American property : a history of how, why, and what we own

American property : a history of how, why, and what we own / Stuart Banner.

In this tightly written book, Banner, a professor of law at UCLA, tackles an admittedly expansive topic, illustrating that our ideas about what property is, how it is regulated, and what it is meant to do are in constant flux and have been historically contested. Partly an examination of law, partly...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Banner, Stuart, 1963-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass : Harvard University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Property > United States > History.
Right of property > United States > History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Theory.
LAW > Property.
Property
Right of property
Geschichte
Besitz
United States
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Lost property
  • The rise of intellectual property
  • A bundle of rights
  • Owning the news
  • People, not things
  • Owning sound
  • Owning fame
  • From the tenement to the condominium
  • The law of the land
  • Owning wavelengths
  • The new property
  • Owning life
  • Property resurgent
  • The end of property?

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