Lockean proviso
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The term "Lockean proviso" was coined in 1974 by Robert Nozick to describe an interpretation of John Locke's labor theory of property, which states that whilst individuals have a right to homestead pr
Locke's Two Treatises on Government
John Locke
Homestead principle
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The homestead principle is the principle by which one gains ownership of an unowned natural resource by performing an act of original appropriation. Appropriation could be enacted by putting an unowne
Under the homestead principle a farmer putting unowned land to use gains ownership over it