Section on Property Law
Coronado, South Tower/Level 4, San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina
Hernando de Soto and Property in a Market Economy
One or more presenters were selected from a call for papers.
Hernando de Soto is one of the world's leading public intellectuals. His books The Mystery of Capital and The Other Path have been tremendously influential. He has been included on Time Magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world, and has received praise from politicians from across the political spectrum. His work also has been controversial, and some of his arguments have received sustained criticism.
One of de Soto's core ideas is that the institution of private property is necessary for the proper functioning of a market economy. Many property scholars closely follow de Soto's work, but de Soto's ideas have been strangely neglected in property scholarship within the legal academy. His work has been widely discussed in the context of property in developing countries, but has not had the same impact on the property issues that arise in mature market economies like the United States.
This program seeks to remedy this neglect. It brings together a diverse group of scholars to apply de Soto's work to a wide range of contemporary issues in property law and theory.
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