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Property and use in the access economy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2024

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Shelly Kreiczer-Levy*
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Associate Professor of Law, The College of Law & Business, Ramat Gan, Israel
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Abstract

This article analyses shifts in consumers’ preferred forms of use following the rise of the access economy and evaluates the subversive potential of access as a non-hierarchical, open form of use. Access consists of an aggregation of multiple licenses that amounts to a consistent form of use and has social, cultural and legal implications. My definition of ‘access’ focusses on material practices of property rather than on formal legal categories, and I compare access to both formal and informal forms of long-term use. I explore themes of power and vulnerability and individualism and communities and consider whether access merely adds to the property landscape or provokes contested forms of use. The article reveals the complex relationships between ownership (and other forms of long-term possession) and access, as access both challenges ownership and reinforces its power. Ultimately, I conclude that access fails to achieve its subversive potential.

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International Journal of Law in Context , Volume 20 , Special Issue 4: Property in the Sharing Economy: Paradox, Disruption, and Institutional Design , December 2024 , pp. 449 - 462
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© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press

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