Sociology 2241E Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Fee Simple, Neoliberalism, Thalidomide
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A relationship between people with respect to things. Our economic system is based on property, so when we talk about property law, we are never far away from the laws that govern our economy. Real property: is land and buildings and anything attached to them (including buildings) is fixed and not moveable. 1066: feudalism; the king owns all the land by virtue of his conquest: still the basis of our land law, king william granted those who acknowledged him as king, land. The ki(cid:374)g took a(cid:449)a(cid:455) (cid:455)our la(cid:374)d: today, all unnamed land belongs to the crown. Fixture; attached to the real property, but can be removed quite easily (ie a toilet: whether its personal property or real property depends on how easily it could be removed. Goods that are attached to real property. Begin as personal property but when attached to real property they become real property. A relationship between people they are not absolute.