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7 - Who Exercises the Eminent Domain Power in Korea? A Focus on Private Takings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2017

Iljoong Kim
Affiliation:
Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul
Hojun Lee
Affiliation:
Korea Development Institute
Ilya Somin
Affiliation:
George Mason University, Virginia
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Eminent Domain
A Comparative Perspective
, pp. 177 - 207
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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