# John Locke: Some Problems in Locke’s Theory of Private Property 

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/john-locke-some-problems-in-lockes-theory-of-private-property>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** April 18, 2018

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George H. Smith discusses Robert Nozick’s criticisms of Locke’s property theory.

George H. Smith discusses Robert Nozick’s criticisms of Locke’s property theory and the relationship between a natural-law justification of property and social conventions.

[Originally published in essay form on October 30, 2015.](https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/john-locke-some-problems-lockes-theory-private-property)