Property and Justice

by J. W. Harris

Overview

Property is a legal and social institution governing the use of most things and the allocation of some items of social welfare. As an institution, property is a complex organizing idea. This work examines the legal and philosophical underpinnings of the concept of property and offers a new analytical framework for understanding property and justices.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199251407
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	03/21/2002
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)
Lexile:	1580L (what's this?)

About the Author

University of Oxford

Table of Contents

Part I: What is Property?
1. Introduction
2. Imaginary Societies
3. Minimal Structure
4. Building on the Minimal Structure
5. Ownership as an Organizing Idea
6. Ownership as a Principle
7. Private and Non-private Property
8. Person-Thing and Person-Person Relations
9. What Property is
Part II: Is Party Just?
10. The Agenda
11. Natural Property Rights and Labour
12. Natural Property Rights and the Assault Analogy
13. Property and Freedom
14. Against Property Freedoms
15. The Instrumental Values of Property
16. Alleged Dominating Principles
17. The Limits of Property
18. Property is Just, to a Degree, Sometimes
Bibliography
Index