Property, Place and Piracy |
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| Editor:
| Fredriksson, Martin
Arvanitakis, James |
| Series title: | Routledge Complex Real Property Rights Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-351-72021-2 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2017 |
| Publisher: | CRC Press LLC
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| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $54.95USD $200.00USD $270.00 |
Book Description:
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This book takes the concept of piracy as a starting point to discuss the instability of property as a social construction and how this is spatially situated. The chapters cover areas such as maritime piracy, the philosophical and legal foundations of property rights, mining and land rights, biopiracy and traditional knowledge, indigenous rights, colonization of space, military expansionism and the enclosure of urban space. This book is essential reading for a variety of disciplines...
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This book takes the concept of piracy as a starting point to discuss the instability of property as a social construction and how this is spatially situated. The chapters cover areas such as maritime piracy, the philosophical and legal foundations of property rights, mining and land rights, biopiracy and traditional knowledge, indigenous rights, colonization of space, military expansionism and the enclosure of urban space. This book is essential reading for a variety of disciplines including indigenous studies, cultural studies, geography, political economy, law, environmental studies and all readers concerned with piracy and the ambiguity of property.