[法律资料]美国财产法提纲

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1、Whatisproperty?àDuelingconceptionsofprivatepropertyPROPERTYLAWISABOUTRELATIONSAMONGPERSONSWITHRESPECTTOTHINGS·Resourcesoftheworldonwhichsocietydependsforsustenance,satisfactionitsneedsanddesiresoHowtorewardandencourageeffortsforproductiveuseofthoseresources?·Propertyrightsconsis

2、tofwhatyoucangetthestatetobackyouuponoHowlawdefinespropertyinterestsoHowoneacquirespropertyoHowpropertyrightscanbesharedoHowoutsideparties’interestsaffecttherightsofOsTRESPASS&NUISANCETrespasstoLandAnyintentionalintrusionthatdeprivesanotherofpossessionofland,evenifonlytemporaril

3、y·Strictliabilitytort–onewhocommitsanintentionaltrespassissubjecttoliabilityirrespectiveofwhetherhetherebycausesanyharmtoanylegallyprotectedinterestofanother·SometimesnecessityisrecognizedasadefensetoanactionfortrespassJacquev.SteenbergHomes(Wisc,1997)·Issue:shouldawardofnominal

4、damagesforintentionaltrespasstolandsupportpunitivedamageaward?oJacquesdidn’twantthemobilehomemovedacrosstheirpropertyoSteenbergfeltitwasmoreconvenienttomoveacrosstheJacques’land,alsopotentialdangertoSteenbergemployeesifusedsnow-coveredroadinstead·Holding:upholdspunitivedamageawa

5、rdevenwhenonlynominaldamages(noactualdamages)awardedoImportanttodeterphysicalinvasionsofland(righttoexclude)evenwhenconductisharmless§Infringementofalegalright=alwaysanactualharm,whethermeasurableornot§PrivateLOandsocietyhavemorethananominalinterestinexcludingothersfromlandoSelf

6、-helpconcerns–worriedaboutpeopletakingthelawintotheirownhandstoretaliate·ReinforcesabsoluterighttoexcludeWhatisatstakebehindthenearlyabsoluterighttoexclude?·RighttoexcludeprotectsrighttoeconomicallyproductiveuseoEconomicdevelopmentàpeopleprobablywouldn’tinvestintheirlandifsomeon

7、eelsecouldcomeinanddamageit·Propertyrightalsoprotectprivacy,autonomy,libertyinterestsoInvasionofpropertyregardedasaninvasionofpersonalspace–personalwrongoHistoricalcivicvalueàlandownershipmeantcitizenship,righttovote·Safetyandsecurityconcernsàcontrollingyourphysicalspacegivesyou

8、extraphysicalsafetyandsecurityàIfsomeoneiswilli