The Protection of Immovables in European Legal Systems

How should a landowner respond when a squatter occupies their land? This book discusses the issues focussing on vindicatio, possessory remedies and trespass, but also explores administrative procedures for their removal. In many cases, these actions derive from Roman laws, which are expertly explored in an introductory chapter. Also included is a chapter exploring human rights interventions in such actions. Twelve case studies offer an extensive and comparative analysis across sixteen European jurisdictions. The basic defendants covered are squatters taking over a home, environmental protesters, licensees and former tenants. The case studies include, amongst others, self-help; restitution; competing claims to ownership (and the relevance of registration systems to claims to ownership); adverse possession; neighbours; nuisance and encroachment.

Author: Sonia Martín Santisteban
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 09/11/2015
Pages: 536
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.94lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.19d
ISBN: 9781107121928

About the Author
Sparkes, Peter: - Peter Sparkes teaches land law and equity and trusts at Southampton Law School, where he has been Professor of Property Law since 2002.Martin Santisteban, Sonia: - Sonia Martín Santisteban teaches Spanish civil law at the University of Cantabria and serves as a substitute judge at the Cantabria Courts of Appeals. She is member of the Court on Trusts and Fiduciary Relationships of the Republic of San Marino.