Download or read book The Natural and Artificial Right of Property, Contrasted (Large Print Edition) written by Thomas Hodgskin and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-24 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LARGE PRINT EDITION! More at LargePrintLiberty.com. In this series of letters to Lord Braugham, Hodgskin distinguishes between the natural right of property (based upon Lockean principles of natural law) and the artificial right of property (which is decreed by parliament). He associated the doctrine of the artificial right of property with Benthamite reformers who were attempting to reform the English state.