The principles of personal property law / Duncan Sheehan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sheehan, Duncan, author.

Series:

Studies in International Law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Personal property--England.

Personal property.

Personal property--Wales.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (475 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford [UK] ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

The law of personal property covers a very wide spectrum of scenarios and, unfortunately, has had little detailed scrutiny of its overarching structure over the years. It is a system and can best be understood as a system. Indeed, without understanding it as a system, it becomes much more difficult to comprehend. The second edition of this acclaimed textbook continues to provide a comprehensive yet detailed coverage of the law of personal property in England and Wales. It includes transfer of legal title to chattels, the nemo dat rule, negotiable instruments and assignment of choses in action. It also looks at defective transfers of property and the resulting proprietary claims, including those contingent on tracing, the tort of conversion, bailment and security interests. By bringing together areas often scattered throughout company law, commercial law, trusts and tort textbooks, it enables readers to see common themes and issues and to make otherwise impossible generalisations across different contexts about the nature of the concepts English law applies. Throughout the book, concepts are explained rigorously, with reference to how they are used in commercial practice and everyday life. The new edition also includes a new chapter on secured transactions law reform, and introduces new material on the Cape Town Convention, IP rights and other intangible property. The book will be of primary interest to academics and practitioners in the area. However, it will also be of use to students studying commercial or personal property law

Contents:

The basic concepts of personal property law

Transfer of legal title to tangibles

Nemo dat quod non habet

Assignment of legal choses in action

Disposition of subsisting equitable interests

Negotiation and negotiable instruments

Defective transfers and payments

Protection of legal title via tort law

Protection of equitable title : remedies for misdirected property

Bailment and attornment

Security interests and quasi-security

Pledge and lien

Mortgages and bills of sale

Equitable charges

Secured transactions law reform

Concluding observations.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781509901357

1509901353

9781509901333

1509901337

9781509901340

1509901345

OCLC:

966971716