Kant on property rights and international law Alice Pinheiro Walla

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pinheiro Walla, Alice, author.

Series:

Elements in the philosophy of Immanuel Kant

Cambridge Elements. Elements in the Philosophy of Immanuel Kant 2397-9461

Language:

Undetermined

Subjects (All):

Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.

Kant, Immanuel.

Property (International law)--Philosophy--18th century.

Property (International law).

Philosophy--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK New York, NY Cambridge University Press 2026

Summary:

"This Element argues that property rights and the territorial rights of states in Kant's legal theory provide a strong justification for the expansion of international law. Central to the argument is Kant's theory of legal obligation, according to which a right to external things is only possible if it can genuinely bind all those on whom it must impose an external duty. Given the global scope of this legal obligation in Kant's account, it can only be achieved through the implementation of a shared international legal order regulated by a principle of reciprocity in external relations. Kant's conception of legal obligation thus requires us to leave the state of nature beyond domestic legal systems towards an international legal order. The author also examines how the international legal order differs from a world state, and how it can be consistent with national legal systems."-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Introduction: skepticism about property rights

Kant’s theory of possession

Kant’s theory of acquisition and common possession of the earth

International law and rechtsstaatlichkeit

What is an international civil condition?

What kant does differently

Kant’s non-reductive legal positivism: two concepts of right

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed February 4, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version Pinheiro Walla, Alice, Kant on property rights and international law,

ISBN:

9781009402552

1009402552

OCLC:

1552903167

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