Law and economics of possession / edited by Yun-chien Chang.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chang, Yun-chien, 1978- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Possession (Law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 349 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Other Title:

Law & Economics of Possession

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

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, Austria.

Contents:

Introduction / Yun-chien Chang

Ownership and possession / Thomas W. Merrill

The law is nine-tenths of possession : an adage turned on its head / Carol M. Rose

The elements of possession / Henry E. Smith

The economy of concept and possession / Yun-chien Chang

What behavioral studies can teach jurists about possession and vice versa / Daphna Lewinsohn-Zamir

The possession heuristic / James Krier and Christopher Serkin

Dividing possessory rights / Daniel B. Kelly

The titling role of possession / Benito Arruñada

Possession and licenses : the FCC, weak spectrum rights and the lightsquared debacle / Richard A. Epstein

Jurisdiction, choice of law and property / Daniel Klerman

Small property, adverse possession, and optional law / Shitong Qiao

Title in the shadow of possession / Abraham Bell.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781316017814

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