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Record Nr.

UNINA9910973040503321

Autore

Sreenivasan Gopal

Titolo

The limits of Lockean rights in property / / Gopal Sreenivasan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-773077-9

1-280-76052-4

0-19-535794-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 162 pages)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

320.1/01

320.101

323.46

Soggetti

Property

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1995.

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

Sommario/riassunto

A comprehensive interpretation of Locke's argument for the legitimacy of private property, and a critical assessment of that argument, including an exploration of its defensibility in modern terms, as well as its limits.