Law, Private Property and Use in The 'Opus Nonaginta Dierum' of William of Ockham
Abstract
This paper presents the ockhamist theory of property as a reply to John XXII in the context of the dispute about poverty. Firstly, we analyse John’s doctrine of property as an absolute right of divine origin, which means that it is illicit to separate property from use in consumable goods. Secondly, we describe the varieties of usus which Ockham defines, along with the concept of ius. As a right ex iure positivo, property reaches its limits in the cases of extreme necessitas.Downloads
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