Review: Mine!: How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives by Michael A. Heller, James Salzman

Mine! is an interesting book that discusses the hidden rules of ownership – a subject that sounds simple until you get into those fiddly edge cases. For example, when your neighbour’s trees block your solar panels, who owns that light travelling over their property, or even the air space above or the minerals below their property. Heller explains there are six basic principles of ownership: first-in-time, possession, labour, attachment, self-ownership, and family. But within those categories, it...