Difference between revisions of "What Is Property?"
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Full liberal rights would consist of all these elements. | Full liberal rights would consist of all these elements. | ||
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+ | The [[bundle of rights]] theory is commonly used in first-year law school property | ||
+ | classes to explain how a property can simultaneously be "owned" in some sense | ||
+ | by multiple parties. For example, a husband and wife can be owners (technically, | ||
+ | title owners) of real property that is also encumbered by a mortgage and a | ||
+ | mechanics lien. Their neighbor may have an easement for a utility line, and a | ||
+ | license for entry and exit to a nearby plot of land. Planes have the right to | ||
+ | fly through their airspace. Constitutionally, the state and federal governments | ||
+ | always holds the right to condemnation, also called eminent domain, and the | ||
+ | government at multiple levels retains various regulatory rights such as | ||
+ | environmental regulation, zoning, and building codes. ([[bundle of rights|From Wikipedia.]]) | ||
==Are there different rights for public property?== | ==Are there different rights for public property?== |