Kant on Property Rights and International Law

Name: Kant on Property Rights and International Law
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ISBN: 9781009644266

Alice Pinheiro Walla (McMaster University)

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English

Cambridge University Press
26 February 2026

Analytical philosophy & Logical Positivism; Jurisprudence & philosophy of law; International law

Series: Elements in the Philosophy of Immanuel Kant

This Element argues that property rights and the territorial rights of states in Kant's legal theory provide a strong justification for the expansion of international law. Central to the argument is Kant's theory of legal obligation, according to which a right to external things is only possible if it can genuinely bind all those on whom it must impose an external duty. Given the global scope of this legal obligation in Kant's account, it can only be achieved through the implementation of a shared international legal order regulated by a principle of reciprocity in external relations. Kant's conception of legal obligation thus requires us to leave the state of nature beyond domestic legal systems towards an international legal order. The author also examines how the international legal order differs from a world state, and how it can be consistent with national legal systems.

By: Alice Pinheiro Walla (McMaster University)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Weight: 255g
ISBN: 9781009644266
ISBN 10: 1009644262
Series: Elements in the Philosophy of Immanuel Kant
Pages: 82
Publication Date: 26 February 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction: skepticism about property rights; 2. Kant's theory of possession; 3. Kant's theory of acquisition and common possession of the earth; 4. International Law and Rechtsstaatlichkeit; 5. What is an international civil condition?; 6. What Kant does differently: how to think about property rights and law; 7. Kant's non-reductive legal positivism: two concepts of right; 8. Conclusion; List of abbreviations; References.