Commodity & Propriety (Paperback, New edition)

Most people understand property as something that is owned, a means of creating individual wealth. But in "Commodity and Propriety," the first full-length history of the meaning of property, Gregory Alexander uncovers in American legal writing a competing vision of property that has existed alongside the traditional conception. Property, Alexander argues, has also been understood as "proprietary," a mechanism for creating and maintaining a properly ordered society. This view of property has even operated in periods--such as the second half of the nineteenth century--when market forces seemed to dominate social and legal relationships.
In demonstrating how the understanding of property as a private basis for the public good has competed with the better-known market-oriented conception, Alexander radically rewrites the history of property, with significant implications for current political debates and recent Supreme Court decisions.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 1999
First published:	June 1999
Authors:	Gregory S. Alexander
Dimensions:	152 x 228 x 34mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	496
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-01354-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General Books > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > Finance > Property & real estate Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Private, property, family law > Property, real estate, land & tenancy law Books > Money & Finance > Property & real estate Promotions
LSN:	0-226-01354-5
Barcode:	9780226013541

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