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Commodity & propriety : competing visions of property in American legal thought, 1776-1970 /
Most people understand property as something that is owned, a means of creating individual wealth. But in Commodity and Propriety, the first full-length history of the meaning of property, Gregory Alexander uncovers in American legal writing a competing vision of property that has existed alongside...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago, Ill. :
University of Chicago Press,
1999, 1997.
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| Edición: | [Pbk. ed., 1999]. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Most people understand property as something that is owned, a means of creating individual wealth. But in Commodity and Propriety, the first full-length history of the meaning of property, Gregory Alexander uncovers in American legal writing a competing vision of property that has existed alongside the traditional conception. Property, Alexander argues, has also been understood as proprietary, a mechanism for creating and maintaining a properly ordered society. This view of property has even operated in periods--such as the second half of the nineteenth century--when market forces seemed to dominate social and legal relationships. In demonstrating how the understanding of property as a private basis for the public good has competed with the better-known market-oriented conception, Alexander radically rewrites the history of property, with significant implications for current political debates and recent Supreme Court decisions. -- Provided by publisher |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 486 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-470) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0226013529 9780226013527 9780226013541 9780226013534 0226013537 0226013545 |