{"product_id":"commodity-propriety-competing-visions-of-property-in-american-legal-thought-1776-1970-9780226013541","title":"Commodity \u0026 Propriety: Competing Visions of Property in American Legal Thought, 1776-1970","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Gregory S. Alexander\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Property\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost people understand property as something that is owned, a means of creating individual wealth. But in \u003ci\u003eCommodity and Propriety\u003c\/i\u003e, the first full-length history of the meaning of property, Gregory Alexander uncovers in American legal writing a competing vision of property that has existed alongside the traditional conception. Property, Alexander argues, has also been understood as \u003ci\u003eproprietary\u003c\/i\u003e, a mechanism for creating and maintaining a properly ordered society. This view of property has even operated in periods-such as the second half of the nineteenth century-when market forces seemed to dominate social and legal relationships. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In demonstrating how the understanding of property as a private basis for the public good has competed with the better-known market-oriented conception, Alexander radically rewrites the history of property, with significant implications for current political debates and recent Supreme Court decisions.","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47614569218199,"sku":"9780226013541","price":5774.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780226013541.webp?v=1775094661","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/commodity-propriety-competing-visions-of-property-in-american-legal-thought-1776-1970-9780226013541","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}