Subjects:

Commercial Law

Contents:

Part 1 Defining property: information as property

proprietary rights in human tissue

possessory title

insurable interests

the legal nature of a share

global custody - a tentative analysis of property and contract

interests in wreck. Part 2 Originating and transforming property: bona vacantia

mixtures

joint ownership of chattels

attachment of chattels to land. Part 3 Transmitting and distributing property: the title obligations of the seller of goods

seller and buyer in possession

market overt

title to goods, materials and plant under construction contracts

the passing of property in part of a bulk

good faith and due diligence

conditional gifts

the place of bailment in the modern law of obligations

the proprietary effect of a hire of goods

art loans

the bill of lading as a document of title

abandonment

pledge

solicitors' liens. Part 4 Security and payment: ship mortgages

aircraft mortgages

title retention and the company charge registration system

retention monies in UK building contracts

goods leasing and insolvency. Part 5 Claims, indemnities, remedies and wrongs: trespass to goods

conversion, tort and restitution

money claims for misuse of chattels

damages for distress and loss of enjoyment in claims involving chattels

restitution and the misuse of chattels - the need for a principled approach

improving stolen chattels

time limits in actions to recover chattels

liquidated damages and related clauses in claims involving chattels

equitable liens - a search for a unifying principle.

Interests in Goods is a comprehensive work on personal property and details the practical issues of ownership of goods when under dispute. Personal property covers everything from information, mortgages and works of art to human tissue.

This second edition features 14 new chapters including: possessory title; tresspass to goods; art loans; and solicitors' liens. Reorganized from four to five sections - defining property, originating and transforming property transmitting and distributing property, security and payment and claims, indeminities, remedies and wrongs - this text seeks to demystify these areas.