In "Defend the Castle!" Professor Gideon Kanner adds to my recent review of "The Castle," a comedy about an Australian family's fight to preserve their home from a Kelo-esque taking. Professor Kanner clarifies the Australian condemnation law:
And by the way, speaking of things Australian, we might mention that the Aussie term for eminent domain is “resumption.” It is derived from the fact that the original Crown land grants in Australia had a provision reserving to the the Crown the right to resume title upon payment of compensation.
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