Can the Penalties for Treason Co-Exist with the Concept of Private Property? A Book Review of Charles Yorke’s "Some Considerations on the Law of Forfeiture, for High Treason"

Abstract

This book review of a 1745 British author provides an unintuitive insight that all property is either all private or all public (but not both), seen through the lens of widely accepted historical property and estate penalties for treason. The book review suggests a path of compromise between the State and private individuals and corporations that avoids this binary conclusion.

Keywords: treason, property, Deep State

JEL Classification: K11, K42