The Fundamental Interrelationships Between Government and Property (The Economics of Legal Relationships)

This collection of 22 commissioned essays from scholars across numerous fields responded to the question: What are the most fundamental things you can say concerning the interrelations between the institutions of government and property? The Origins Of Property And The Powers Of Government / Richard Adelstein 25 -- Government's Role In Property Ownership: Hobbes Meets Gilligan / David Anderson 37 -- Disaggregating The Concept Of Property In Constitutional Law / C. Edwin Baker 47 -- A Problem About Privacy, Property And Custody: Disputes About The Disposition Of Frozen Embryos / Scott Brophy, Douglas E. Edlin 63 -- Property Appropriation And Theory Of The Firm / David Ellerman 85 -- Government And Property, Democracy And Markets / Louise A. Halper 99 -- Private Property And The State / Herbert Hovenkamp 109 -- Technology, Law And Politics: The Case Of Product Standards / Samuel Krislov 119 -- The Interplay Between The Public And Private Administration Of Property Rights: Order And Efficiency / S. Todd Lowry 131 -- The Government -- Property Relation: Confessions Of A Classical Liberal / Steven G. Medema 143 -- Globalization, Decline Of The Nation-state, And Foucault / Gary Minda 151 -- Credible Testaments, Property, And The Role Of Government / Barry M. Mitnick 165 -- Government, Civil Society, And Property: Restraining The Legal-economic Nexus / Laurence S. Moss 177 -- Property: Questioning Efficiency, Liberty And Imperialism / Pitman B. Potter 191 -- What Government Can Do For Property (and Vice Versa) / Carol M. Rose 209 -- Words From A Largely Forgotten Man / John Henry Schlegel 223 -- Government, Property, Markets ... In That Order ... Not Government Versus Markets / A. Allan Schmid 233 -- Individuals, Choice And Institutions: An Austrian Economic Approach To The Fundamental Relationship Between Government And Property / Linda A. Schwartzstein 239 -- Environmental Protection: Governments And The Allocation And Use Of Property / Kathleen Segerson 249 -- Property Law And Efficient Resource Use / Thomas S. Ulen 259 -- A Retrospective Interpretive Essay On The Diverse Approaches To The Fundamental Interrelationships Between Government And Property / Nicholas Mercuro, Warren J. Samuels 269. Edited By Nicholas Mercuro And Warren J. Samuels. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. BookCover......Page 1 Half-Title......Page 2 Dedication......Page 7 Title......Page 8 Copyright......Page 10 Contents......Page 11 List of Contributors......Page 13 An Introduction to essays on the fundamental interrelationships between government and property......Page 14 The origins of property and the government......Page 37 Government's role in property ownership......Page 48 Disaggregating the concept of property in constitutional law......Page 58 A problem about privacy. property and custody......Page 75 Property appropriation and theory of the firm......Page 99 Government and property, Democracy and markets......Page 114 Private property and the state......Page 124 Technology, law and politics......Page 134 The interplay between the public and private administration of property rights......Page 146 The Government-property relation......Page 158 Globalization, decline of the nation-state, and foucault......Page 166 Credible testaments, property, and the role of government......Page 180 Government, Civil society, and property......Page 192 Property: Questioning efficiency, liberty and imperialism......Page 207 What government can do for property(and vice versa)......Page 226 Words from a largely forgotten man......Page 240 Government, property, markets...in that order...not government versus markets......Page 250 Individuals, choice and institutions: An Austrian economic approach to the fundamental relationship between government and property......Page 256 Environmental protection: Governments and the allocation and use of property......Page 266 Property law and efficient resource use......Page 276 A Retrospective interpretive essay......Page 286 Index......Page 306 This collection of 22 essays responds to the question: What are the most fundamental things you can say concerning the interrelations between the institutions of government and property? Authors were asked to address this question in a positive analysis and that their essay penetrate to the deepest levels of property-government organization.