The institutional theory of property is that view that property rights are entirely and essentially conventional and are the creatures of states and coercively backed legal systems. In this paper, I argue that, although states and legal systems have a valuable role in defining property rights, the institutional story is not the whole story. Rather, the property rights hat we have reason to recognize as part of justice are partly conventional in character and partly rooted in universal human interests and (...) dispositions. (shrink)

The Tragedy of the Commons The population prohlem has no technical solution; it requires a fundamental extension in morality. ...

The book combines philosophical exposition and legal analysis, and pays special attention to issues of tort law.