Contemporary housing issues in a globalized world

The public nature of private property

What, exactly, is private property? Or, to ask the question another way, what rights to intrude does the public have in what is generally accepted as private property? The answer, perhaps surprisingly to some, is that the public has not only a significant interest in ...

Modern chinese Real Estate Law

property development in an envolving legal system

With massive growth taking place in the real estate industry, how can China develop a free market and private ownership of land while still officially subscribing to Communist ideology? This study uses fieldwork interviews to establish how the Chinese real estate market operates in practice ...

Hernando de Soto and property in a market economy

Ed. D. Benjamin Barros. Hernando de Soto is one of the world's leading public intellectuals. His books "The Mystery of Capital" and "The Other Path" have had a tremendous impact on debates about international development. But his work also has been controversial, and some ...

Reapraissals in the Law of property

Some of the most basic doctrines of property law are very old, many dating to the medieval era. How can legal rules that were born so long ago remain viable today? In "Reappraisals in the Law of Property", author John V. Orth considers various topics ...