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Love this paper, and the fascinating impact of the Roman law of absolute ownership (cf common law ownership)

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Thanks very much for the question in the Zoominar. Made me focus on the why.

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So it’s something I always talk about with students, when I teach property law. The common law fragmentation of title cf “dominion.”

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Orlando Patterson argues that the Roman notion of property as absolute dominion was deeply connected to the divide between citizen and slave. I did not like his idea when I first read it, but I am now more inclined to think there is something to it.

https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674986909

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Sep 9, 2023
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I am the outlier. Byzantine Empire is the standard moniker in the scholarship.

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Jun 7, 2023Edited
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You can make bureaucracy work for you, but it’s hard.

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