Issue 7

Property theorists typically conceptualize property as a strict liability regime. Blackstone characterized property as “that sole and despotic dominion which… Continue reading →

The dominant form of legal discourse in contemporary America is welfarist. Though there are important alternatives, welfarism also largely prevails… Continue reading →

In 1959, Ronald Coase published his landmark paper on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that would forever change the study… Continue reading →

Is property a black box? Is it best understood in terms of the relationship between owners and nonowners, without regard… Continue reading →

Quasi-property interests refer to situations in which the law seeks to simulate the idea of exclusion, normally associated with property… Continue reading →

There is nothing so uncontestable as the incentive of an owner to safeguard her belongings. Yet property law contains various… Continue reading →

A bridge stretching only three-quarters of the distance across a chasm is useless, while a bridge that is longer than… Continue reading →

Over the past several decades, discussions about the appropriate tools of commons management have played out in a particularly illuminating… Continue reading →

In recent years, many Western governments and organizations have pressed developing nations to build robust private property institutions and have… Continue reading →

My objective in this Article is to offer a description of property as an institution for organizing the use of… Continue reading →