This Article addresses the question of whether cultural property laws, which require archaeological artifacts to remain in countries of origin, have been a boon for nations with extensive archaeological records, as most archaeologists and lawmakers presume, or have hampered archaeological...

In this paper we explain the clause of property administration and argue that it can validlly be added as a binding clause in gifts and wills. We analyse a list of counter arguments and attempt to rebut all of them

Artists in the United States who sell their works without contractually reserving any rights in the same currently enjoy only limited rights under federal copyright laws to exercise continuing control over such works. The author assesses the shortcomings of copyright protection in comparison...

In this conference paper I argue that English and Belgian marital property and succession law, although conceptually very different, are much more similar from a practical point of view. The paradox is that they seem different at first glance, yet appear more similar in close up view. I conclude...

Demand for law professionals in the conveyancing of property is decreasing because of market and institutional changes. On the market side, many transactions feature large, well-known parties and standardized transactions, which make professionals less effective or necessary for protecting the...

Throughout western Europe, beginning about 1200, leasing of lords' estates became more common relative to direct management. In England, however, direct management increased beginning around the same time and until the fourteenth century, and leasing increased thereafter. This article models...

Using a new set of indicators that measure the Property Insecurity of ethnopolitical minority groups, I find that Property Insecurity is not correlated with the Risk of Expropriation facing foreign investors and domestic elites – revealing that the aggregate measures of 'institutional quality'...

Amendments to the Louisiana Civil Code revived the potential for a testament to utilize the fidei commissum de residuo, while maintaining that the distinct fidei commissum is still prohibited. However, the Civil Code is silent as to the composition of the residual interest resulting from...

In this article the author analyses if actual family property law still translate the common sense and values of today's society, by giving a rough sketch of some important issues that have pointed out in the last decades, first in matrimonial property law, then in inheritance and gift law, all...

Dit artikel gaat over de bepalingen van het Wetboek Internationaal Privaatrecht en familiaal vermogensrecht. De bepalingen omvatten relatievermogensrecht, erfrecht (inclusief testamenten) en schenkingen. In this article I discuss the provisions of the Codex of Conflicts of Law on Family Property...