Joseph D Kearney, Thomas W Merrill

Gebundenes Buch

Lakefront

Public Trust and Private Rights in Chicago

Beschreibung

"A history of how Chicago's lakefront, with its parkland and Lake Shore Drive, has come to be. Beginning with the mid-nineteenth century, this book considers both local and broader social, economic, and legal forces, with particular emphasis on the conflict between public and private rights"--

Autor

Joseph D. Kearney is Dean and Professor of Law at Marquette University. Thomas W. Merrill is the Charles Evans Hughes Professor of Law at Columbia University. Before entering academe, both authors clerked at the US Supreme Court and lived for many years in Chicago, where they practiced law and became captivated by the history of the city's lakefront.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 165mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 649g
• ISBN-13: 9781501754654
• ISBN-10: 1501754653
• Artikelnr.: 61215593