In Defense of Property

by Gottfried Dietze

Book Overview

In Defense of Property focuses on the importance of private property and its protection throughout history. Emphasizing the connection between property and propriety, Gottfried Dietze shows how the universal appreciation of property functions as an ethical institution, securing happiness under law and order. Dietze examines property rights within the general, civil rights complex and concludes that property rights, as the oldest officially recognized...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801813530
• ISBN13: 9780801813535
• Release Date: December 1971
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.