Property Species - Mine, Yours, and the Human Mind

What is property, and why does our species happen to have it? In The Property Species, the economist Bart Wilson explores how we acquire, perceive, and know the custom of property, and why this might be relevant to social scientists, philosophers, and legal scholars for understanding how property works in the twenty-first century.

List of contents

• Acknowledgments


• Cover Art Note


• Bibliographic Note


• Prologue


• PART 1 CLAIM AND TITLE: ORIGINS


• 1. The Meaning of Property in Things


• 2. All Animals Use Things, Specifically Food


• 3. Primates Socially Transmit Tool Practices, but Humans Share Meaning-Laden Customs


• 4. What Is Right Is Not Taken Out of the Rule, but Let the Rule Arise Out of What Is Right


• 5. The Custom of Property Is Physically Contained


• PART 2 CLAIM AND TITLE: EFFECTS


• 6. My Claims Tie Together Modern Philosophies of Property Law


• 7. Disputes Explicate How We Cognize Property, Out of Which We Discover a Clear General Rule


• 8. The Results of a Test Are Agreeable to the Prediction


• 9. Economics Is Founded Upon Property, Not Property Rights


• Epilogue


• Cases Cited


• References

About the author

Bart J. Wilson is Professor of Economics and Law and Donald P. Kennedy Endowed Chair in Economics and Law at Chapman University.

Summary

What is property, and why does our species happen to have it? In The Property Species, the economist Bart Wilson explores how we acquire, perceive, and know the custom of property, and why this might be relevant to social scientists, philosophers, and legal scholars for understanding how property works in the twenty-first century.

Product details

• Authors: Bart J. Wilson, Bart J. (Professor of Economics and Law an Wilson
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.08.2020
• EAN: 9780190936792
• ISBN: 978-0-19-093679-2
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Sociology, PHILOSOPHY / Political, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Consumer Behavior, Sociology: customs & traditions, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, Social & political philosophy, Economic theory & philosophy, social and political philosophy, Behavioural economics, Social and cultural anthropology, Cultural studies: customs and traditions, Property law: general, Economic theory and philosophy, property law