A tough legal concept: all citizens are presumed to know the law

Well, this area is in particular one with which not to presume, and here's an article: The Contribution of Historic Preservation to Constitutional Law.

But it's out of date because the field is in major flux these days given Measure 37 in Oregon and similar referenda in other states, plus the reaction to Kelo v. the City of New London, Connecticut, which affirmed public takings not for the broad public good, but to increase local revenues through economic development activities. As a response to Kelo there have been many laws passed at the state and even the federal level with regard to eminent domain issues, and yet another law is pending now in Congress.

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