Year: 1997
Type: article
Abstract: rels arise more frequently where there is no division of the things possessed."6 John Locke affirmed these principles and added that property rights arise when labor creates something of value from a resource.7 No one owns a deer in the wild, but the moment it is killed, the hunter possesses it.8In the nineteenth century the United States would apply a similar concept with the Homestead Act, 9 under which a settler obtained a right to land by its successful farming for five years.10 On the Western federal rangelands, ranchers have grazed public lands for a century or more. 1 By Locke's standard they are entitled to the rangelands; yet, many others are entitled to the land by the same reasoning.1 2 The hunting of deer, antelope, elk and other animals on public rangelands may have a value equal to or greater than that of the livestock forage obtained.1 3 If interpreted broadly, even those who visit the land to enjoy an evening 6. Id. 7.
Author: Robert H. Nelson
Language: English
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2164283583