Philosophical Foundations of Property Law

This volume seeks to bring the concepts and doctrines of property law into the philosophy of property. It offers contributions from leading theorists of property law. The papers serve as introductions to many facets of philosophical work grounded in the law of property and as cutting edge contributions to the scholarly literature.

About the author

Henry Smith is the Fessenden Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, where he directs the Project on the Foundations of Private Law. He teaches in the areas of property, intellectual property, natural resources, remedies, and taxation. He has written primarily on the law and economics of property and intellectual property.

James Penner is Professor of Law at the National University of Singapore, He teaches and writes in the areas of the law and philosophy of property, the law of trusts and fiduciaries law, and generally in the philosophy of law.

Summary

This volume seeks to bring the concepts and doctrines of property law into the philosophy of property. It offers contributions from leading theorists of property law. The papers serve as introductions to many facets of philosophical work grounded in the law of property and as cutting edge contributions to the scholarly literature.

Additional text

This book presents the state of the art philosophical thinking about property law and is required reading for anyone with interests in the field.

Product details

• Authors: James Penner, James Smith Penner, Henry Smith
• Assisted by: James Penner (Editor), Henry Smith (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.11.2013
• EAN: 9780199673582
• ISBN: 978-0-19-967358-2
• No. of pages: 400
• Series: Philosophical Foundations of Law; Philosophical Foundations of L; Philosophical Foundations of Law; Philosophical Foundations of L
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law