CHAPTER XXIX. The Right of Property (_concluded_)

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 {viii} 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.