This book explores the nature of liberal
property in the twenty-first century. It contains three
parts. The first examines how we have arrived at the liberal
concept of property—what many scholars
call the 'bundle of rights' metaphor of property. This part
argues that the liberal conception embodied in the
bundle of rights metaphor is really a way of masking or hiding
what property really is: an exercise of ego about the way goods
and resources are used. Or, put another way, it enshrines
the ability to suit personal preferences about the way things are
used, rather than what might better serve the common
good. The second part provides an important modern
critique of the bundle of rights metaphor—that, in addition to
being a collection of rights, property is also about social
relations that exist between people. Through these social relations,
which are contained in law, any decision that a person makes about how
to use a good or resource necessarily carries implications for others.
While those effects can be both positive and negative, we are much
more familiar with the latter, including most of the global
challenges we face today—climate change, extreme weather, global
hunger, and global poverty. Taking those global challenges as its
focus, the final part of the book suggests possible
futures of property in which it is reconceived in ways that
reduce the potential for negative impacts on others.
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Reflections on the Past, Present, and Future of Liberal Property
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ISBN
9789819740147
Publisert
2024
Utgiver
Springer Nature
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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