Introduction - Criminalising squatting: setting an agenda Lorna Fox O’Mahony, David O’Mahony and Robin Hickey, Part I. The state: critical perspectives on criminalisation in the neo-liberal state 1. The Political Economy of Trespass: Re-visiting Marxist Analysis of the Law’s Response to Squatting Neil Cobb, 2. Crime as property: a restorative perspective on the criminalisation of squatting and the ‘ownership’ of unlawful occupation David O’Mahony and Lorna Fox O’Mahony, 3. Criminalisation of Squatting: Scottish Lessons? Bonnie Holligan, Part II. The squatter: vulnerability, lifestyle, protest and political rhetoric 4. The Role of Rhetoric in the Criminalisation of Squatting Theodora Middleton, 5. The criminalisation of squatting: discourses, moral panics and resistances in the Netherlands and England & Wales Deanna Daduscand ETC Dee, 6. Criminalising the poor: squatting, homelessness, and social welfare Kesia Reeve, Part III. The land owner: protecting property and adverse possession 7. A property law critique of the criminalisation of squatting Robin Hickey, 8. Adverse Possession: Relativity to Absolutism Emma Waring, 9. The changing architectures of adverse possession and a political aesthetics of squatting Lucy Finchett-Maddock, 10. Conclusions - Developing critical perspectives on the criminalisation of squatting Lorna Fox O’Mahony, David O’Mahony and Robin Hickey