...property can be understood as 'that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in total exclusion of...the right of any other individual in the universe' (Blackstone, in Glendon 1991, 23). How does one come to enjoy such despotic control? Western culture's...

...the right of property; or that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in total exclusion of the right of any other individual in the universe."5 It is important that Blackstone's definition above should not be misread or misinterpreted....

...today, that property is 'that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in total exclusion of the right of any other individual in the universe'.40 This assertion is often depicted as a failure to understand or accept the inherent limitations...

...the right to property; or that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in total exclusion of the right of any other individual in the universe.'9 The right to copyright is the right to control the social and economic agenda of an abstract...

...(1723-1780) defined property as "that despotic dominion that one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in total exclusion of the right of any other individual in the universe."5 Obviously, Sir William did not intend his dictum to mean that the lawful owner of something...

...of property is "that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the eternal things of the world, in total exclusion of the right of any other individual in the universe."26 To this point in his thirty-one years, Ledyard had never had "sole or despotic dominion"...

...described property as: that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the things of the world, in total exclusion of the right of any individual in the universe. (Blackstone, 1769) Blackstone was commenting on the laws of England, and...

...defined private property as "that sole and despotic common which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in total exclusion of...the right of any other individual in the universe." For Granville Sharp it was a triumph, not least because Lewis's counsel held up in his hand Sharp's...

...depicted property as an individual's "sole and despotic dominion . . . over the external things in the world, in total exclusion of the right of any other individual in the universe."11 In actual fact, property rights come in varied shapes and sizes and are subject to policy-laden...