Property Rights and Bijuralism: Can a Framework for an Efficient Interaction of Common Law and Civil Law Be an Alternative to Uniform Law? (Studien Zum Auslandischen Und Internationalen Privatrecht)

Jan Jakob Bornheim analyses the hypothesis about the inherent efficiency of common law compared to civil law. He examines key commercial property law concepts (i.e., ownership and security interests in relation to movables) and determines the characteristics of each system with regard to these. Using the Canadian experience as a model, he then takes a close look at how the two legal systems interact, arguing that efficient interaction can take place on both vertical and horizontal planes. On the vertical plane, property law would be able to interact with higher-level law (e.g., federal law in a federal state); on the horizontal plane, property laws of different jurisdictions could interact through the conflict of laws. The author also contends that equitable property rights, including constructive trusts as a response to unjust enrichment, should be governed by property law choice-of-law rules. Dedication Preface Overview Table of Contents Table of Abbreviations Introduction Part I: The Analytical Framework of Bijuralism § 1 The History of Civil Law in Québec § 2 Bijuralism and Mixed Legal Systems § 3 Law and Economics Part II: Property § 4 Property in Civil Law § 5 Property at Common Law § 6 Equitable Property Rights § 7 The Civil Law Trust § 8 Theory of Property Rights § 9 Property Unjustly Gained § 10 Proprietary Restitution Part III: Secured Transactions § 11 The Law and Economics of Secured Transactions § 12 Security Interests in Common Law § 13 PPSA Security Interests and Property Law § 14 Security Interests in Civil Law Part IV: Vertical Co-ordination § 15 Federal and Provincial Notions of Property and Security § 16 Property Rights in Insolvency Part V: Horizontal Co-ordination § 17 International Property Law § 18 International Secured Transaction Law § 19 International Proprietary Restitution Law Conclusion Bibliography Table of Cases Index Das kanadische Zivilrecht bewahrt das englische und das kontinentaleuropäische Erbe. Jan Jakob Bornheim weist nach, dass eine effiziente Koexistenz der beiden Rechtssysteme möglich ist und zeigt Alternativen zur Rechtsvereinheitlichung im Einheitsstaat auf