Whatever you might celebrate at this time of year — Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, Festivus, or whatever (or even if you don’t celebrate anything except good cheer and gift giving) — here’s our suggestion for the gift for the takings nerd in your life: Professor Ilya Somin’s fantastic book, “The Grasping Hand: Kelo v. City of New London & The Limits Of Eminent Domain.”
It’s a book that is both scholarly and readable, and filled with details, history, and perspective. You can’t do better than this. Available as both an e-book and in hardback (for you luddites).
Highly recommended.
Note: Professor Somin is one of the featured speakers at the upcoming ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation conference in Austin, Texas (January 28-30, 2016) where he will talk about the book and recent developments in our favorite area of law.