Lewis and Usmani, ‘The Libertarian Case Against Property’

ABSTRACT
In this paper, we argue that right-libertarianism implies astronomically large reparations for historical injustice, undermining the existing distribution of property into perpetuity. We defend and operationalize what we call the ‘quasi-trustee’ model of reparations under right-libertarianism. By our downwardly biased estimates, the injustice of American slavery alone calls the entire stock of global wealth into question.

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Christopher Lewis and Adaner Usmani, The Libertarian Case Against Property, Law and Philosophy, volume 45, pages 181-208 (2026). Published: 30 September 2025. t

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