Property - Meanings, Histories, Theories

Informationen zum Autor Margaret Davies is Professor of Law at Flinders University, South Australia. Her research covers several fields of legal theory, including feminist legal theory, legal pluralism, the philosophy of property, and postmodernism. She is the author of several books, including Asking the Law Question (2002) and Delimiting the Law (1996) Klappentext This critique of property examines its classical conception: addressing its ontology and history, as well as considering its symbolic aspects and connection to social relations of power. It is organized around three themes: the ways in which concepts of property are symbolically and practically connected to relations of power the 'objects' of property in changing contexts of materialism challenges to the Western idea of property posed by colonial and post-colonial contexts, such as the disempowerment through property of whole cultures, the justifications for colonial expansion and bio piracy. Dealing with the symbolism of property, its history, traditional philosophical accounts and cultural difference, Margaret Davis has written an invaluable volume for all law students interested in property law. Zusammenfassung This critique of property examines its classical conception: addressing its ontology and history, as well as considering its symbolic aspects and its connection to social relations of power. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction.  Themes.  Histories.  Theories.  Cultures.  Conclusion

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• Authors: Margaret Davies, Margaret (Flinders University Davies, Davies Margaret
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.11.2007
• EAN: 9780415429337
• ISBN: 978-0-415-42933-7
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Critical Approaches to Law; Critical Approaches to Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LAW / General, LAW / Jurisprudence, Jurisprudence & general issues, Social Law, Jurisprudence and general issues, Social law and Medical law