What is Property law?
'''Property law''' covers two types of property in the [[common law]] legal system, [[real property]] and [[personal property]]. In the [[Civil law (legal system)|civil law]] system, there is a division between [[Movable property|movable]] and [[immovable property]]. Movable property is more or less the same as personal property.<ref name=Farlex>{{cite web |url=http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Property+Law |title=Property Law |publisher=The Free Dictionary/Farlex |access-date=29 November 2015}}</ref> It includes [[money]], [[stocks]], [[United States Treasury security|notes]], [[copyright]]s and [[patent]]s.<ref name=Farlex/> == History == The idea behind all property law is property. In some [[jurisdiction]]s, historically all property was owned by the [[monarch]]. Land ownership was through [[land tenure]] in [[feudal]] systems.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.duhaime.org/LegalDictionary/F/FeudalSystem.aspx |title=Feudal System Definition: |publisher=Duhaime's Law Dictionary |access-date=29 November 2015 |archive-date=19 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919145407/http://www.duhaime.org/LegalDictionary/F/FeudalSystem.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> The first [[legal]] right of absolute ownership was under [[Roman law]] and was called ''dominion''. The [[Napoleonic Code]] was among the first [[government]] acts of [[modern history|modern times]] to introduce the notion of absolute ownership into [[statute]]. But protection of personal property rights was present in [[medieval]] [[Sharia|Islamic law]].<ref>John G. Sprankling, ''The International Law of Property'' (Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2014), p. 241</ref> == References == {{reflist}}{{Law}} {{stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Property law]]