Property and Contracts

Adam Smith explains the obligation on contracts and property in the Simplified Lectures on Jurisprudence

First way of acquiring Property: Occupation

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Second way of acquiring Property: Accession

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Third way of acquiring Property: Prescription

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Fourth way of acquiring Property: Succession

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Entails as Testamentary Succession

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Fifth way of acquiring Property: Voluntary Transference

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Servitudes

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Pledges and Mortgages

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Exclusive Privileges

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The Obligation of Contracts

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What is a Quasi-Contract?

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Delinquency: Ex Dolo, Ex Culpa

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Justifiable homicide

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Theft. Robbery, and Piracy

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