1 Introduction&Boudewijn Bouckaert 1
2 Property rights in legal history&Kim Hoofs 5
3 Property rights：a comparative view&Sjef van Erp and Bram Akkermans 31
4 Private and common property rights&Elinor Ostrom and Charlotte Hess 53
5 Original assignment of private property&Boudewijn Bouckaert 107
6 Decomposition of property rights&Jeffrey Evans Stake 126
7 Nuisance&Timothy Swanson and Andreas Kontoleon 161
8 Adverse possession&Ben Depoorter 183
9 Title systems and recordation of interests&Boudewijn Bouckaert 191
0 The economics of slavery&Jenny Wahl 203
11 New forms of private property：property rights in environmental goods&Daniel H.Cole 225
12 Security interests，creditors’priorities，and bankruptcy &James W.Bowers 270
Index 319