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Analyses the concept of possession, including specific issues such as adverse possession.
List of contents
Introduction Yun-chien Chang; Part I. Foundation: 1. Ownership and possession Thomas Merrill; 2. The law is nine-tenths of possession: an adage turned on its head Carol M. Rose; 3. The elements of possession Henry Smith; 4. The economy of concept and possession Yun-chien Chang; 5. The possession heuristic James Krier and Christopher Serkin; 6. Dividing possessory rights Daniel B. Kelly; 7. The titling role of possession Benito Arruñada; 8. What behavioral studies can teach jurists about possession and vice versa Daphna Lewinsohn-Zamir; Part II. Specific Issues: 9. Possession and licenses: the FCC, weak spectrum rights and the LightSquared debacle Richard Epstein; 10. Jurisdiction, choice of law and property Daniel Klerman; 11. Adverse possession, optional law, and 'small property' Shitong Qiao; 12. Title in the shadow of possession Abraham Bell.
About the author
Yun-chien Chang is an Associate Research Professor at Institutum Iurisprudentiae, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, where he also serves as the Deputy Director of its Empirical Legal Studies Center.
Summary
Possession is a key concept in both the common and civil law, but it has hitherto received little scrutiny. Containing contributions by leading property scholars, this book uses insights from economics, psychology and history to analyse possession in law.
