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The psychology of property law
- Title
- The psychology of property law / Stephanie M. Stern and Daphna Lewinsohn-Zamir ; with a preface by Linda J. Demaine.
- Author
- Stern, Stephanie M.
- Publication
- New York : New York University Press, [2020]
- ©2020
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- Description
- xi, 291 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Property law governs the acquisition, use and transfer of resources. It resolves competing claims to property, provides legal rules for transactions, affords protection to property from interference by the state, and determines remedies for injury to property rights. In seeking to accomplish these goals, the law of property is concerned with human cognition and behavior. How do we allocate property, both initially and over time, and what factors determine the perceived fairness of those distributions? What social and psychological forces underlie determinations that certain uses of property are reasonable? What remedies do property owners prefer? The Psychology of Property Law explains how assumptions about human judgement, decision-making and behavior have shaped different property rules and examines to what extent these assumptions are supported by the research. Employing key findings from psychology, the book considers whether property law's goals could be achieved more successfully with different rules. In addition, the book highlights property laws and conflicts that offer productive areas for further behaviorally-informed research. The book critically addresses several topics from property law for which psychology has a great deal to contribute. These include ownership and possession, legal protections for residential and personal property, takings of property by the state, redistribution through property law, real estate transactions, discrimination in housing and land use, and remedies for injury to property."
- Series Statement
- Psychology and the law
- Uniform Title
- Psychology and the law (New York, N.Y.)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Ownership and possession -- Protecting homes and other types of property -- Takings -- Redistribution through property law -- Transacting property -- Discrimination and exclusion -- Property rules versus liability rules -- In-kind remedies versus monetary remedies.
- ISBN
- 9781479835683
- 1479835684
- 9781479878895
- 1479878898
- LCCN
- 2019009446
- OCLC
- on1089278592
- 1089278592
- SCSB-9660915
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library