The Myth of Property: Toward an Egalitarian Theory of Ownership

by John Christman

The Myth of Property is the first book-length study to focus directly on the variable and complex structure of ownership. It critically analyzes what it means to own something, and it takes familiar debates about distributive justice and recasts them into discussions of the structure of ownership. The traditional notion of private property assumed by both defenders and opponents of that system is criticized and exposed as a "myth." The book then puts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B006IMLPJY
• ISBN13: 9780195085945
• Release Date: July 1994
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.6"