Property and the Law of Finders
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Property and the Law of Finders

  1. 196 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Property and the Law of Finders

About this book

Are finders keepers? This most simple of questions has long evaded a satisfactory legal answer. Generally it seems to have been accepted that a finder acquires a property right in the object of her find and can protect it from subsequent interference, but even this turns out to be the baldest statement of principle, resting on obscure and confused authority. This first full-length treatment of finders sets them in their legal-historical context, and discovers a fascinating area of law lying at the crossroads of crime, obligations, and property. That on the same facts a finder might be thief, bailee, and/or property right holder has clouded our conceptual analysis, and prevented us from stating simply our rules about finding. Nonetheless, when the applicable doctrines and policies of our property law (particularly the central concept of possession) are explored and understood in the light of countervailing rules of crime and tort, we can argue confidently that, despite centuries of doubt and confusion, English law has succeeded in producing a body of law that is theoretically and practically coherent. Property and the Law of Finders makes this argument, and will appeal to anyone specifically interested in the law of personal property, and also to those with broader concerns about the evolution of common law concepts and their ability to yield workable, practical solutions.

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Information

Year
2010
Print ISBN
9781841135755
eBook ISBN
9781847315557
Edition
1
Topic
Law
Subtopic
Property Law
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Prelims
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Contents
  5. Abbreviations
  6. Table of Cases
  7. Table of Legislation
  8. Introduction
  9. 1 The Legal Context of Armory
  10. 2 The Possessor of Land Cases
  11. 3 The Significance of the Facts of Loss
  12. 4 The Obligations of a Finder
  13. 5 Possession and the Rights of Finders
  14. 6 Qualifications on the Acquisition of Right
  15. 7 Defending the Doctrines
  16. Epilogue: The Terminology of Possession and Property
  17. Bibliography
  18. Index