Usufruct

Because the anonymous owner of the above lawn chair is in violation of City Code 10-08-480 (hat tip again to Parking Ticket Geek at the Expired Meter), he or she will have to do better than make woolly and unattributed references to John Locke's Two Treatises on Government and the philosopher's idea of Usufruct to dissuade me from appropriating his or her lawn chair for donation to the back alley scrap recyclers.

David Hoyt: Meathead City: Winter Parking "Place-Savers" and Other Primitive Behaviors 2009

Usufruct is the matter that the captains wish to deny, the matter that they do not want their children to know about.

Hansen and the "Destruction of Creation" « Climate Audit 2007

Thus we can say, Right of Production, Right of Use, Right of Usufruct, Right of Occupation, Right of Selling, etc. etc.

Fr. McNabb Speaks - On Rights and Property 2007

Hansen has shown himself to be less than objective with his Usufruct/Jester outburst along with claiming free speech issues regarding being repremanded by mgt for his 50+ interviews prior to being squelched.

Unthreaded #21 « Climate Audit 2007

Perhaps they should remind themselves of Usufruct and their Tenure sometime in the future someone else will sit in their seat and have an almighty mess to clean up if they are not good stewards. jmrSudbury

Unthreaded #20 « Climate Audit 2007

Usufruct is grounded in a religious framework of stewardship.

Hansen and the "Destruction of Creation" « Climate Audit 2007

Hansen includes the following account of the Y2K error conspicuously deleting his prior recognition of my role in identifying the error and adding a reference to Usufruct and the Gorilla at the NASA website:

Should NASA climate accountants adhere to GAAP? « Climate Audit 2007

Here too with Usufruct he misses the implications of his trope.

Hansen and the "Destruction of Creation" « Climate Audit 2007

Further discussions of the curious misinformation are provided by Dr. Hansen on his personal webpage e.g., his post on “The Real Deal: Usufruct & the Gorilla”.

Should NASA climate accountants adhere to GAAP? « Climate Audit 2007

Scientists should be responsible for their own details and stop crying Usufruct and the Gorilla if an error is identified.

Unthreaded #20 « Climate Audit 2007