This casebook examines the history, foundations, underlying principles and basic concepts of property law in a systematic and accessible way.

This volume is the seventh instalment in the Property Law Perspectives Series. Produced by the Young Property Lawyers’ Forum (www.yplf.net), a global network of young property law scholars, this volume presents the carefully curated highlights of two consecutive conferences held at the University of Maastricht and the University of Glasgow.

A broad range of property law topics are covered in this book within the three themes of ‘Objects of Property Rights’, ‘Property and Justice’, a...

Sustainability and sustainable development are amongst the largest and most complex challenges for the 21st century. This is not just a matter for states and governments, but rather a common goal to which we should all contribute. Are the rules of private law suitable to contribute to sustainable solutions? The authors in this book explore aspects of property law, tort law, and contract law. They investigate whether the current rules of private law provide sufficient incentives and possibilit...

Since 1997 Sjef van Erp has been professor of civil law and European private law at Maastricht University. Throughout his career he established the field of comparative and European property law not only as a field of research, but also as a field to teach in. His pioneering work in comparative property education has been an example throughoutthe world. His work to gather property experts to make a Ius Commune Casebook on property law, widely used throughout the world as one of the first and ...