Property and justice /

Property is a legal and social institution governing the use of most things and the allocation of some items of social welfare. Harris examines the legal and philosophical underpinnings of the concept and the nature of its connection with justice.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harris, J. W. (James W.), 1940-2004
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2003, ©1996.
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. What is Property? 1. Introduction. 2. Imaginary Societies. 3. Minimal Structure. 4. Building upon 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
  • pt. II. Is Property 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.