In order to understand the law of nature in regard to intellectual property, it is necessary to understand the principles of that law in regard to property in general. This book deals in detail with following issues: What is wealth, what is property, what is the right of property, what things are subjects of property, how is the right of property acquired, what is the foundation of the right of property and how is the right of property transferred?

Lysander Spooner (1808 – 1887) was an American political philosopher, essayist, pamphlet writer, Unitarian, abolitionist, legal theorist, and entrepreneur of the nineteenth century. He was a strong advocate of the labor movement and severely anti-authoritarian and individualist in his political views. Spooner's most famous writing includes the seminal abolitionist book The Unconstitutionality of Slavery, and No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority which opposed treason charges against secessionists.