Abstract:This article is essentially an extended comment on Bernard Rudden's seminal essay on 'The Numerus Clausus Problem', presented originally at the Society of Legal Scholars Conference in Southampton in 2010. The numerus clausus is the (civilian) idea that property rights are limited and can be enumerated. An uncertainty is identified in the writings of the Dutch school led by Professor Van Erp about whether numerus clausus is a common law concept. Part of this is derived from the lack of clarity about the exact d… Show more
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