Liberal Theory of Property

By (author) Hanoch Dagan

ISBN13: 9781108418546

Imprint: Cambridge University Press

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Format: Hardback

Published: 15/04/2021

Availability: POD

Description
Property enhances autonomy for most people, but not for all. Because it both empowers and disables, property requires constant vigilance. A Liberal Theory of Property addresses key questions: how can property be justified? What core values should property law advance, and how do those values interrelate? How is a liberal state obligated to act when shaping property law? In a liberal polity, the primary commitment to individual autonomy dominates the justification of property, founding it on three pillars: carefully delineated private authority, structural (but not value) pluralism, and relational justice. A genuinely liberal property law meets the legitimacy challenge confronting property by expanding people's opportunities for individual and collective self-determination while carefully restricting their options of interpersonal domination. The book shows how the three pillars of liberal property account for core features of existing property systems, provide a normative vocabulary for evaluating central doctrines, and offer directions for urgent reforms.
Preface: 1. Liberal property; 2. Some basics; 3. Autonomy and private authority; 4. Property's structural pluralism; 5. Property's relational justice; 6. Making property law; 7. Just markets; 8. Property transitions; 9. Afterword; Notes.
  • Property law
  • Personal property law
  • Professional & Vocational
Height:160
Width:235
Spine:25
Weight:640.00
List Price: £95.00