The Numerus Clausus Issue in Property Law – European Private Law and the Polish Perspective

• Authors: Ossowska, Magdalena

Abstracts

EN

The numerus clausus of property rights indicates that a mandatory closed catalogue of property rights exists in a given legal system; the content (method of creation, conveyance, expiration) of a right falling within this closed list is strictly specified and cannot be changed by the parties. In this way, the state consciously limits the activity of the parties in this regard, indicating the socially and legally acceptable types of property rights they can use. An insightful look at the development and explanation of this principle over the centuries and now seems to be necessary with the advancing unification of private law in Europe. The present article discusses the dogmatic basis of the concept of numerus clausus and outlines its history and economic reasoning behind it. Then, the main models of the numerus clausus in European legal orders as well as the functioning of this principle in Polish property law are presented. Subsequently, the strengths and weaknesses of the numerus clausus are examined. This provides us with general conclusions concerning the harmonization of this area of private law.

Keywords

EN

numerus clausus; property law; comparative law; European private law; European legal tradition; numerus clausus; prawo rzeczowe; prawo porównawcze; europejskie prawo prywatne; europejska tradycja prawna

• Publisher: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Studia Iuridica
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 82
• Pages: 211-226

Dates

published

2020-03-11

Contributors

author

Ossowska, Magdalena

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0013.9788