-
Property law
summary of
Literature
=
Vera Kuepers
,Table of Contents
Property law summary................................................................................................................................3
Lecture 1: The concept of property law and property rights...................................................................3
Introduction: 31-36..............................................................................................................................3
Chapter 1: General issues: setting the scene 37 – 53...........................................................................3
Chapter 2: the protection of property rights.......................................................................................6
Chapter 3: Types of property rights – immovables and movables (goods)..........................................7
Lecture 2: The history and principles of property law.............................................................................8
Chapter 3: Types of property rights. Page 224-226 (till I.A.4) and page 239-243 (till IB)...................14
Lecture 3: Acquisition of ownership and transfer systems....................................................................15
Chapter 8: Transfer............................................................................................................................15
Lecture 4: Limited property rights: Use rights.......................................................................................29
Chapter 8: Transfer page 902-905 (till III.B.4)....................................................................................29
Chapter 3: Types of property rights – immovables and movables (goods) page 233-239 (till I.A.5). .30
Lecture 5: Property and contract law....................................................................................................45
Chapter 1 page 65-75 (reread)...........................................................................................................45
Chapter 3: page 294-301...................................................................................................................46
Page 361-364 (from III onwards).......................................................................................................47
Affirmative Land Burdens in German, Dutch and Belgian law: Possibilities, restrictions and
workarounds – Siel Demeyere...........................................................................................................48
Contract and Property Law: Dinstinct, but not separate – Sjef van Erp.............................................55
Lecture 6: Trusts....................................................................................................................................58
Chapter 6: Management: Trust, Treuhand and Fiducie page 553-614...............................................58
Lecture 7: Property and Tort law...........................................................................................................68
Chapter 2: The protection of property rights page 107-210, excluding I.A.2.c & I.B.3 and II.A.1.......68
Chapter 8: reread page 823-844........................................................................................................77
European Tort Law book (from summary).........................................................................................77
Lecture 8: Limited Property Rights: Security Rights I.............................................................................80
Chapter 5: Security interest (page 425-471, Excluding III.A.4.b)........................................................80
Page 532-551.....................................................................................................................................86
Lecture 9: Limited Property Rights II......................................................................................................90
Chapter 5: Security interests (page 472-532 (Excluding IV.A.5 and IV.B.2)........................................90
Lecture 10: Property Law and Environmental Sustainability.................................................................96
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, Property and Environmental Protection: An Overview – Gerd Winter..............................................96
Article 2............................................................................................................................................100
Lecture 11: Global Finance..................................................................................................................101
Law and Practice of International Finance – P Wood, Chapters 28 and 29......................................101
Lecture 12: Property law and access to land in developing economies...............................................107
UN-Habitat, Secure Land Rights for All (standard work on facts on land rights)..............................107
Internal Federation of Surveyors & World Bank – Fit for Purpose Land Administration..................110
Sustainable Development Institute & NAMATI – Protecting Community land and Resources........112
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, Property law summary
Lecture 1: The concept of property law and property rights
Introduction: 31-36
France
- Property law is part of larger concept of patrimonial law = law dealing with patrimony (assets,
debts)
- French CC part 1: law of obligations, 2: law of property, 3: intellectual property law
Germany
- BGB
- Sharp distinction between the law of obligations and the law of property, even stricter than
France
- Principle of separation
- Ownership is most important right
- Usufruct and servitudes, pledge and hypothec as the main limited property rights
- Abstract and theoretical not always in line with reality
- Similar to the content of French property law
- Primary property right in the form of the right to ownership
Netherlands
- Intermediate position between French and German law
- Legal practice is creative in the way in which property law is used
England and Wales
- No civil codes
- Amalgam of statutory and judge-made rules
- Main division is between real property and personal property
- Real property: property law relating to land
- Personal property: property law relating to things other than land
- Sui generis: intellectual property
Chapter 1: General issues: setting the scene 37 – 53
1. Introductory remarks
Property law is the law that deals with entitlements to property. Property = an object such as a
car or a table, but also land and buildings such as houses constructed on that land. Also,
intangible or incorporeal objects such as intellectual property and rights to performance.
Property rights have effect against third parties. Legal systems have chosen different routes and
have ended up with different results, so there are profound differences between systems of
property law.
What is property law?
= it concerns rights that a person has against a considerable group of other persons concerning an
object.
