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The Right to Private Property (Clarendon Paperbacks)

by: Jeremy Waldron

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 346
EAN: 9780198239376
ISBN: 0198239378
Label: Oxford University Press, USA
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 480
Publication Date: January 10, 1991
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Studio: Oxford University Press, USA

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Presenting a comprehensive, critical examination of the claim that private property is one of the fundamental rights of humankind, Waldron here contrasts two types of arguments about rights: those based on historical entitlement, and those based on the importance of property for freedom. He illustrates this contrast with a detailed discussion of the theories of property found in Locke's Second Treatise and Hegel's Philosophy of Rights, and offers original analyses of the concept of ownership, the idea of rights, and the relation between property and equality, finding that traditional arguments about property yield some surprisingly radical conclusions.

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- Still the Best Analysis of Property Rights
I read this book almost twenty years ago, and I've read about six more books on the same subject since. This one is still the best discussion of property available. Munzer's book is also excellent, but for sheer
power of intellect Waldron's book has to be the book of choice. There is comprehensive coverage of the necessary arguments, the prose is clear, and the opinions are judicious.

Also noteworthy are Professor Waldron's books on liberal rights and especially his recent work ... Read More

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