Property as a Function of Politics: A Work on Property and Politics, Apparently Authored by Heinrich von Treitschke

Abstract

Politics and judicial decisions have in some fashion been conducted in the United States (and elsewhere) as a contest between adversaries. The legal representatives of the two parties articulate the competing sets of claims generally in a manner that represents the legal or jurisprudential version of their clients’ respective attitudes. The judge(s) who hear the case and the justices who consider the appeals also tend to do likewise. A “final” decision by the United States Supreme Court (or any State appellate court) and any dissenters to a majority decision will very likely be composed of similar language.

Citation

Samuels, W.J. (2012), "Property as a Function of Politics: A Work on Property and Politics, Apparently Authored by Heinrich von Treitschke", Johnson, M. (Ed.) Documents on Government and the Economy (Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, Vol. 30 Part 2), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 117-138. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0743-4154(2012)000030B005