Bankruptcy in America, in stark contrast to its status in most other countries, typically signifies not a debtor's last gasp but an opportunity to catch one's breath and recoup. Why has the nation's legal system evolved to allow both corporate and individual debtors greater control over their...

Compares and contrasts historical and contemporary Canadian and US Native American policy. This book examines the evolution of property rights, from wildlife in pre-Columbian times and the potential for using property rights to resolve contemporary fish and wildlife issues, to the importance of...

"Belongings argues that the food crisis is at heart a land crisis. One direct effect of the commodification of land since the enclosure movement has been hunger. Another has been the concentration of wealth, power and property in the hands of a few. Belongings explores the core principles of...