Property law in the society of equals / Christopher Essert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Essert, Christopher, author.

Series:

Oxford private law theory.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford private law theory

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Property.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2024.

Summary:

'Property Law in the Society of Equals' is an account of the property law and its justificatory foundations. It begins with the common worry that property is an inegalitarian institution and shows that, contrary to the worry, property is actually an essential constituent of a society of equals. Property law is the solution to the Problem of Yours and Mine, a moral problem about the impossibility of our relating to one another on terms of equality absent an institution that allows us to have things as our own. This understanding of property not only shows why property is required for us to have equal relations, it also provides a distinctive perspective on the ways in which our current institutions of property are defective from their own internal point of view and require radical reform. The book uses this abstract account to explain contemporary property law.

Contents:

The problem of yours and mine

The law of yours and mine

The community of yours and mine

The common law of property

Property within private law

Property and regulation

Public property.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2024.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 4, 2024).

ISBN:

0-19-776898-9

0-19-776896-2

OCLC:

1404060612