Introduction: Property and Pragmatism

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Property and Pragmatism 1
5. ONE. Property and Personhood 35
6. TWO. Residential Rent Control 72
7. THREE. Problems for the Theory of Absolute Property Rights 98
8. FOUR. The Liberal Conception of Property: Crosscurrents in the Jurisprudence of Talungs 120
9. FIVE. Diagnosing the Takings Problem 146
10. SIX. Government Interests and Takings: Cultural Commitments of Property and the Role of Political Theory 166
11. SEVEN. The Rhetoric of dienation 191
12. Notes 203
13. Index 253