Léon Duguit and the Social Obligation Norm of Property: A Translation and Global Exploration

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This book demonstrates the importance of Léon Duguit for property theory in both the civil and common law world. It translates into English for the first time ever Duguit’s seminal lecture on property, the sixth of a series given in 1911 in Buenos Aires. It also collects essays from the leading experts on the social function of property in major civil and common law jurisdictions internationally. The book explores the importance that the notion of the social function of property has come to have not only in France but in the entire civil law tradition, and also considers the wide – if un-attributed and seldom regarded – influence in the common law tradition and theory of property. Front Matter ....Pages i-xviii Léon Duguit and the Propriété Function Sociale (Paul Babie, Jessica Viven-Wilksch)....Pages 1-32 Front Matter ....Pages 33-33 Translation (Jessica Viven-Wilksch)....Pages 35-61 Front Matter ....Pages 63-63 The Importance of the Social Function of Property—France (Alexandre Deroche)....Pages 65-86 Duguit and the German Property Law Tradition (Murray Raff)....Pages 87-109 The “Social Function of Property” in German Law (Martin Löhnig)....Pages 111-121 The Importance of the Social Function of Property—Norway (Geir Stenseth)....Pages 123-142 The Social Function of Property: Russia (Katlijn Malfliet)....Pages 143-167 Front Matter ....Pages 169-169 Liberalism and Property in Colombia: Property as a Right and Property as a Social Function (Daniel Bonilla)....Pages 171-205 Tierra y Libertad: The Social Function Doctrine and Land Reform in Latin America (Thomas T. Ankersen, Thomas Ruppert)....Pages 207-252 A Curious Doctrinal Marriage: the Social Function of Property and the Right to the City in Brazil (Colin Crawford)....Pages 253-266 Léon Duguit and the Social Function of Property in Argentina (M. C. Mirow)....Pages 267-285 Front Matter ....Pages 287-287 The Social Function of Property, Credit, and Capital in the United States (Christopher K. Odinet)....Pages 289-309 Duguit Appropriated: Trusts and Collective Ownership in Québec (Gaële Gidrol-Mistral, Alexandra Popovici)....Pages 311-327 Front Matter ....Pages 329-329 The Norm of Property’s Social Function: A Chinese Perspective (Lei Chen, Andrew Michalek, Jia Wang)....Pages 331-354 Can Social Property Survive Under Neoliberalism?: A View from Australia (Peter D. Burdon, James G. Stewart)....Pages 355-370 Between Custom and Colony: Social-Norm Based Property Law in South Africa’s Post-constitutional “no-Man’s Land” (Hanri Mostert, Cheri-Leigh Young)....Pages 371-402 Back Matter ....Pages 403-419