Foundations of Law and Economics

Property as the Law of Things

Henry E. Smith

Year
2012
Venue
Harvard Law Review
Level
Advanced
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Summary

Explains property as a modular system that uses thing-based boundaries to manage the information costs of legal relations that bind large and indefinite groups. The article connects exclusion strategies, governance rules, and private-law architecture.

Citation

Henry E. Smith. "Property as the Law of Things." Harvard Law Review, 2012.

BibTeX

@article{Smith2012Property,
  title = {Property as the Law of Things},
  author = {Henry E. Smith},
  year = {2012},
  journal = {Harvard Law Review},
  url = {https://harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-125/property-as-the-law-of-things/}
}
Original source: Harvard Law Review

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