M. W. Lau
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- May 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199602407
- eISBN:
- 9780191725203
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199602407.003.0008
- Subject:
- Law, Trusts
This chapter shows the restoration of property in law and in economics and the development of the fund concept. The key to restoring property as a coherent idea in law is to de-emphasize the right to ...
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This chapter shows the restoration of property in law and in economics and the development of the fund concept. The key to restoring property as a coherent idea in law is to de-emphasize the right to exclude as traditionally understood. Nowadays, the right to exclude is no longer seen as a prerequisite to finding property. In trusts and beneficial interests, however, the right to exclude returns in a different guise and provides the foundation for understanding property in a fund. Property in a fund is a legal interest that is distinct from property in the fund's underlying assets. In economics, property has recently been explained as a coherent concept and its in rem nature can be justified on grounds of conserving information-processing costs.Less
This chapter shows the restoration of property in law and in economics and the development of the fund concept. The key to restoring property as a coherent idea in law is to de-emphasize the right to exclude as traditionally understood. Nowadays, the right to exclude is no longer seen as a prerequisite to finding property. In trusts and beneficial interests, however, the right to exclude returns in a different guise and provides the foundation for understanding property in a fund. Property in a fund is a legal interest that is distinct from property in the fund's underlying assets. In economics, property has recently been explained as a coherent concept and its in rem nature can be justified on grounds of conserving information-processing costs.
