Property and Exclusivity: Ownership in the Scottish Enlightenment, Adam Smith, and English Literature

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dc.contributor.advisorKlein, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorRobinson, John Andrew
dc.creatorRobinson, John Andrew
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-28T10:20:47Z
dc.date.available2016-09-28T10:20:47Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation contributes to the recent debate over the appropriateness of the metaphor that describes property as a ‘bundle of rights,’ prevalent in legal and economic scholarship. Critics of the bundle formulation argue that a more sensible alternative description of property is to be found in our more ancient legal tradition. I argue that the bundle formulation is indeed a departure from earlier treatments of property found in the writings of Gershom Carmichael, Francis Hutcheson, Adam Smith, among others. In my final chapter, I examine a variety of folk and fairy tales that illuminate some of the criticisms of the bundle formulation. Dominion, exclusivity, and the relationship between owners and things owned, are all key components of ownership in these stories. Such attributes of property are essential not only to its operation as a social institution, but also to its ennobling properties.
dc.format.extent121 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1920/10399
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsCopyright 2016 John Andrew Robinson
dc.subjectEconomics
dc.subjectAdam Smith
dc.subjectFolklore
dc.subjectOwnership
dc.subjectProperty
dc.titleProperty and Exclusivity: Ownership in the Scottish Enlightenment, Adam Smith, and English Literature
dc.typeDissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineEconomics
thesis.degree.grantorGeorge Mason University
thesis.degree.levelPh.D.

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