This delicious book will guide you through the confusing maze of ownership disputes that bedevil our daily lives. ? Jared Diamond, Pulitzer-winning author of Guns, Germs and SteelMine! does for ownership what Dubner and Levitt's Freakonomics did for money: it shows you the world through a different lens... Its ideas will certainly get your brain whirring. ? Sunday TimesMine! is one of those rare and treasured books that make you feel smarter and change the way you see the world. I haven't had an experience like this as a reader since Freakonomics. A rollicking good read, filled with amazing stories about the secret rules of ownership and why they work in unexpected ways. ? Barton Gellman, three-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of Dark MirrorWho knew there are hidden rules of ownership controlling our lives? I didn't until I read this fascinating, illuminating book. I'm very glad I did. ? Robert Cialdini, bestselling author of InfluenceFascinating... It's immensely clarifying, beautifully written, and perfectly timed -- and it might improve the world to boot. ? Cass R. Sunstein, bestselling co-author of NudgeWith vivid stories and memorable insights, Heller and Salzman decode legal rules about ownership much as Freakonomics decodes economics and psychological rules of incentives. ? Martha Minow, Former Dean, Harvard Law SchoolWonderful ? ForbesEnjoyable, well-written and with a deftness of touch that belies the radical re-examination of property rights at its heart. ? Financial Times

Michael Heller is Professor of Real Estate Law and former Vice Dean for Intellectual Life at Columbia Law School. One of the world's leading authorities on ownership, he is the author of The Gridlock Economy.James Salzman is Professor of Environmental Law at UCLA School of Law. He has written more than ninety articles and nine books, including Drinking Water.