Huffman Private Property and State Power

Philosophical Justifications, Economic Explanations, and the Role of Government
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-37672-5
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 183 Seiten

Reihe: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection

This book details the relationship between private property and government. As private property is important to both individual welfare and the public interest, the book provides an intellectual framework for the analysis and resolution of contemporary property rights disputes.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Huffman, J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Property and Government: An Unavoidable Tension 3. What is Property? 4. Philosophical Justifications 5. Economic Justifications 6. The Powers and Limits of the State 7. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

James L. Huffman is Dean Emeritus of Lewis and Clark Law School, USA, and a member of the Hoover Institution's John and Jean De Nault Task Force on Property Rights, Freedom and Prosperity. Huffman has taught law for four decades and has written extensively on constitutional, natural resource and private property topics. His commentaries appear regularly in The Daily Caller and occasionally in the Wall Street Journal and several other publications.