A theory of property
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A theory of property
（Cambridge studies in philosophy and law）
Cambridge University Press, 1990
- : hard
- : pbk
Available at 67 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book represents a major new statement on the issue of property rights. It argues for the justification of some rights of private property while showing why unequal distributions of private property are indefensible. Three features of the book are especially salient: it offers a challenging new pluralist theory of justification; the argument integrates perceptive analyses of the great classical theorists Aristotle, Locke, Hegel and Marx with a discussion of contemporary philosophers such as Nozick and Rawls; and the author moves with assurance among philosophy, law and economics to present a very broad, interdisciplinary study.
Table of Contents
- 1. Property and justification
- Part I. Property Rights and Personal Rights: 2. Understanding property
- 3. Persons and their bodies
- 4. Body rights and the constitution
- Part II. From Individuals to Social Context: 5. Incorporation and projection
- 6. Control, privacy and individuality
- 7. Property and moral character
- 8. Alienation and society
- Part III. Justification and Distributive Equity: 9. Utility and efficiency
- 10. Justice and equality
- 11. Labor and desert
- 12. Conflict and resolution
- Part IV. Applications: 13. Business corporations
- 14. Gratuitous transfers
- 15. A moral and political theory of takings
- 16. Takings and the constitution
- Table of cases
- Index of names
- Index of subjects.
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