The Theory of Nationalisation

In this book Professor Katzarov has made the first comprehensive study 0/ nationalisation /rom the legal point 0/ view. The author's knowledge 0/ European languages, in addition to his mother tongue 0/ Bulgarian, has enabled him to draw on material/rom England, France, the U.s.S.R. and the other communist countries 0/ Eastern Europe, and many countries 0/ Asia and Latin America. The book ranges widely in another sense. Professor Katzarov is a jurist in the best Continental tradition in that his work does not spring /rom a narrow technical outlook, but is a synthesis 0/ historical, philo sophic, political, economic and legal elements. Thus, he shows the way in which the constitutional and legal /ramework 0/ nationalisation has been in/luenced by extra-legal elements. It is difficult to imagine a legal scholar trained in one 0/ the Common Law countries producing a work as broadly conceived; and this is one 0/ several reasons why the publication 0/ an English edition is welcome.

Introduction: The Pre-legal Foundation of Nationalisation.- 1. The Social Foundation.- 2. The Economic Foundation.- 3. The Political Foundation.- 4. Conclusion.- I. The Achievement.- Section I: Introduction.- Section II: Industry and Commerce.- Section III: General and Systematic Conclusions.- II. The Legal Structure.- Section I: Introduction.- Section II: The Socialisation of Law.- Section III: The Socialisation of Property.- Section IV: The Legal Nature of Nationalisation.- Section V: Conclusions.- III. Operation.- Section I: Introduction.- Section II: The Form of Nationalisation.- Section III: Place and Function.- Section IV: The State Plan.- IV. International Law.- Section I: Private Property in Public International Law.- Section II: International Status of Nationalisation.- Section III: Compensation.- Section IV: Procedure.- Appendix: Inter -Nationalisation.