LONDON,
September, 1916.
[CONTENTS]
[CHAPTER XXVIII]
THE RIGHT OF PROPERTY
The meaning of the term “property,” p. [1].—Savages accused of thievishness, p. [2].—Theft condemned by savages, pp. [2]–13.—The condemnation of theft influenced by the value of the goods stolen, pp. [13]–15.—The stealing of objects of a certain kind punished with particular severity, p. [14].—The appropriation of a small quantity of food not punished at all, p. [14] sq.—Exceptions to the rule that the punishment of theft is influenced by the worth or nature of the appropriated property, p. [15].—The degree of criminality attached to theft influenced by the place where it is committed, p. [15] sq.—A theft committed by night punished more heavily than one committed by day, p. [16].—Distinction made between ordinary theft and robbery, p. [16] sq.—Distinction made between manifest and non-manifest theft, p. [17].—Successful thieves not disapproved of but rather admired, pp. [17]–19.—The moral valuation of theft influenced by the social position of the thief and of the person robbed, p. [19] sq.—Varies according as the victim is a tribesman or fellow-countryman or a stranger, pp. [20]–25.—The treatment of ship-wrecked people in Europe, p. [25].—The destruction of property held legitimate in warfare, p. [25] sq.—The seizure of private property in war, p. [26] sq.—Military contributions and requisitions levied upon the inhabitants of the hostile territory, p. [27].—Proprietary incapacities of children, p. [27] sq.—Of women, pp. [28]–31.—Of slaves, pp. [31]–33.—The theory that nobody but the chief or king has proprietary rights, p. [33].
[CHAPTER XXIX]
THE RIGHT OF PROPERTY (concluded)
Acquisition of property by occupation, pp. [35]–39.—By keeping possession of a thing, pp. [39]–41.—By labour, pp. [41]–43.—By a transfer of property by its owner, p. [43].—By inheritance, pp. [44]–49.—By the fact that ownership in a thing directly follows from ownership in another thing, p. [49] sq.—By the custom which prescribes community of goods, p. [50].—The origin of proprietary rights and of the various modes of acquisition, pp. [51]–57.—Explanation of the incapacity of children, wives, and slaves to acquire property, p. [57].—Why the moral judgments vary with regard to different acts of theft, pp. [57]–59.—Theft supposed to be avenged by supernatural powers, pp. [59]–69.—The removing of landmarks regarded as sacrilegious, p. [60] sq.—Cursing as a method of punishing thieves or compelling them to restore what they have stolen, p. [62] sq.—Cursing as a means of preventing theft, pp. [63]–67.—Spirits or gods invoked in curses referring to theft, p. [66] sq.—Why gods take notice of offences against property, pp. [67]–69.—The belief that thieves will be punished after death, p. [69].—The opposition against the established principles of ownership, pp. [69]–71.