This book presents a critical reassessment of theories of property rights, in response to conflicts and competition … of property rights, with a focus on a series of case studies from Bangladesh. In doing so, the book highlights the … importance of property rights for economic growth, why developing countries often fail to design property rights conducive for …

Part I. Philosophy -- Chapter 1: Property and Exploitation -- Chapter 2: The Moral Dimensions of Poverty, Entitlements … and Theft -- Chapter 3: Ona’ah -- Part II. Libertarian Property Rights Theory -- Chapter 4: Hayek's Road to Serfdom … -- Chapter 5: Block vs. Friedman on Hayek -- Chapter 6: Pipes on Property and Freedom -- Chapter 7: Bethell on Property and …

The economic analysis of property has made progress in areas of property closest to contracts and torts, where the … assumption that legal rules can be studied in isolation has some plausibility. Property law is a system, and economic analysis … can be used to capture the role of traditional notions of things, possession, and ownership. The theme in all of property …