'Systems of property law differ, but as this book shows they differ not so much as one would think. This book offers a very impressive comparative overview of property law across the globe by coding legal systems. In doing so Chang offers deep insights into the general structure of property law and categories of approaches to problems.' Bram Akkermans, Professor of Property Law, Maastricht University
Introduction; Part I. Foundation: 1. Property Law around the World: An Empirical Overview; 2. Economic Framework; 3. Limited Number of Limited Property Rights: Less is More; 4. Transfer of Ownership: Transaction Cost v. Information Cost; Part II. Immovable Property: 5. Acquisitive Prescription: Hardly Justified in Modern, Developed Countries; 6. Building Encroachment: In Search of an Efficiency Justification; 7. Co-ownership Partition: Proposing a New Auction-based Design; 8. Managing Co-ownership: Tragedy of the Common-Ownership? 9. Access to Landlocked Land: Hybrid Entitlement Protection; Part III. Movable Property: 10. Good-faith Purchaser: Proposing Fractional Ownership and Internal Auction; 11. Finders, Keepers: A Minority Rule; 12. The Specificatio Doctrine: Do What the Romans Did; 13. The Accessio Doctrine: No Sign of Convergence.