1. Introduction Simone Degeling, University of New South Wales, Australia, Michael JR Crawford, University of New South Wales, Australia, and Nicholas A Tiverios, University of Western Australia PART I THE NATURE OF PRIVATE RIGHTS 2. Justifying Private Rights Peter Cane, University of Cambridge, UK 3. Justifying Private Law: ‘Reasons Fundamentalist’ Instrumentalism and the Kantian Account James Penner, National University of Singapore 4. Intermediate and Comprehensive Justifications for Legal Rules Stephen A Smith, McGill University, Canada 5. Can We Be Wrong About Rights? Nicholas J McBride, University of Cambridge, UK 6. Juridical Justification of Private Rights Paul B Miller, University of Notre Dame, USA 7. Sources of Private Rights Lionel Smith, McGill University, Canada PART II PARTICULAR PRIVATE RIGHTS 8. Justifying Possession (or How We Get from Here to There) Michael JR Crawford, University of New South Wales, Australia 9. Understanding the Tort of Deceit Andrew Botterell, Western University, Canada 10. Justifying Liabilities and Duties Andrew Robertson, University of Melbourne, Australia 11. Equity and the Justification of Private Rights Ben McFarlane, University of Oxford, UK 12. Property, Therefore: Is an Equitable Doctrine of Relief against the Forfeiture of Contractual Rights Justifiable? Nicholas A Tiverios, University of Western Australia

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