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First published 1832

The Natural and Artificial Right of Property Contrasted

by Thomas Hodgskin

London: B. Steil, 1832; Online Library of Liberty edition109 pages

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Author
Thomas Hodgskin
First published
1832
Format
PDF and EPUB
Pages
109
Publisher
London: B. Steil, 1832; Online Library of Liberty edition
License
Public domain by publication date.

A series of letters Hodgskin addressed to Henry Brougham in 1832. He contrasts the natural right of property, which arises from a person's labor, with the artificial right of property created by statute, and ties the second to the Benthamite reformers of his day. A key source for early British natural-rights individualism.

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19 chapters · 63,155 words · free to read here

  1. ADVERTISEMENT.
  2. CONTENTS.
  3. LETTER THE FIRST. INTRODUCTORY.
  4. TO H. BROUGHAM, ESQ. M.P. F.R.S. &c.
  5. TO H. BROUGHAM, ESQ. M. P. F.R.S. &c.
  6. LETTER THE THIRD. THE LEGAL RIGHT OF PROPERTY.
  7. TO H. BROUGHAM, ESQ. M. P. F.R.S. &c.
  8. TO H. BROUGHAM, ESQ. M. P. F.R.S. &c.
  9. LETTER THE FIFTH. THE LEGAL RIGHT OF PROPERTY IS UNDERGOING SUBVERSION BY THE NATURAL RIGHT OF PROPERTY.
  10. TO H. BROUGHAM, ESQ. M. P. F.R.S. &c.
  11. LETTER THE SIXTH. THE LAW-MAKER DOES NOT ESTABLISH RIGHTS: HE ONLY COPIES USAGES.
  12. TO H. BROUGHAM, ESQ. M. P. F.R.S. &c.
  13. TO H. BROUGHAM, ESQ. M. P. F.R.S. &c.
  14. LETTER THE EIGHTH. EVILS OF THE ARTIFICIAL RIGHT OF PROPERTY.
  15. TO H. BROUGHAM, ESQ. M. P. F.R.S. &c.
  16. POSTSCRIPT. TO LORD BROUGHAM AND VAUX, lord high chancellor of england, &c. &c.
  17. About Liberty Fund
  18. The Online Library of Liberty
  19. Copyright Information

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