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An Introduction to Property Theory.

An introduction to the leading modern theories of property and applies those theories to concrete contexts in which property issues have been especially controversial.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Alexander, Gregory S.
Otros Autores: Peñalver, Eduardo S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Colección:Cambridge introductions to philosophy and law.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; AN INTRODUCTION TO PROPERTY THEORY; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; WHAT IS PROPERTY?; WHAT IS A THEORY OF PROPERTY?; PART I; 1: Utilitarian Property Theories; A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO UTILITARIANISM; The Nature of Utility; Aggregating Utility; Gathering Data on Utility; UTILITARIANISM WITHIN PROPERTY THEORY; The Tragedy of the Commons: Rational Actors, Externalities, and Transaction Costs; The Free Rider; Exploring the Assumptions behind the Tragedy of the Commons; The Content of Utilitarian Property: The Bundle of Sticks versus Exclusion.
  • Problems with Utilitarian Approaches to PropertyCONCLUSION: THE VALUE OF UTILITARIAN ANALYSIS, BUT THE NEED FOR MORE; 2: Locke and Libertarian Theories of Property; LOCKE'S CONTEXT; LOCKE'S NATURAL LAW FRAMEWORK; LOCKE'S ARGUMENT FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY; Stage One: State of Nature; Stage Two: The Introduction of Money; Stage Three: Civil Society; SOME COMPLICATIONS FOR LOCKE'S THEORY; THE LOCKEAN TRADITION SINCE LOCKE; 3: Hegelian Property Theory; HEGEL'S PERSONALITY THEORY OF PROPERTY; Rejection of the Social Contract; Hegel's Concept of "Right"; Externalizing Personality through Property.
  • What Can Be "Things"?Three Modes of Embodying the Will; The Modern Significance of Hegel's Theory of Property; THE MODERN PERSONHOOD THEORY OF PROPERTY; CRITIQUING THE PERSONALITY AND PERSONHOOD THEORIES; 4: Kantian Property Theory; THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF RIGHT; THE INNATE RIGHT
  • FREEDOM; ACQUIRED RIGHTS; TYPES OF ACQUIRED RIGHTS; Property; Contract; Status; ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY RIGHTS; 5: Property and Human Flourishing; ARISTOTLE; Human Nature; Practical Reason; The Virtues; Justice; PROPERTY; AQUINAS; A MODERN HUMAN FLOURISHING-BASED THEORY OF PROPERTY; Human Flourishing.
  • The Capabilities ApproachCapabilities and Dependence; Dependence and Obligation; Flourishing and the Law; Flourishing and Property; PLURALISM AND INDETERMINACY; PART II; 6: Government Redistribution of Resources; UTILITARIANISM AND REDISTRIBUTION; Institutions and Information; Wealth Effects; Endowment Effects; Transaction Costs; Nonmarket Values; Responding to Market Failure; Conclusion; LIBERTARIANS AND REDISTRIBUTION; Robert Nozick's Libertarian Argument against Redistribution; Redistribution within (Broadly) Libertarian Assumptions; Conclusion.
  • THE PERSONALITY/PERSONHOOD THEORIES AND REDISTRIBUTIONREDISTRIBUTION AND FLOURISHING; 7: The Right to Exclude and Its Limits; INTRODUCTION; The Right to Exclude and the Private Home; The Right to Exclude and Businesses Open to the Public; Card Counting; Beach Access; THE RIGHT TO EXCLUDE IN UTILITARIAN PERSPECTIVE; THE RIGHT TO EXCLUDE IN HEGELIAN PERSPECTIVE; THE RIGHT TO EXCLUDE IN LOCKEAN AND LIBERTARIAN PERSPECTIVE; THE RIGHT TO EXCLUDE AND HUMAN FLOURISHING; 8: Eminent Domain and Regulatory Takings; UTILITARIANISM; Utilitarian Theory and Government Takings; Public Use.