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Introduction to Property Rights Revolutions Around the Globe |
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| 2 |
The Naturalness and Unnaturalness of Property: How Do Things Become Owned? |
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| 3 |
Commodification: What Properties Can Be Bought and Sold?
Guest Speaker: Carol Rose |
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| 4 |
Property Rights Doctrine in Developing Countries: Convergence or Diversity? |
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| 5 |
Economic Perspectives of Property Rights |
Proposed research topic and bibliography due |
| 6 |
Legal Frameworks for a Market Economy: Property Rights or Contracts? |
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| 7 |
Property Rights Without Law: Alternative Institutions |
Research proposal due |
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Property Rights in Action: Empirical Evidence |
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| 9 |
Property Rights As a Social Construction: Why and How Do They Change? |
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| 10 |
The Tragedy and the Comedy of the Commons: Individual Private Ownership Versus Other Forms |
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| 11 |
The Politics and Social Conflict Over Property Rights |
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| 12 |
Takings and Givings |
Final paper due
Student final paper presentations |