Pour une économie politique genrée des droits de propriété.

This article explores the historical roots of gendered unequal access to property in the two European legal systems, Common Law and the so-called continental codes (civil law), which have become hegemonic through colonial expansion, the postcolonial state and globalisation. The generalisation of the Western model of private property, a process partly supported by the application of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, has led to an exacerbation of gender inequalities, while simultaneously destroying the diversity of legal systems. Should we be reinforcing the individual property rights of women, or promoting a return to 'customary' legal systems? The new theory of the commons could allow us to move beyond this dilemma. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]