Property Rights in Transition

Calendar

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