Property Rights
The right to own land and other property is taken for granted in many countries. It is one of the cornerstones of private enterprise and capitalism, and makes it possible for people to...
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Staking a Claim: the Homesteading Alternative
Property rights assignment by homesteading is based on a theory of philosopher John Locke. Locke believed "as much land as a man tills, plants, imp...
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Property [addendum]
What is property? It is some valued item that belongs to someone. Its existence in society may be collective or individual, although even if collective, it usually emerges from ins...
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Property
The institution of property has interested social philosophers in part, at least, because it raises issues of justice. Like government, it is practically universal but varies enough in its pa...
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Property Rights
Property Rights
Property [addendum]