Possession, Relative Title, and Ownership in English Law

Possession, Relative Title, and Ownership in English Law
Author: Luke Rostill
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2021-02-10
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0192581058

This monograph is concerned with two foundational principles of English property law: the principle of relativity of title and the principle that possession is a source of title. It is impossible to understand the relationship between possession and ownership in English law unless one has a sound understanding of these principles. Yet the principles have been interpreted in different ways by judges, practitioners, and academics. The volume seeks to illuminate this area of law by addressing four questions. What is possession? What is the nature of the title acquired through possession? What are the grounds of relativity of title? And, what is the relationship between relativity of title and ownership? Drawing on the analysis of the law concerning relativity of title and the acquisition of proprietary interests through possession, the author also implies that the architecture of land law and the law of personal property have many similarities.

Law and Economics of Possession

Law and Economics of Possession
Author: Yun-chien Chang
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2015-05-21
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1316033384

Possession is a key concept in both the common and civil law, but it has hitherto received little scrutiny. Law and Economics of Possession uses insights from economics, psychology and history to analyse possession in law, compare and contrast possession with ownership, break down the elements of possession as a fact and as a right, challenge the adage that 'possession is 9/10 of the law', examine possession as notice, explain the heuristics of possession, debunk the behavioural studies which confuse possession with ownership, explore the LightSquared dispute from the perspective of 'possession' of spectrum frequency and provide new insights to old questions such as first possession, adverse possession and property jurisdiction. The authors include leading property scholars, who examine possession laws in, among others, the USA, UK, China, Taiwan, Japan, Germany, France, Israel, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Austria.

Possession and Ownership

Possession and Ownership
Author: Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna Aĭkhenvalʹd
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2013
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0199660220

Linguists and anthropologists explore the intriguing variety of possessive phrases denoting ownership of property, whole-part relations (such as body and plant parts), and blood and affinal kinship relations across a wide range of languages. Like others in the series this pioneering book will be equally valued in linguistics and anthropology.

Origins of Possession

Origins of Possession
Author: Philippe Rochat
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2014-09-11
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1107032121

This book studies the psychology surrounding the development of owning and sharing in humans across different cultures.

Roman Law and the Legal World of the Romans

Roman Law and the Legal World of the Romans
Author: Andrew M. Riggsby
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2010-06-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 052168711X

Andrew Riggsby provides a survey of the main areas of Roman law, and their place in Roman life.

Possession of Land

Possession of Land
Author: Mark Wonnacott
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2006-10-26
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1139461079

Nothing is more important in English land law than 'possession'. It is the foundation of all title, rights and remedies. But what exactly is it, and why does it still matter? This book, first published in 2006, is about the meaning, significance and practical effect of the concept of possession in contemporary land law. It explains the different meanings of possession, the relationship between possession and title, and the ways in which the common law and equity do, and do not, protect possession. The rights and remedies of freeholders, tenants and mortgage lenders, between themselves and against third parties, are all to some extent dependent on questions of status and possession. This book shows how. It is designed to provide an understanding of the basic principles for the student, and answers to difficult, real problems for the practitioner.

Having

Having
Author: William Schweiker
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2004
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780802824844

In today's market economies, people constitute much of their identity in relation to the things they possess, and communities facilitate social intercourse and survival by means of property relations. What, if anything, might the study of the biblical religions contribute to thinking about and responding to the basic reality of "having"? In this book scholars in a variety of fields -- theology, ethics, economics, and biblical studies -- address in new and penetrating ways the meaning of "having" in religious and social life and offer a number of compelling answers to challenging questions about property and possession in our present, global age.

Consequences of Possession

Consequences of Possession
Author: Eric Descheemaeker
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2014-05-19
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0748693653

The first coherent analysis of the topic of possession from a comparative and historical legal perspective. The volume comprises contributions from some very distinguished scholars from the civilian tradition (Germany, Italy) as well as the common law (England) and mixed legal systems (Quebec, Scotland, South Africa).