Personal property

“No person …shall be…deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation” (Williams). Or so that is what the modern people of the U.S thought. Eminent domain was one of the first powers given to the government from the Fifth Amendment. Even though it was one of the first powers that was given to the government, it has become one of the most abused recently in numerous court cases. The vast majority of…

Issue: Under Florida law, can a cause of action for conversion be brought when an individual unlawfully takes property owned by the true owner, even if the property has no actual value? Rule: A cause of action may be brought when an act of dominion has been wrongfully asserted over another 's property inconsistent with his ownership, even if the specific property converted has no actual value. In the precedent case Warshall v. Price, Appellant, Dr. Steven Warshall, began a private practice in…

time and effort. There are not many enterprises that can function without some type of profit. People invest their own property, labor, and capital into a cause, should they have to simply give it away? Who wants to do anything without a profit? As an international business person the dilemmas faces when operating within a certain framework can be daunting. Personal and even business ethics may conflict with what is lawful. It is always important to keep up with local, national…

Murray’s position on women and rights to property is directly correlated to her experience of being a widow. While there were laws established to protect women after their husbands have passed, “[a] widow’s share of her husband’s real property was meant to guarantee her security, not to give her independence…[and] Judith knew that many women became destitute when a husband died,” (49). Women could also not sell their own property without their husbands’ approval, to which Judith Sargent…

senior citizen status. The problem that arises frequently in these housing developments is a common theme of residents that have no respect for the property. This observation comes from a personal standpoint based on my own experience of living in affordable housing, family members residing in public housing, and a personal contact with a rental property owner that accepts section 8. The lack of respect…

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the Supreme Court that allow for the taking of private property for public good with just compensation. This right of the government is called eminent domain. Eminent domain is necessary to a certain degree and should be used only as a last resort if no other viable options are available, however, it is commonly used and abused as the primary course of action because it can be the cheapest option. One concern when governments seize property by eminent domain is that they disproportionately…

introduces his philosophy concerning the importance of acquiring private property. Locke derives his philosophy from a Bible scripture that states that God gave the earth to "mankind in common," ensuring that the descendants of Adam would share the land equitably (Locke 87). Locke defines labor as the qualification for owning land—if a man devotes labor to the land in question, it becomes his property. The land is not just physical property; the earth becomes an integral component of a man 's…

equality among all men. The assertion that the world was given to mankind in common means, simply, that in the beginning no one owned anything (Strauss & Cropsey, 1987, p. 486). He focuses a great deal on the importance of work and labor to earn property. The ideas are ones that are still very real today as we must all work and labor in order to earn profit to sustain our lives. The concepts Locke provided are closely related to biblical principles as God mentions multiple times about labor and…

(URLTA) and the Model Residential Landlord-Tenant Code includes a lot of facets about properties, renters, and related issues governed by state from property owner rights, tenant right, rent and security deposits, states resources, repairs, and more. No organizational business is perfect, so it is bound to be a conflict between both the landlord and tenant. In order to avoid legal matter in the future properties and residential renter have to be aware of the rules and regulations upon signing a…