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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458385303321

Autore

Sreenivasan Gopal

Titolo

The limits of lockean rights in property [[electronic resource] /] / Gopal Sreenivasan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c1995

ISBN

1-280-76052-4

0-19-535794-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (173 p.)

Disciplina

320.1/01

320.101

323.46

Soggetti

Property

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Introduction; Locke's Property and Lockean Property; Rights in Property; The Context of Locke's Argument; The Consent Problem; Rights and the Means of Preservation; Overview; Part I. Property in the Two Treatises; 2. Property without Consent; 3. Mixing or Making?; Part II. Limitations of Lockean Property; 4. Limitations of the Original Theory; 5. A Latter-Day Lockean; 6. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Sommario/riassunto

This book discusses Locke's theory of property from both a critical and an interpretative standpoint. The author first develops a comprehensive interpretation of Locke's argument for the legitimacy of private property, and then examines the extent to which the argument is really serviceable in defense of that institution. He contends that a purified version of Locke's argument--one that adheres consistently to the logic of Locke's text while excluding considerations extraneous to his logic--actually does establish the legitimacy of a form of private property. This version, which is both defens