Property Law and Economics

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Boudewijn Bouckaert
Edward Elgar Publishing, Jan 1, 2010 - Law - 352 pages
This book contains illuminating and carefully written literature reviews on the central topics of the economics of property rights and institutions. As a bonus, it includes two fascinating chapters on topics off the beaten path slavery and new types of pr
 

Contents

1 Introduction
1
2 Property rights in legal history
5
a comparative view
31
4 Private and common property rights
53
5 Original assignment of private property
107
6 Decomposition of property rights
126
7 Nuisance
161
8 Adverse possession
183
9 Title systems and recordation of interests
191
10 The economics of slavery
203
property rights in environmental goods
225
12 Security interests creditors priorities and bankruptcy
270
Index
319
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Edited by Boudewijn Bouckaert, Professor of Law, University of Ghent, Belgium

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