1st Edition
Property And Persuasion Essays On The History, Theory, And Rhetoric Of Ownership
By Carol M Rose
Copyright 1995
317 Pages
by
Routledge
317 Pages
by
Routledge
318 Pages
by
Routledge
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"In an era in which socialism has been widely discredited, the moral and legal status of private property is crucial, and property theory has become one of the most active and exciting battlegrounds of contemporary political and social thought. In this important contribution to the theory of property, Carol Rose sympathetically examines the two currently dominant traditions-neoconservative... Read more
Introduction: Approaching Property -- Initial Persuasions: Talk About Property -- Possession as the Origin of Property -- Property as Storytelling: Perspectives from Game Theory, Narrative Theory, Feminist Theory -- Wealth and Community, Then and Now -- "Takings" and the Practices of Property: Property as Wealth, Property as "Propriety" -- Ancient Constitution Versus Federalist Empire: Antifederalism from the Attack on “Monarchism” to Modern Localism -- Common Property -- The Comedy of the Commons: Custom, Commerce, and Inherently Public Property -- Energy and Efficiency in the Realignment of Common Law Water Rights -- Bargaining and Entitlement -- Crystals and Mud in Property Law -- Women and Property: Gaining and Losing Ground -- Persuasion Revisited: Vision and Property -- Seeing Property
Biography
Carol M Rose
