In this tightly written book, Banner, a professor of law at UCLA, tackles an admittedly expansive topic, illustrating that our ideas about what property is, how it is regulated, and what it is meant to do are in constant flux and have been historically contested. Partly an examination of law,...

In this case currently before the U.S. Supreme Court, petitioner Gamble's brief demonstrates that there was no dual sovereignty doctrine before the mid-19th century. At the Founding and for several decades thereafter, a prosecution by one sovereign was understood to bar a subsequent prosecution...

Cover -- Speculation -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Land of Speculation -- 2. Betting on Prices -- 3. The Anti-​Option Era -- 4. Selling Blue Sky -- 5. Aftershocks of the Crash -- 6. Land and Onions -- 7. Inside Information -- 8....