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This critique of property examines its classical conception: addressing its ontology and history, as well as considering its symbolic aspects and connection to social relations of power.

It is organized around three themes:

• the ways in which concepts of property are symbolically and practically connected to relations of power
• the 'objects' of property in changing contexts of materialism
• challenges to the Western idea of property posed by colonial and post-colonial contexts, such as the disempowerment through property of...

This critique of property examines its classical conception: addressing its ontology and history, as well as considering its symbolic aspects and connection to social relations of power.

It is organized around three themes:

• the ways in which concepts of property are symbolically and practically connected to relations of power
• the 'objects' of property in changing contexts of materialism
• challenges to the Western idea of property posed by colonial and post-colonial contexts, such as the disempowerment through property of...

This book engages with the traditional questions of legal theory but its analysis rests on the contention that law is not confined to the state. Despite the increasing range of contemporary approaches to law, nearly all legal theory maintains the presumption that the legal is essentially, centrally, or even necessarily state law. Against the backdrop of analytical jurisprudence, the book draws theoretical connections and continuities between different experiences, spheres, and modalities of law and in particular legal pluralism. Taking up the many forms of critical and socio-legal thought,...

The editor of this new Routledge collection reminds us that property is one of the most unassailable concepts of modern Western legal systems . The need for individuals and companies to be able to control and manipulate property including, among other things, rights in land, objects, patents, and copyrights is foundational not only to modern economies, but also to our very identities, our liberties, and our relationships. Indeed, the secure creation and protection of property is regarded as a fundamental part of most civilized legal systems and it is even regarded by many as a necessary...