Ranging over a host of issues, Property Rights: A Re-Examination pinpoints and addresses a number of theoretical problems at the heart of property theory.
When part of a person's body is separated from them, or when a person dies, it is unclear what legal status the item of bodily material is able to obtain.
When part of a person's body is separated from them, or when a person dies, it is unclear what legal status the item of bodily material is able to obtain.
When philosophers put forward claims for or against 'property', it is often unclear whether they are talking about the same thing that lawyers mean by 'property'.