John Brigham: Property and the Politics of Entitlement

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#CC0000" alink="#CC0000"><center><hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade>A case for constitutional protection of entitlements as property<hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade><p><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9780877227151&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><img src="720_reg.gif" height=200 border=1 vspace=4></p></center><h1>Property and the Politics of Entitlement</h1> <h3>John Brigham</h3> <P>cloth 0-87722-715-2 $39.95, Oct 90, <FONT COLOR=#990033>Out of Stock Unavailable</FONT> <BR> 240 pp </P><BLOCKQUOTE><I>"[This book] is quite interesting and well written. It concerns not only a timely issue in constitutional politics but one with strong historical roots as well. It fuses a traditional concern of constitutional politics, property rights, with arguments in favor of extending the constitutional basis of property more effectively to entitlements. The political ramifications of such new thrusts are enormous."</I> <br>&#151<b>Professor Burton Atkins</b>, Florida State University<I></I></BLOCKQUOTE> <p>In this book, John Brigham makes a case for constitutional protection of entitlements as property. He argues that the legal definition of property is based on expectations founded on positive law, which may or may not be related to the Lockean notion that labor creates property. While books on constitutional property generally have had a conservative orientation and have tried to defend great wealth, this book does not. Brigham argues that property as a fundamental right guarantees the entitlements of rich and poor alike. <p>Focusing on "entitlement," a particular facet of property, the author refers to the legitimate expectations that people have about what they believe to be rightfully and legally theirs. With a political and epistemological approach, he examines who creates the stuff called property and enables its treatment as a fundamental right, and he studies such related issues as tax and development policy. <BR> <H2>About the Author(s)</H2> <P><b>John Brigham</b>, a Professor in the Political Science Department at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, is the author of four other books, including <I><A HREF="506_reg.html" TARGET="_top">The Cult of the Court</A></I> (Temple).</P> <BR><H2>Subject Categories</H2> <p><A HREF="/tempress/political.html" TARGET="_top">Political Science and Public Policy</a> </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9780877227151&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="copyright.html" onMouseOver="window.status='Web Copyright Policy';return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''" title="Web Copyright Policy">©</a> 2015 <a href="http://www.temple.edu" target="new" onMouseOver="window.status='Link to Temple University home page';return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''" title="Link to Temple University home page">Temple University</a>. All Rights Reserved. http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/720_reg.html</font></p>