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Single Idea 20096

[filed under theme 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 Ref

Micklethwait/Wooldridge: 'The Fourth Revolution' [Penguin 2014], p.27

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A Reaction

Normally attributed to Locke, so this is a good corrective. Was the principle gradually forgotten before Locke?

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The 5 ideas from 'The Fourth Revolution'

20096

Roman law entrenched property rights [Micklethwait/Wooldridge]

20099

For communists history is driven by the proletariat [Micklethwait/Wooldridge]

20097

The welfare state aims at freedom from want, and equality of opportunity [Micklethwait/Wooldridge]

20098

Fans of economic freedom claim that capitalism is self-correcting [Micklethwait/Wooldridge]

20100

Classical liberalism seeks freedom of opinion, of private life, of expression, and of property [Micklethwait/Wooldridge]