Property The institution of property has interested social philosophers in part, at least, because it raises issues of justice. Like government, it is practically universal but varies enough in its particular arrangements to suggest the question What...

In many situations, property rights are easily determined. Boundaries to stationary, observable assets such as land can be defined and enforced clearly. Property rights to crude oil and natural gas are far more troublesome, for two reasons. Both...

The right to own land and other property is taken for granted in many countries. It is one of the cornerstones of private enterprise and capitalism, and makes it possible for people to control where they live and work. In space, however, this right is...

Property [addendum] What is property? It is some valued item that belongs to someone. Its existence in society may be collective or individual, although even if collective, it usually emerges from instances of (pooled or expropriated) individual...

an object of legal rights, which embraces possessions or wealth collectively, frequently with strong connotations of individual ownership. In law the term refers to the complex of jural relationships between and among persons with respect to things....

Property was a key subject in the *evolutionist arguments of several of the greatest pioneers of anthropology. For *L.H.Morgan (1877:6), ‘A critical knowledge of the evolution of the idea of property would embody, in some respects, the most...

In law, something that is owned or possessed. Concepts of property vary widely among cultures. In the West, property is generally regarded as either tangible (e.g., land or goods) or intangible (e.g., stocks and bonds or a patent). Individual ownership...

. (i) Any characteristic. (ii) A characteristic relevant for the indiscernibility of identicals (see LEIBNIZ’S LAW). Tully is the same as Cicero, but ‘Tully is hereby named by a five-letter name’ is true, while ‘Cicero is hereby...

Property ill-got is property ill-spent. (Roman) Property is robbery....

Property designates those things commonly recognized as the entities in respect of which a person or group has exclusive rights. Important types of property include real property (land), personal property (other physical possessions), and intellectual...