Property Law and (More Than One Notion of) Sustainability: A New Field

Björn Hoops

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Property Law and (More Than One Notion of) Sustainability: A New Field

Björn Hoops

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Absolute ownership fuels the overexploitation of nature. Property-law scholars analyse and devise innovations to build sustainable economies and societies. This contribution argues that in this new field of ‘Property Law and Sustainability’ (PropLS), diverging concepts of sustainability have been pursued. Some scholars subscribe to sustainability as requiring radically changed economies and societies, particularly through a massive reduction of consumption. By contrast, the majority of PropLS-scholars presuppose that through technological advancement and diffusion, the current system can be maintained. Despite these diverging assumptions, this contribution pleads for a unified PropLS-field, to take advantage of plentiful synergies for fruitful exchange and collaboration.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Routledge Handbook of Private Law and Sustainability
Editors	Marta Santos Silva, Andrea Nicolussi, Christiane Wendehorst, Pablo Salvador Coderch, Marc Clément, Fryderyk Zoll
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	16
Pages	259-275
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	9781032662046
ISBN (Print)	9781032662008
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032662046-20
Publication status	Published - May-2024

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Property Law and (More Than One Notion of) Sustainability: A New Field. / Hoops, Björn.
Routledge Handbook of Private Law and Sustainability. ed. / Marta Santos Silva; Andrea Nicolussi; Christiane Wendehorst; Pablo Salvador Coderch; Marc Clément; Fryderyk Zoll. Routledge, 2024. p. 259-275.

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