Wilhelm, Law of Property presents this entire field of law in the form of a comprehensive textbook. The work focuses on the systematic depiction of this field of law as an integral part of the private law legal system with its references to constitutional law and European law. The textbook facilitates an in-depth examination of the law of property for interested students and advanced readers. The new edition addresses legislative changes, especially in the areas of the law of security rights in land based on the Risk Limitation Act (consumer protection during the sale of mortgage loans), the law of real estate ownership and heritable building rights, and the consumer credit law with regard to European legal developments.

Autorentext

Jan Wilhelm, Universität Passau.

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The purpose of the work is to systematically cover the law of property as a component of private law in general, with its constitutional and European-law foundations, as well as the issues of territorial and temporal scope. The book follows the order of the BGB [German Civil Code] in its design. The new edition considers legislation, case law, and scholarship throughNovember 2009.