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WEEK 1 & 2
INTRODUCTION
What is Land law ?
o It is about the relationship which people have with
the land
Eg: everyone needs land to live
( some have title of a land , some have right to use)
The State have the land /ownership of public land
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Land rights are likely to dispute
o Lands are scares of resources
Eg: If it is a dense population with limited supply of Land
creates competing rights over land
o It is common to country to country
o If you have unlimited supply , then dispute may not arise
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INTRODUCTION
What is Property ?
o In common meaning , property is a thing owned by a person or
group of persons
Legal meaning of the property is quite different from the
common meaning
o in law property defines as rights
does
Natural law theory advanced that rights arise in
nature
as
matter
of
fundamental
justice
,
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property
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o It was held under the laws of the USA, only the Federal
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of
private
property
will
assure
the
on the
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The right to use the good
the right to earn income from the
good
the right to transfer goods to others
the right to enforcement of property
rights
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The concept of property rights as used by
economists and legal scholars are related but
distinct
the distinction is largely in the economists
focus ability of an individual or collective to
control the use of the good ( eg: stolen good)
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