Publisher's Synopsis
This wide-ranging collection of essays focuses on three major concerns: firstly, the frontiers of property including genes, body parts, embryos, information, shares, bank balances and pension funds; secondly, questionable assumptions within conventional classificatory doctrines including leaseholds, mortgages, restitutionary rights, things, composite ownership and public property; thirdly, the role of property seen in an inter-disciplinary context including economic, historical, comparative and philosophical.;The essays contribute insights from both common law and civil law backgrounds. They will be of interest to practitioners, academics, researchers, and political and social theorists.
