Abstract: Expropriation is nowadays considered as an admissible interference with ownership right if the main legal requirements have been satisfied. There is no doubt that expropriation is an interference with the ownership right of the worst kind. In the daily use it is seen as an action that can be aimed at the citizen of the country which imposes expropriation, or at foreigners or foreign investors.Keywords: economic crisis, welfare state, constitutionalism, doctrine of the positive obligations of the state, social and economic human rightsPublished in RUP: 15.10.2013; Views: 3043; Downloads: 26 Link to full text