Changing properties of property book description as an important contribution to debates on property theory and the role of law in creating disputing defining and refining property rights this volume provides new theoretical material on property systems as well as new empirically grounded case studies of the dynamics of property transformations. Changing properties of property edited by keebet von benda beckmann franz von benda beckmann and melanie wiber 376 pages 5 figures bibliog index isbn 978 1 84545 139 4 13500 gbp9900 hb published may 2006 isbn 978 1 84545 727 3 3495 gbp2795 pb published november 2009 eisbn 978 0 85745 528 4 ebook. As an important contribution to debates on property theory and the role of law in creating disputing defining and refining property rights this volume provides new theoretical material on property systems as well as new empirically grounded case studies of the dynamics of property transformations the property claimants discussed in these papers represent a diverse range of actors