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Synopsis
This book subjects the claim that private property is one of the rights of man to a comprehensive and critical examination. The author contrasts two types of arguments about rights - those based on historical entitlement, and those based on the importance of property for freedom. He illustrates this contrast with a detailed discussion of the theories of property found in Locke's "Second Treatise" and Hegel's "Philosophy of Right" and concludes with justification for private ownership. The original analyses of the concept of ownership, the idea of rights and the relation between property and equality are also covered here.
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Review
`A thoughtful and meticulous book ... consistently intelligent and often highly instructive.' Times Literary Supplement
`an exceptionally clear and useful account ... Waldron's book demonstrates where an effort to take "the right to private property" seriously ought to lead.' Times Higher Education Supplement
`scholarly book' Robert Oakeshott, Political Quarterly, 61.3 July-Sept 1990
`His extensive discussion of Locke will not disappoint ... immensely rich. Highly recommended for all university and college libraries'Religious Studies Review
`lucid and authoritative book ... A book like this is intended to be the beginning, not the end, of thinking about the subject it covers.' Constitutional Commentary
`thoughtful, tightly reasoned book ... a very clear and extraordinarily sophisticated analysis of property rights.' Michigan Law Review
`we should be grateful for the wealth of intelligent and insightful analyses in this big book' Dialogue
`The great merit of Waldron's study is that it brings a high-powered and unforgiving microscope to one argument: that there is a right to private property ... Because the study of the right to property can lead in so many directions, and because Waldron is aware of them, this is a major contribution to contemporary political theory.' Political Studies
About the Author
Jeremy Waldron is at University of California, Berkeley.
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