The dominant approach to environmental policy endorsed by conservative and libertarian policy thinkers, so-called "free market environmentalism" (FME), is grounded in the recognition and protection of property rights in environmental resources. Despite this normative commitment to property...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Pollution and Natural Rights – Billy Christmas -- Chapter 3: Do Libertarians Have Anything Useful to Contribute to Climate Change Policy? -- Chapter 4: Climate Change Adaptation through the Prism of Individual Rights -- Chapter 5: Common Law Tort as a...

Property rights hold a central place in our Constitutional design and provide the foundation for America's market economy. Admiration of private property has not been universal, however. Some environmental scholars and policymakers have been particularly critical of classical liberal conceptions...