The Land We Share: Private Property and the Common Good - Couverture rigide

Freyfogle, Eric T.

 
9781559638906: The Land We Share: Private Property and the Common Good
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1559638907 ISBN 13 : 9781559638906
Editeur : Shearwater Books,US, 2003

Synopsis

Is private ownership an inviolate right that individuals can wield as they see fit? Or is it better understood in more collective terms, as an institution that communities reshape over time to promote evolving goals? What should it mean to be a private landowner in an age of sprawling growth and declining biological diversity? These provocative questions lie at the heart of this wide-ranging book by legal scholar and conservationist Eric Freyfogle. Bringing together insights from history, law, philosophy and ecology, Freyfogle undertakes an enquiry into the ownership of nature, leading us behind publicized and contentious disputes over open-space regulation, wetlands protection and wildlife habitat to reveal the foundations of and changing ideas about private ownership in America. Drawing upon ideas from Thomas Jefferson, Henry George and Aldo Leopold, and interweaving engaging accounts of actual disputes over land-use issues, Freyfogle develops a vision of what private ownership in America could mean - an ownership system, fair to owners and taxpayers alike, that fosters healthy land and healthy economies.

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Éditeur
Shearwater Books,US
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1559638907
ISBN 13 
9781559638906
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
352
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9781610911696: The Land We Share: Private Property and the Common Good

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ISBN 10 :  1610911695 ISBN 13 :  9781610911696
Editeur : Island Press, 2003
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