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Property and Persuasion examines two dominant traditions-neoconservative utilitarianism and liberal communitarianism-acknowledging the strengths of each and laying the groundwork for a theory to bridge the gap between them.
List of contents
Introduction: Approaching Property -- Initial Persuasions: Talk About Property -- Possession as the Origin of Property -- Property as Storytelling: Perspectives from Game Theory, Narrative Theory, Feminist Theory -- Wealth and Community, Then and Now -- "Takings" and the Practices of Property: Property as Wealth, Property as "Propriety" -- Ancient Constitution Versus Federalist Empire: Antifederalism from the Attack on "Monarchism" to Modern Localism -- Common Property -- The Comedy of the Commons: Custom, Commerce, and Inherently Public Property -- Energy and Efficiency in the Realignment of Common Law Water Rights -- Bargaining and Entitlement -- Crystals and Mud in Property Law -- Women and Property: Gaining and Losing Ground -- Persuasion Revisited: Vision and Property -- Seeing Property
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Carol M Rose
Summary
Property and Persuasion examines two dominant traditions—neoconservative utilitarianism and liberal communitarianism—acknowledging the strengths of each and laying the groundwork for a theory to bridge the gap between them.
