[法律资料]美国财产法提纲

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1、Whatisproperty?àDuelingconceptionsofprivatepropertyPROPERTYLAWISABOUTRELATIONSAMONGPERSONSWITHRESPECTTOTHINGS·Resourcesoftheworldonwhichsocietydependsforsustenance,satisfactionitsneedsanddesiresoHowtorewardandencourageeffortsforproductiveuseofthoseresources?·

2、PropertyrightsconsistofwhatyoucangetthestatetobackyouuponoHowlawdefinespropertyinterestsoHowoneacquirespropertyoHowpropertyrightscanbesharedoHowoutsideparties’interestsaffecttherightsofOsTRESPASS&NUISANCETrespasstoLandAnyintentionalintrusionthatdeprivesanothe

3、rofpossessionofland,evenifonlytemporarily·Strictliabilitytort–onewhocommitsanintentionaltrespassissubjecttoliabilityirrespectiveofwhetherhetherebycausesanyharmtoanylegallyprotectedinterestofanother·Sometimesnecessityisrecognizedasadefensetoanactionfortrespass

4、Jacquev.SteenbergHomes(Wisc,1997)·Issue:shouldawardofnominaldamagesforintentionaltrespasstolandsupportpunitivedamageaward?oJacquesdidn’twantthemobilehomemovedacrosstheirpropertyoSteenbergfeltitwasmoreconvenienttomoveacrosstheJacques’land,alsopotentialdangerto

5、Steenbergemployeesifusedsnow-coveredroadinstead·Holding:upholdspunitivedamageawardevenwhenonlynominaldamages(noactualdamages)awardedoImportanttodeterphysicalinvasionsofland(righttoexclude)evenwhenconductisharmless§Infringementofalegalright=alwaysanactualharm,

6、whethermeasurableornot§PrivateLOandsocietyhavemorethananominalinterestinexcludingothersfromlandoSelf-helpconcerns–worriedaboutpeopletakingthelawintotheirownhandstoretaliate·ReinforcesabsoluterighttoexcludeWhatisatstakebehindthenearlyabsoluterighttoexclude?·Ri

7、ghttoexcludeprotectsrighttoeconomicallyproductiveuseoEconomicdevelopmentàpeopleprobablywouldn’tinvestintheirlandifsomeoneelsecouldcomeinanddamageit·Propertyrightalsoprotectprivacy,autonomy,libertyinterestsoInvasionofpropertyregardedasaninvasionofpersonalspace

8、–personalwrongoHistoricalcivicvalueàlandownershipmeantcitizenship,righttovote·SafetyandsecurityconcernsàcontrollingyourphysicalspacegivesyouextraphysicalsafetyandsecurityàIfsomeoneiswilli