed the tracker.

    Use of GPS to Monitor Suspects Debated at High Court Jess Bravin 2011

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