Abstract
Early Modern Conceptions of Property draws together distinguished academics from a variety of disciplines, including law, economics, politics, art history, social history, and literature, to consider fundamental issues of property in the early modern period. Articles address classic issues of property theory including: how can private ownership of natural resources be justified? What constraints, if any, should be placed on the power to transmit assets through inheritance? Is it possible to reconcile the rights of property owners backed by state power and the rights of the propertyless to life and liberty?