Book of Donmon Teith

Possession is a key concept in both the common and civil law, but it has hitherto received little scrutiny. Law and Economics of Possession uses insights from e

This monograph provides a sustained analysis of two foundational principles of English property law: the principle of relative title and the principle that poss

Linguists and anthropologists explore the intriguing variety of possessive phrases denoting ownership of property, whole-part relations (such as body and plant

Andrew Riggsby provides a survey of the main areas of Roman law, and their place in Roman life.

The first coherent analysis of the topic of possession from a comparative and historical legal perspective. The volume comprises contributions from some very di