The Fundamental Interrelationships between Government and
Property Edited by Nicholas Mercuro, Warren J. Samuels Published
July 17th 2003 by Routledge – 304 pages This collection of 22
commissioned essays from scholars across numerous fields
responded to the question: What are the most fundamental things
you can say concerning the interrelations between the
institutions of government and property? Contributing authors
were asked to address this question in a positive analysis and
that their essay penetrate to the deepest (most fundamental)
levels of property-government organization. Their contributions
are illuminating. 1. An introduction to essays on the
fundamental interrelationships between government and property
W.J. Samuels 2. The origins of property and the powers of
government R. Adelstein 3. Government's role in property
ownership: Hobbes Meets Gilligan D. Anderson 4. Disaggregating
the concept of property in constitutional law C.E. Baker 5. A
problem about privacy, property and custody: disputes abo