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English
Clarendon Press
08 November 1990
Can the right to private property be claimed as one of the `rights of mankind'?

This is the central question of this comprehensive and critical examination of the subject of private property.

Jeremy Waldron contrasts two types of arguments about rights: those based on historical entitlement, and those based on the importance of property to freedom.

He provides a detailed discussion of the theories of property found in Locke's Second Treatise and Hegel's Philosophy of Right to illustrate this contrast.

The book contains original analyses of the concept of ownership, the ideas of rights, and the relation between property and equality.

The author's overriding determination throughout is to follow through the arguments and values used to justify private ownership.

He finds that the traditional arguments about property yield some surprisingly radical conclusions.

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Imprint:   Clarendon Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 137mm,  Spine: 28mm
Weight:   1g
ISBN:   9780198239376
ISBN 10:   0198239378
Series:   Clarendon Paperbacks
Pages:   480
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for The Right to Private Property

`The great merit of Waldron's study is that it brings a high-powered and unforgiving microscope to one argument: that there is a right to private property ... Because the study of the right to property can lead in so many directions, and because Waldron is aware of them, this is a major contribution to contemporary political theory.' Political Studies `we should be grateful for the wealth of intelligent and insightful analyses in this big book' Dialogue `thoughtful, tightly reasoned book ... a very clear and extraordinarily sophisticated analysis of property rights.' Michigan Law Review `lucid and authoritative book ... A book like this is intended to be the beginning, not the end, of thinking about the subject it covers.' Constitutional Commentary `His extensive discussion of Locke will not disappoint ... immensely rich. Highly recommended for all university and college libraries' Religious Studies Review `scholarly book' Robert Oakeshott, Political Quarterly, 61.3 July-Sept 1990 `an exceptionally clear and useful account ... Waldron's book demonstrates where an effort to take the right to private property seriously ought to lead.' Times Higher Education Supplement `A thoughtful and meticulous book ... consistently intelligent and often highly instructive.' Times Literary Supplement


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