Kant on Property Rights and International Law
Author:   Alice Pinheiro Walla (McMaster University)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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Pages:   75
Publication Date:   28 February 2026
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Kant on Property Rights and International Law


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This Element argues that property rights and the territorial rights of states in Kant's legal theory provide a strong justification for the expansion of international law. Central to the argument is Kant's theory of legal obligation, according to which a right to external things is only possible if it can genuinely bind all those on whom it must impose an external duty. Given the global scope of this legal obligation in Kant's account, it can only be achieved through the implementation of a shared international legal order regulated by a principle of reciprocity in external relations. Kant's conception of legal obligation thus requires us to leave the state of nature beyond domestic legal systems towards an international legal order. The author also examines how the international legal order differs from a world state, and how it can be consistent with national legal systems.

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Author:   Alice Pinheiro Walla (McMaster University)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
ISBN:  

9781009402583


ISBN 10:   1009402587
Pages:   75
Publication Date:   28 February 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Not yet available, will be POD   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: skepticism about property rights; 2. Kant's theory of possession; 3. Kant's theory of acquisition and common possession of the earth; 4. International Law and Rechtsstaatlichkeit; 5. What is an international civil condition?; 6. What Kant does differently: how to think about property rights and law; 7. Kant's non-reductive legal positivism: two concepts of right; 8. Conclusion; List of abbreviations; References.

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