- Land law
- Personal property
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Property law
summary of
Literature
=
Vera Kuepers
,Table of Contents
Property law summary................................................................................................................................3
Lecture 1: The concept of property law and property rights...................................................................3
Introduction: 31-36..............................................................................................................................3
Chapter 1: General issues: setting the scene 37 – 53...........................................................................3
Chapter 2: the protection of property rights.......................................................................................6
Chapter 3: Types of property rights – immovables and movables (goods)..........................................7
Lecture 2: The history and principles of property law.............................................................................8
Chapter 3: Types of property rights. Page 224-226 (till I.A.4) and page 239-243 (till IB)...................14
Lecture 3: Acquisition of ownership and transfer systems....................................................................15
Chapter 8: Transfer............................................................................................................................15
Lecture 4: Limited property rights: Use rights.......................................................................................29
Chapter 8: Transfer page 902-905 (till III.B.4)....................................................................................29
Chapter 3: Types of property rights – immovables and movables (goods) page 233-239 (till I.A.5). .30
Lecture 5: Property and contract law....................................................................................................45
Chapter 1 page 65-75 (reread)...........................................................................................................45
Chapter 3: page 294-301...................................................................................................................46
Page 361-364 (from III onwards).......................................................................................................47
Affirmative Land Burdens in German, Dutch and Belgian law: Possibilities, restrictions and
workarounds – Siel Demeyere...........................................................................................................48
Contract and Property Law: Dinstinct, but not separate – Sjef van Erp.............................................55
Lecture 6: Trusts....................................................................................................................................58
Chapter 6: Management: Trust, Treuhand and Fiducie page 553-614...............................................58
Lecture 7: Property and Tort law...........................................................................................................68
Chapter 2: The protection of property rights page 107-210, excluding I.A.2.c & I.B.3 and II.A.1.......68
Chapter 8: reread page 823-844........................................................................................................77
European Tort Law book (from summary).........................................................................................77
Lecture 8: Limited Property Rights: Security Rights I.............................................................................80
Chapter 5: Security interest (page 425-471, Excluding III.A.4.b)........................................................80
Page 532-551.....................................................................................................................................86
Lecture 9: Limited Property Rights II......................................................................................................90
Chapter 5: Security interests (page 472-532 (Excluding IV.A.5 and IV.B.2)........................................90
Lecture 10: Property Law and Environmental Sustainability.................................................................96
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, Property and Environmental Protection: An Overview – Gerd Winter..............................................96
Article 2............................................................................................................................................100
Lecture 11: Global Finance..................................................................................................................101
Law and Practice of International Finance – P Wood, Chapters 28 and 29......................................101
Lecture 12: Property law and access to land in developing economies...............................................107
UN-Habitat, Secure Land Rights for All (standard work on facts on land rights)..............................107
Internal Federation of Surveyors & World Bank – Fit for Purpose Land Administration..................110
Sustainable Development Institute & NAMATI – Protecting Community land and Resources........112
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, Property law summary
Lecture 1: The concept of property law and property rights
Introduction: 31-36
France
- Property law is part of larger concept of patrimonial law = law dealing with patrimony (assets,
debts)
- French CC part 1: law of obligations, 2: law of property, 3: intellectual property law
Germany
- BGB
- Sharp distinction between the law of obligations and the law of property, even stricter than
France
- Principle of separation
- Ownership is most important right
- Usufruct and servitudes, pledge and hypothec as the main limited property rights
- Abstract and theoretical not always in line with reality
- Similar to the content of French property law
- Primary property right in the form of the right to ownership
Netherlands
- Intermediate position between French and German law
- Legal practice is creative in the way in which property law is used
England and Wales
- No civil codes
- Amalgam of statutory and judge-made rules
- Main division is between real property and personal property
- Real property: property law relating to land
- Personal property: property law relating to things other than land
- Sui generis: intellectual property
Chapter 1: General issues: setting the scene 37 – 53
1. Introductory remarks
Property law is the law that deals with entitlements to property. Property = an object such as a
car or a table, but also land and buildings such as houses constructed on that land. Also,
intangible or incorporeal objects such as intellectual property and rights to performance.
Property rights have effect against third parties. Legal systems have chosen different routes and
have ended up with different results, so there are profound differences between systems of
property law.
What is property law?
= it concerns rights that a person has against a considerable group of other persons concerning an
object.
- Land law
- Personal property
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