Law of things

Geoffrey Samuel ()

Chapter 7 in Principia Iuris, 2025, pp 116-131 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The second generic category in the Gaius scheme is the law of things. In Roman law itself ‘things’ (res) was a very wide class that embraced every kind of economic asset both tangible and intangible. Yet, on closer inspection, the law of things actually consisted of two sub-categories, namely the law of property and the law of obligations. This chapter contains maxims regarding the law of property, that is to say with things that can be owned or possessed. In today's language one talks of rights in rem. The chapter is thus concerned with what amounts to property, what are the different kinds of property, and what is meant by ownership, possession and rights in another's property.

Keywords: Intellectual property; Mortgage; Ownership; Possession; Public property; res corporalis; res incorporalis; Servitude; Usufruct (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035350568
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