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Editorial introduction to ‘Ownership’ by A. M. Honoré (1961)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 December 2012

GEOFFREY M. HODGSON
GEOFFREY M. HODGSON*
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Business School, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK
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*Email: g.m.hodgson@herts.ac.uk
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Antony (Tony) M. Honoré was born in London in 1921 but was brought up in South Africa. He served in the British Army during the Second World War and was severely wounded in the Battle of El Alamein in 1942. After the war, he continued his studies at New College, Oxford, and he has lived and taught in Oxford for well over half a century, holding fellowships at several Oxford colleges. From 1971 to 1988, he was Regius Professor of Civil Law and a Fellow of All Souls College in Oxford. He is internationally known for his work on ownership, legal causation, and Roman law.

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Journal of Institutional Economics , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , June 2013 , pp. 223 - 255
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Copyright © Millennium Economics Ltd 2012

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