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New Essays in the Legal and Political Theory of Property Stephen R. Munzer (University of California, Los Angeles)

New Essays in the Legal and Political Theory of Property By Stephen R. Munzer (University of California, Los Angeles)

New Essays in the Legal and Political Theory of Property by Stephen R. Munzer (University of California, Los Angeles)


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This collection of essays written by some of the most eminent scholars in the field, examines the most central issues of property theory from a variety of perspectives. The essays discuss the nature of property and property rights, transmission of property after death and intellectual and cultural property.

New Essays in the Legal and Political Theory of Property Summary

New Essays in the Legal and Political Theory of Property by Stephen R. Munzer (University of California, Los Angeles)

There has always been much controversy surrounding property rights in legal and political philosophy. Thinkers such as Plato, Locke, Kant, Hegel and Marx have all offered different views on the idea of property. This collection of essays, written by some of the most eminent scholars in the field, examines the most central issues of property theory from a variety of perspectives. The essays discuss whether property may be dissipated or used imprudently with impunity, and analyse how a person's property should be distributed after death. They survey the economic landscape of intellectual property and show that Locke's celebrated justification for private property falters when it comes to copyrights and patents. They also demonstrate how important it is that institutions of property be carefully justified. The variety and originality of these essays are evidence that the theory of property is one of the most exciting areas of intellectual inquiry in the humanities and social sciences.

New Essays in the Legal and Political Theory of Property Reviews

This is an outstanding collection.... Each essay is admirably ambitious and clearly argued. ...this book should inspire us to renewed theoretical vigour. Canadian Journal of Political Science

Table of Contents

Contributors; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction Stephen R. Munzer; 1. Property, honesty and normative resilience Jeremy Waldron; 2. Property as social relations Stephen R. Munzer; 3. Must we have the right to waste? Edward J. McCaffery; 4. Inheritance and the justice tribunal J. W. Harris; 5. Lockean arguments for private intellectual property Seana Valentine Shiffrin; 6. Theories of intellectual property William Fisher; Table of cases; Index of names; Index of subjects.

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NLS9780521039406
9780521039406
0521039401
New Essays in the Legal and Political Theory of Property by Stephen R. Munzer (University of California, Los Angeles)
New
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2007-08-14
224
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