Property and Sovereignty: Legal and Cultural Perspectives
James C Smith - Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2014
This book explores the relationships
between property and the concept of sovereignty from a number of different
perspectives. It distinguishes between the dual meaning of ‘sovereignty’ in
property discourse - political sovereignty and owner sovereignty. The
contributors discuss the nature of sovereignty in both senses, applying it to a
wide range of topics such as the evolution of property rights in fragile and
conflict-affected nation states and notions of sovereign property in new worlds.
This is a valuable book for those in the fields of legal philosophy, property
theory, international and comparative law, and political sociology.
