The Origin of Property in Land by Fustel de Coulanges

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Author Fustel de Coulanges, 1830-1889
Contributor Ashley, W. J. (William James), 1860-1927
Translator Ashley, Margaret, -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 https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Summary "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 The book rigorously engages with historical documents and legal codes to challenge the arguments supporting the communal ownership theory posited by earlier scholars like Maurer.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.)
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
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EBook-No. 67558
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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