Full Idea
Roman law entrenched property rights.
Gist of Idea
Roman law entrenched property rights
Source
Micklethwait,J/Wooldridge,A (The Fourth Revolution [2014], 1 Intro)
Book Reference
Micklethwait/Wooldridge: 'The Fourth Revolution' [Penguin 2014], p.27
A Reaction
Normally attributed to Locke, so this is a good corrective. Was the principle gradually forgotten before Locke?