A study of the emergence of Property Rights through an empirical investigation of the California Gold Rush: Legal Constraints, First Contracts, Private Property Rights in Mining Lands, Violence and Initial Distributions, Violence and Restrictions. The author was a Professor of Economics at Purdue University.

A study of the emergence of Property Rights through an empirical investigation of the California Gold Rush: Legal Constraints, First Contracts, Private Property Rights in Mining Lands, Violence and Initial Distributions, Violence and Restrictions. The author was a Professor of Economics at Purdue University.

“I have found it.” These words, uttered by the man who first discovered gold on the American River in 1848, triggered the most astonishing mass movement of peoples since the Crusades. California’s gold drew fortune-seekers from the ends of the earth. It accelerated America’s imperial expansion and exacerbated the tensions that exploded in the Civil War. And, as H. W. Brands mak...(展开全部)

H.W.布兰兹（H.W. Brands） 现任美国得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校历史系主任，并荣获该校“杰克·S.老布兰顿”主任头衔。他是《纽约时报》的畅销书作家，所著的富兰克林传记和小罗斯福传记入围普利策奖候选名单。

Le héros de cette histoire n’est jamais désigné par un autre nom que l’« adolescent ». Cette absence d’identité est le reflet de sa peur de vivre. Sa course incertaine dans les quartiers louches de Yokohama possède l’étrange pouvoir de fascination d’une descente aux enfers. Mais un enfer qui refuserait tout accent tragique et qui aurait le visage de notre monde. Observateur pas...(展开全部)

Where do our rights come from? Does "natural law" really exist outside of what is written in constitutions and legal statutes? If so, why are rights not the same everywhere and in all eras? On the other hand, if rights are nothing more than the product of human law, why should we ever allow them to override the popular will? In Rights from Wrongs , renowned legal scholar Al...(展开全部)

艾伦•德肖维茨，美国著名法学家。在辛普森杀妻案、克林顿绊闻案与弹劾案、泰森案等一系列备受瞩目的案件中担任辩护律师，同时也是专栏作家、演说家、书评家与畅销书作家，知名度遍及世界，被誉为「当代最伟大的人权律师」。代表作包括《最好的辩护》《大法官的偏见》《性的麦卡锡主义》《法律创世记》《虐待的藉口》《致年轻律师的信》。

This is a study of the way individuals organise the use of resources in order to maximise the value of their economic rights over these resources. Property rights and all forms of organisation result from people's deliberate actions. In the tradition of Coase, this study offers a unified theoretical structure to deal with exchange, rights formation and organisation which tradit...(展开全部)