House in the Rue Saint-Fiacre - A Social History of Property in Revolutionary Paris

Officially, revolutionary France granted all citizens a right to property. In practice, however, there was significant continuity with the Old Regime. H. B. Callaway argues that the state's fraught attempts to confiscate property from Parisian émigrés reveal contradictions in ideas of ownership considered foundational to modern property rights.

Info autore

H. B. Callaway is Research Associate at the Centre Roland Mousnier of the Université Paris-Sorbonne.

Riassunto

Officially, revolutionary France granted all citizens a right to property. In practice, however, there was significant continuity with the Old Regime. H. B. Callaway argues that the state’s fraught attempts to confiscate property from Parisian émigrés reveal contradictions in ideas of ownership considered foundational to modern property rights.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: H B Callaway, H. B. Callaway
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.05.2023
• EAN: 9780674279346
• ISBN: 978-0-674-27934-6
• Pagine: 304
• Serie: Harvard Historical Studies
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto civile, diritto processuale civile; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; France, European History, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Europe / France, Social & cultural history, LAW / Property, Social and cultural history, Paris (City), Property law: general, property law