Time Limited Interests in Land.
Material type: TextSeries: The Common Core of European Private LawPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (576 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781139515511Subject(s): Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Europe | Land use -- Law and legislation -- Europe | Landlord and tenant -- Europe | Leases -- Europe | Servitudes -- Europe | Time (Law) -- Europe | Usufruct -- EuropeGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Time Limited Interests in LandDDC classification: 346.4043 LOC classification: KJC6127 .T56 2012Online resources: Click to ViewCover -- Time-Limited Interests in Land -- The Common Core of European Private Law -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- General editors' preface -- Preface -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- PART I: Introduction and context -- 1 Setting the scene -- 1. The scene -- 2. Balancing the interests: a handful of common problems -- 3. Time-limited interests arising by operation of law -- 2 General introduction -- 1. Overview -- 2. The hybrid character of time-limited interests in land -- 3. The approach and purpose of this study -- 3.1. Background -- 3.2. Drawing a geographical map of the law of Europe -- 4. The genesis of the book -- 4.1. Narrowing down the topic -- 4.2. Terminology -- 4.3. Classification of the national reports represented -- 5. Structure of the book -- 3 Historical evolution of the maxim 'sale breaks hire' -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Roman-law approach -- 3. The ius commune position -- 3.1. Medieval learned law -- 3.2. From medieval learned law to the Prussian Civil Code -- 3.3. From the Prussian Civil Code to the German Civil Code -- 4. Conclusions -- 4 The many faces of usufruct -- 1. Usufruct in tax and estate planning -- 1.1. Transferring assets yet retaining control and income -- 1.2. Overview -- 2. The concept of usufruct -- 3. The traditional face -- 3.1. Control -- 3.2. Income -- 4. The modern face of usufruct -- 4.1. Control -- 4.2. Income -- 5. The Janus face -- 6. The twisted face -- 6.1. Default rules -- 6.2. Contractual expansion -- 6.3. Limits -- 7. Conclusion -- PART II: Case studies -- Case 1: Various instances of time-limited interests -- Comparative observations -- Austria -- Belgium -- Denmark -- England -- France -- Germany -- Greece -- Hungary -- Italy -- The Netherlands -- Poland -- Portugal -- Scotland -- South Africa -- Spain.
Case 2: What happens if land subject to a time-limited interest is conveyed to a third party? -- Comparative observations -- Austria -- Belgium -- Denmark -- England -- France -- Germany -- Greece -- Hungary -- Italy -- The Netherlands -- Poland -- Portugal -- Scotland -- South Africa -- Spain -- Case 3: What happens if land subject to a time-limited interest is attached in execution of a debt or the landowner becomes insolvent? Does a previously registered mortgage rank above a subsequently constituted time-limited interest? -- Comparative observations -- Austria -- Belgium -- Denmark -- England -- France -- Germany -- Greece -- Hungary -- Italy -- The Netherlands -- Poland -- Portugal -- Scotland -- South Africa -- Spain -- Case 4: What happens if the holder of a time-limited interest is dispossessed? -- Comparative observations -- Austria -- Belgium -- Denmark -- England -- France -- Germany -- Greece -- Hungary -- Italy -- The Netherlands -- Poland -- Portugal -- Scotland -- South Africa -- Spain -- Case 5: Duty of the holder of a time-limited interest to repair, replace and renew -- Comparative observations -- Austria -- Belgium -- Denmark -- England -- France -- Germany -- Greece -- Hungary -- Italy -- The Netherlands -- Poland -- Portugal -- Scotland -- South Africa -- Spain -- Case 6: Entitlements of the holder of a time-limited interest to fruits of agricultural property -- Comparative observations -- Austria -- Belgium -- Denmark -- England -- France -- Germany -- Greece -- Hungary -- Italy -- The Netherlands -- Poland -- Portugal -- Scotland -- South Africa -- Spain -- Case 7: To what extent may the holder of a time-limited interest convert his/her interest in the land? -- Comparative observations -- Austria -- Belgium -- Denmark -- England -- France -- Germany -- Greece -- Hungary -- Italy -- The Netherlands -- Poland -- Portugal.
Scotland -- South Africa -- Spain -- Case 8: Remedies of the landowner against misconduct by the holder of a time-limited interest -- Comparative observations -- Austria -- Belgium -- Denmark -- England -- France -- Germany -- Greece -- Hungary -- Italy -- The Netherlands -- Poland -- Portugal -- Scotland -- South Africa -- Spain -- Case 9: To what extent can a time-limited interest be sold or donated, burdened with a mortgage or a separate limited right, attached in execution proceedings and included in the holder's insolvency assets? -- Comparative observations -- Austria -- Belgium -- Denmark -- England -- France -- Germany -- Greece -- Hungary -- Italy -- The Netherlands -- Poland -- Portugal -- Scotland -- South Africa -- Spain -- Case 10: Use of time-limited interests in land for land development -- Comparative observations -- Austria -- Belgium -- Denmark -- England -- France -- Germany -- Greece -- Hungary -- Italy -- The Netherlands -- Poland -- Portugal -- Scotland -- South Africa -- Spain -- Case 11: The effect of an option to purchase and an obligation to maintain in land development -- Comparative observations -- Austria -- Belgium -- Denmark -- England -- France -- Germany -- Greece -- Hungary -- Italy -- The Netherlands -- Poland -- Portugal -- Scotland -- South Africa -- Spain -- Case 12: Development of an existing building and land development by a public institution -- Comparative observations -- Austria -- Belgium -- Denmark -- England -- France -- Germany -- Greece -- Hungary -- Italy -- The Netherlands -- Poland -- Portugal -- Scotland -- South Africa -- Spain -- PART III: Concluding remarks -- Case 1 -- Case 2 -- Case 3 -- Case 4 -- Case 5 -- Case 6 -- Case 7 -- Case 8 -- Case 9 -- Case 10 -- Case 11 -- Case 12 -- Modern significance of time-limited interests in land -- Appendix -- Belgium -- Denmark -- England -- Germany.
Greece -- Hungary -- Italy -- Poland -- Portugal -- Scotland -- South Africa -- Spain -- Bibliography -- GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY -- AUSTRIA -- BELGIUM -- DENMARK -- ENGLAND -- GERMANY -- GREECE -- HUNGARY -- ITALY -- THE NETHERLANDS -- POLAND -- PORTUGAL -- SCOTLAND -- SOUTH AFRICA -- SPAIN -- General index -- Country index -- Books in the series.
Highlights the pivotal role time-limited interests can play in estate planning and the development of social housing and pristine land.
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