The new institutional economics and Roman legal policy -- The creation of rights in the countryside -- Roman legal policy and private farm Tenancy -- Legal order in the rural economy -- Late antique tax policy and incentives for investment

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...