The Meaning Of Property

Author : Jedediah Purdy
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300156162
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Meaning of Property written by Jedediah Purdy and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of For Common Things, a brilliant and ambitious rethinking of the meaning of property in democratic society In his latest book, Jedediah Purdy takes up a question of deep and lasting importance: why is property ownership a value to society? His answer returns us to the foundations of American society and enables us to interpret the writings of the patron saint of liberal economics, Adam Smith, in a wholly new light. Unlike Milton Friedman and other free-market scholars, who consider property a key to efficient markets, Purdy draws upon Smith’s theories to argue that the virtues of wealth are social rather than economic. In Purdy’s view, ownership does much more than shield one from government interference. Property shapes social life in ways that bring us closer to, or take us farther from, the ideal of a community of free and equal members. This view of property is neither libertarian nor communitarian but treats the community as the precondition of individual freedom. This view informed U.S. law in the early days of the republic, Purdy writes, and it is one that we need to restore today. Touching upon some of the most charged issues in American politics and law, including slavery, inheritance, international development, and climate change, The Meaning of Property offers a compelling new view of property and freedom and enriches our understanding of democratic society.

Author : Bart J. Wilson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190936800
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Property Species written by Bart J. Wilson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-25 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is property, and why does our species have it? In The Property Species, Bart J. Wilson explores how humans acquire, perceive, and know the custom of property, and why this might be relevant to understanding how property works in the twenty-first century. Arguing that neither the sciences nor the humanities synthesizes a full account of property, the book offers a cross-disciplinary compromise that is sure to be controversial: Property is a universal and uniquely human custom. Integrating cognitive linguistics with philosophy of property and a fresh look at property disputes in the common law, the book makes the case that symbolic-thinking humans locate the meaning of property within a thing. That is, all human beings and only human beings have property in things, and at its core, property rests on custom, not rights. Such an alternative to conventional thinking contends that the origins of property lie not in food, mates, territory, or land, but in the very human act of creating, with symbolic thought, something new that did not previously exist. Written by an economist who marvels at the natural history of humankind, the book is essential reading for experts and any reader who has wondered why people claim things as "Mine!", and what that means for our humanity.

Author : Laura S. Underkuffler
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780199254187
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Idea of Property written by Laura S. Underkuffler and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2003 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legal scholars and philosophers have long been engaged in studying the secret of the internal structure of property in law. This text aims to advance our understanding of property as an idea and the power that claimed property rights should have against competing public interests.

Author : Richard Pipes
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307427358
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Property and Freedom written by Richard Pipes and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A superb book about a topic that should be front and center in the American political debate" (National Review), from the acclaimed Harvard scholar and historian of the Russian Revolution An exploration of a wide range of national and political systems to demonstrate persuasively that private ownership has served over the centuries to limit the power of the state and enable democratic institutions to evolve and thrive in the Western world. Beginning with Greece and Rome, where the concept of private property as we understand it first developed, Richard Pipes then shows us how, in the late medieval period, the idea matured with the expansion of commerce and the rise of cities. He contrasts England, a country where property rights and parliamentary government advanced hand-in-hand, with Russia, where restrictions on ownership have for centuries consistently abetted authoritarian regimes; finally he provides reflections on current and future trends in the United States. Property and Freedom is a brilliant contribution to political thought and an essential work on a subject of vital importance.

Author : Mark Wonnacott
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139461079
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Possession of Land written by Mark Wonnacott and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-10-26 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing is more important in English land law than 'possession'. It is the foundation of all title, rights and remedies. But what exactly is it, and why does it still matter? This book, first published in 2006, is about the meaning, significance and practical effect of the concept of possession in contemporary land law. It explains the different meanings of possession, the relationship between possession and title, and the ways in which the common law and equity do, and do not, protect possession. The rights and remedies of freeholders, tenants and mortgage lenders, between themselves and against third parties, are all to some extent dependent on questions of status and possession. This book shows how. It is designed to provide an understanding of the basic principles for the student, and answers to difficult, real problems for the practitioner.

Author : Isaac Henry Lionberger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Meaning of Property written by Isaac Henry Lionberger and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Internal Revenue Service
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Basis of Assets written by United States. Internal Revenue Service and published by . This book was released on with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Oded Goldreich
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107194059
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Property Testing written by Oded Goldreich and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-11-23 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extensive and authoritative introduction to property testing, the study of super-fast algorithms for the structural analysis of large quantities of data in order to determine global properties. This book can be used both as a reference book and a textbook, and includes numerous exercises.

Author : Jedediah Purdy
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691216797
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book This Land Is Our Land written by Jedediah Purdy and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading environmental thinker explores how people might begin to heal their fractured and contentious relationship with the land and with each other. From the coalfields of Appalachia and the tobacco fields of the Carolinas to the public lands of the West, Purdy shows how the land has always united and divided Americans.

Author : G. Chierchia
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9781556080692
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Properties, Types and Meaning written by G. Chierchia and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1988-12-31 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of papers stems originally from a conference on Property Theory, Type Theory and Semantics held in Amherst on March 13-16 1986. The conference brought together logicians, philosophers, com puter scientists and linguists who had been working on these issues (of ten in isolation from one another). Our intent was to boost debate and exchange of ideas on these fundamental issues at a time of rapid change in semantics and cognitive science. The papers published in this work have evolved substantially since their original presentation at the conference. Given their scope, we thought it convenient to divide the work into two volumes. The first deals primarily with logical and philosophical foundations, the second with more empirical semantic issues. While there is a common set of issues tying the two volumes together, they are both self-contained and can be read independently of one another. Two of the papers in the present collection (van Benthem in volume 1 and Chierchia in volume II) were not actually read at the conference. They are nevertheless included here for their direct relevance to the topics of the volumes. Regrettably, some of the papers that were presented (Feferman, Klein, and Plotkin) could not be included in the present work due to timing problems. We nevertheless thank the authors for their contribu tion in terms of ideas and participation in the debate.