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Sprankling, Coletta, and Mirow's Global Issues in Property Law

By John G Sprankling, Raymond R Coletta, Matthew Mirow

ISBN-13: 9780314167293

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Series: Global Issues

Brand: West Law School

Pages: 184

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This title is designed to introduce comparative law perspectives that help students understand domestic property law concepts, in areas including adverse possession, the right to exclude, estates in land, future interests, marital property, the landlord-tenant relationship, eviction of tenants, low-income housing, land sales transactions, title assurance, nuisance, and land use.It also introduces students to areas of international law that are beginning to affect domestic property law, including the human right to property, international regulatory takings, and global land sales transactions. Each chapter is designed to stand on its own, so they can be used in any order or combination.

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Summary Of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Table Of Cases
Chapter
1. Defining "Property"
  1. Property as Legally–Enforceable Rights
  2. Rights in What?
2. Property as a Human Right
  1. Human Rights and Property
  2. International Human Rights Agreements
  3. A Human Right to Aboriginal Land Ownership
3. Fee Simple Absolute
  1. The Fee Simple Absolute in History
  2. Bundles of Rights
  3. Absolute Ownership in Civil Law Systems
4. Numerus Clausus
  1. Numerus Clausus Defined
  2. Numerus Clausus In Common Law Practice
5. Future Interests
  1. Limitations on Future Interests
  2. Future Interests on the Border Between the Common Law and Civil Law Systems
6. Marital Property
  1. Marital Property Generally
  2. Marital Property and Same–Sex Couples
7. The Landlord–Tenant Relationship
  1. Common Law Tenancies and the Usufruct
  2. Comparative Perspectives on Leaseholds
  3. Leasehold Reform
8. Eviction of Tenants
  1. Eviction in Portugal
  2. Eviction in Poland
  3. The International Perspective
9. Squatters’ Rights and Adverse Possession
  1. Squatter Narratives
  2. From Informal Title to Formal Title Through Adverse Possession
10. The Right to Exclude
  1. Excluding Hikers in England
  2. Excluding Hunters in France
11. The Land Sale Transaction
  1. A Land Sale in Colombia
  2. A Sample Colombian Agreement of Sale
  3. Title Defects in Colombia
12. Title Assurance
  1. Introduction to Title Registration
  2. Title Registration and Market Stimulation
  3. Title Registration and Customary Law
13. Land Sales and International Law
  1. Land Sales in the United States: A Local Matter
  2. Land Sales in England and Wales: Model for a Global System
  3. International Land Sales: Toward a Global System
14. Land Use Regulation
  1. Land Use Regulation in Context
  2. Land Use in the United States, Germany, and Switzerland
  3. The Globalization of Land Use Regulation
15. Nuisance Law
16. Takings
  1. Physical Expropriation
  2. Regulatory Takings\
Index