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Draft Of Desert Theory - 1985, Wendy J. Gordon
Draft Of Desert Theory - 1985, Wendy J. Gordon
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The first condition of Lockean theory is that property applies only to labor which appropriates something out of the common. Similarly, possession theory in American law applies only to appropriations of things which are unclaimed. While an intellectual product might seem to be drawn out of the ether, it can in fact be a difficult question whether its producers have drawn on more than commonly-owned resources.
Outline Of Desert Theory - 1985, Wendy J. Gordon
Outline Of Desert Theory - 1985, Wendy J. Gordon
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Locke suggests that a covetous stranger has no justification to complain of another’s taking possession and ownership of land if, after the owner’s appropriation, “there was as good left, as that already possessed, and more than he [the potential complainer] knew what to do with, or his industry could reach to.”