PRAVNI ZAPISI • Year XV • No. 2 • pp. 327–351

THE COMMONS AND ANTICOMMONS IN THE REFORM OF PROPERTY LAW: AN ILLUSTRATION THROUGH THE NEW BELGIAN CIVIL CODE

Language:
English

Vincent Sagaert
Professor, University of Leuven Faculty of Law and Criminology
e-mail: vincent.sagaert@kuleuven.be
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-5538-8394

Pravni zapisi, No. 2/2024, pp. 327–351
Original Scientific Article
DOI: 10.5937/pravzap15-54263

KEY WORDS
Property Law, Civil Code, Law Reform, Belgian Law, Sustainability, Commons, Anticommons, Nuisance.

ABSTRACT
A property law reform is, in all periods, a most foundational exercise. It determines and translates the (developments in the) relationship of humans with natural resources. This article deals with property law reform in the early 21st century, as it seeks a balance between exclusion and inclusion, the commons and the anticommons, and pursues the protection of sustainability. Apart from other comparative observations, this article takes the new Belgian Civil Code, and especially the property law book, as an example in order to illustrate these developments.