The Origin of Property in Land by Fustel de Coulanges
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"The Origin of Property in Land" by Fustel de Coulanges is a scholarly examination of the theories surrounding land ownership, likely written in the late 19th century. This academic work scrutinizes the prevailing notion that private ownership in land evolved from a primitive system of communal land ownership, particularly in the context of Germanic societies and their legal traditions. The book rigorously engages with historical documents and legal codes to challenge the
arguments supporting the communal ownership theory posited by earlier scholars like Maurer. The opening of the work presents a detailed critique of the agrarian communism theory, outlining how various historians and theorists argued that early societies cultivated land collectively before transitioning to private property. Rather than concede to this idea, Fustel sets out to verify the scholarly evidence used to support it, highlighting contradictions within these theories. He emphasizes that early German law reflects a system of private ownership rather than communal participation and suggests that what appears to be community ownership may actually indicate a familial or individual landholding, thus laying a foundation for the assertion of private property over communal rights. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Fustel de Coulanges, 1830-1889 |
|---|---|
| Contributor | Ashley, W. J. (William James), 1860-1927 |
| Translator | Ashley, Margaret, 1859-1922 |
| LoC No. | 52045494 |
| Title |
The Origin of Property in Land With an introductory chapter on the English manor by W. J. Ashley |
| Original Publication | United Kingdom: Swan Sonnenschein,1891. |
| Credits | Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 58.7 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | K: Law in general, Comparative and uniform law, Jurisprudence |
| Subject | Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- History |
| Subject | Real property -- History |
| Subject | Manors -- Great Britain |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 67558 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-67558-9 |
| Release Date | Mar 4, 2022 |
| Last Update | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 546 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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