Compulsory purchase in developing countries / Richard Grover -- Re-inventing land readjustment : implications for eminent domain and land governance / Mansha Chen and Yu Hung Hong -- Across Asia, if done on the cheap / Mike McDermott -- Expropriation from the wider perspective in the Czech Republic / Michal Radvan and Jan Neckar -- Acquisition for public purposes and valuation in Estonia / Tambet Tiits and Aivar Tomson -- Expropriations of immovable property in the Republic of Moldova : the relevance of expropriations for a socially useful purpose / Olga Buzu -- Legal and institutional fundaments of expropriation and compensation issues in Turkey / Harun Tanrivermis and Yesim Aliefendioglu -- Regulatory framework for expropriation of real property in Poland / Iwona Karasek-Wojciechowicz and Jan Brzeski -- Legal implications of takings : a U.K. common law perspective / Thomas Murphy, John McCord, and Peadar Davis -- The impacts of land acquisition and resettlement activities of infrastructure investments on natural and cultural heritage and social and economic life : the case of Turkey / Harun Tanrivermis and Yesim Aliefendioglu -- China's land acquisition under marketization / Chengri Ding and Yuzhe Wu -- Land acquisition for public purpose under Fiji law / Abdul Hassan -- A fable and dialogue on taking the property of another under constitutional capitalism : Hong Kong / Lawrence W.C. Lai -- Land base infrastructure development and ease of doing business in India / Poonam Kashyap and Anil Kashyap -- Compulsory land acquisition in Malaysia : critical challenges, approach, and success stories / Dzurllkanian Daud, Fauziah Raji, Salfarina Samsudin, Wan Ibrisam Fikry Wan Ismail, Mohd. Nadzri Jaafar, and Ismail Omar -- Real estate expropriation in Russia : statutory regulation and enforcement / N. Kosareva, T. Baykova, and T. Polidi -- Compulsory acquisition compensation issues in Australia / David Parker -- Challenges in compulsory acquisition of land in Kenya / O.A. kakumu and W.H.A. Olima -- Compensation for expropriation in Botswana : issues and transformative suggestions / Donald Mengwe -- The valuation profession and compulsory acquisition, and compensation in Africa with special reference to Zimbabwe / Maxwell Mutema -- An economic analysis of compulsory acquisition in selected Caribbean states / Tina Beale -- The U.S. experience with expropriation and the lessons yet to be learned / Lawrence Walters -- Towards responsible land governance in the expropriation process : a case study of the northern coastal highway and highway 2000 / Cadien Stuart and Susanne Lyon-Joseph -- Conclusion : compulsory acquisition, some issues, comments, and thoughts / William McCluskey and Frances Plimmer