Single Idea 20096

[catalogued under 25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 4. Property rights]

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?