Overview
Provides the first English translation of Léon Duguit’s highly influential 1911 Buenos Aires lecture on the social function of property (propriété function sociale)
Contextualises the social function of property in the common law and civil traditions
Offers insights from the leading international scholars in the common law and civil traditions on the social function of property
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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English Translation of Léon Duguit’s 1920 Buenos Aires Lecture ‘propriété fonction sociale’ by Jessica Viven-Wilksch
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The Importance of the Social Function of Property—Europe
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The Importance of the Social Function of Property—South America
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The Importance of the Social Function of Property—North America
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The Importance of the Social Function of Property—Australia, Africa and Asia
Keywords
- property law
- property theory
- social function of property
- propriété function sociale
- common law property
- civil law property
- Léon Duguit
- private property
- common property
- social responsibility norm
- capitalist property
- real property
- civil code
- right-property
- propriété-droit
- function-property
- propriété-fonction
- legal history
- Larissa Katz
About this book
The book explores the importance that the notion of the social function of property has come to have not only in France but in the entire civil law tradition, and also considers the wide – if un-attributed and seldom regarded – influence in the common law tradition and theory of property.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Paul Babie is Professor of Law at The University of Adelaide, Associate Dean of Law (Research) of the Adelaide Law School, Associate Dean (Research) of the Faculty of the Professions, and Director of the Research Unit for the Study of Society, Law and Religion (RUSSLR) (which he founded in 2007). He is a Barrister and Solicitor (inactive) of the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta (Canada), and an Associate Member of the Law Society of South Australia. His primary research interests include critical theory, private law theory, property theory, and liberation theology and religious legal systems. He has published and spoken extensively in these fields and he teaches property law, property theory, law and religion, and Roman law.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Léon Duguit and the Social Obligation Norm of Property
Book Subtitle: A Translation and Global Exploration
Editors: Paul Babie, Jessica Viven-Wilksch
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7189-9
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-7188-2Published: 19 September 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-7191-2Published: 19 September 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-7189-9Published: 07 September 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 419
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations