Research Handbook on Property, Law and Theory

Edited by Chris Bevan, Professor in Property Law, Durham Law School, Durham University, UK

‘Of all collections in property, law and theory, this book stands out. Its breadth and depth are extraordinary, with contributions from pre-eminent and emerging scholars from five continents. It ranges from critiques and defenses of the classic justifications for the human institution of property to squatters’ rights, the LGBTQ+ community, digital property, and the impending collision between established property rights and climate catastrophe. This is the resource in the field published in the last twenty years.’

• ContentsForeword xivPART I FOUNDATIONS1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on Property, Law and Theory:Revisiting classical accounts and exploring contemporary contexts andchallenges 2Chris Bevan2 Justifying property: looking beyond the Blackstonian paradigm ofprivate ownership by a self-interested autonomous human individual 15Alison Clarke3 Real property rights in England and Wales: removing the law/equity distinction 37Martin Dixon4 Possession, use, and exclusion 52James Y. Stern5 Boundaries 73Gregory S. AlexanderPART II CLASSICAL AND CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNTS OFPROPERTY THEORY6 Utilitarian property theories 89Gregory S. Alexander and Eduardo M. Peñalver7 Locke’s theory of property 109Thomas J. Berry8 After Hegel: rethinking personhood for the collective 125Amelia Thorpe, Amy J. Cohen and Ilana Gershon9 Authority and acquisition: Kant on property in the state of nature 142Luke J. Davies10 The concept of property in Marx 155K. Nikias11 Radical contingency and the bundle of rights 169Jane B. Baron12 Progressive property’s Thomistic turn: connecting human sustenanceand human flourishing 182Rachael Walsh13 Liberal property theory 197Hanoch Dagan14 Destabilizing property 214Ezra Rosser15 Property theory’s neglect of non-private property 231Leon Terrill16 Property as service streams 247Lee Anne Fennell17 The praxis of real estate law: more than scriveners of the deal 263Robin Paul MalloyPART III PROPERTY IN CONTEXT18 Feminist perspectives on property law 278Rosemary Auchmuty19 Property and the LGBTQ+ community: the example of the United States 294Nancy J. Knauer20 Indigenous peoples and the violence of ‘property’: can human rightslaw support decolonisation? 312Saskia Vermeylen, Jérémie Gilbert and Cindy Kobei21 Eminent domain, regulatory takings and the right to property 326Víðir Smári Petersen and Bram Akkermans22 Property law and emotions 345Heather Conway and John Stannard23 Property in human body parts 361Imogen Goold24 Speculation, squatting and sustainability 377Lorna Fox O’Mahony and Marc L. Roark25 Rights and challenges in the technological domain: navigating thetransformations of digital property 394Nicola Lucchi26 Property and the art world 406Emma J. L. Waring27 Intellectual property rights and private law entitlements 422Robert P. Merges28 Intellectual property law in gaming and artificial intelligence 448Enrico Bonadio and Alina Trapova29 Cryptoassets and the renaissance of the tertium quid? 463Kelvin F. K. Low30 Property rights and environmental ethics 479James Penner31 Private property and climate change 494P. T. BabieIndex 510