Property law and social morality / / Peter M. Gerhart, Case Western Reserve University School of Law [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910824483203321
• Autore: Gerhart Peter M.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2014
• ISBN: 1-107-72037-0; 1-139-89420-X; 1-107-72765-0; 1-107-73001-5; 1-107-73176-3; 1-107-72825-8; 1-107-72363-9; 1-139-03518-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 332 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Classificazione: LAW052000
• Disciplina: 346.04
• Soggetti: Right of property - Social aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Property's values -- An overview of the theory -- Owner as decision maker -- Ownership and social recognition -- Other-regarding decision making -- Assigning burdens and benefits -- Exclusion -- Nuisance: spatial coordination -- Concurrent decision makers -- Temporal coordination -- A theory of legislative regulation -- The takings power -- Legislative regulation and assigning burdens-- The promise of unity.
• Sommario/riassunto: Property Law and Social Morality develops a theory of property that highlights the social construction of obligations that individuals owe each other. By viewing property law through the lens of obligations rather than through the lens of rights, the author affirms the existence of important property rights (when no obligation to another exists) and defines the scope of those rights (when an obligation to another does exist). By describing the scope of the decisions that individuals are permitted to make and the requirements of other-regarding decisions, the author develops a single theory to explain the dynamics of private ; and common property, including exclusion, nuisance, shared decision making, and decision making over time. The development of social recognition norms adds to our understanding of property evolution, and the principle of equal freedom underlying social recognition that limit government interference with property rights.