Property Law Quotes

“Law, being a practical thing, must found itself on actual forces. It is quite enough, therefore, for the law, that man, by an instinct which he shares with the domestic dog, and of which the seal gives a most striking example, will not allow himself to be dispossessed, either by force or fraud, of what he olds, without trying to get it back again. Philosophy may find a hundred reasons to justify the instinct, but it would be totally immaterial if it should condemn it and bid us surrender without a murmur.”
― Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., The Common Law

“[M]an is not an island, he is more like a spaghetti junction.”
― Elizabeth Cooke, Land Law

“Law, being a practical thing, must found itself on
actual forces. It is quite enough, therefore, for the law, that man, by an instinct which he shares with the domestic dog, and of which the seal gives a most striking example, will not allow himself to be
dispossessed, either by force or fraud, of what he holds, without trying to get it back again.
Philosophy may find a hundred reasons to justify the instinct, but it would be totally immaterial if it
should condemn it and bid us surrender without a murmur.”
― Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., The Common Law

“The U.S. system of justice contains laws whereby nonhuman animals have no legal standing, but are defined as “property,” as wives and enslaved Africans once were. Other animals (including mice, rats, and birds) are excluded from the legal definition of “animal” in the U.S., thereby denying these individuals whatever slight protection might be provided by U.S. animal welfare laws, and allowing science to use these sentient beings in any way researchers see fit, without fear of legal sanction. Other speciesist laws prevent animal advocates from using free speech on behalf of hunted animals, while protecting right-to-life advocates who speak out on behalf of fetuses. Institutionalized support for the systematic oppression of nonhuman animals is also evident in the recent Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, as well as in the mainstream media, both of which – unbelievably – label animal advocates as “terrorists.”
― Lisa Kemmerer, Sister Species: Women, Animals and Social Justice

“The Kenyan Constitution should never be taken as a personal property or something to grab.”
― DON SANTO

“The law may be written in books, but justice lives in what we choose to share.”
― Sree Krishna Seelam, Indian Property & Real Estate Law for A Common Man: Master basics of Property Law in 2 hours.

“A house may belong to the landlord, but a home belongs to the tenant. The law exists to balance both.”
― Sree Krishna Seelam, Indian Property & Real Estate Law for A Common Man: Master basics of Property Law in 2 hours.

“Land ownership in India is no longer about possession, it’s about power, technology and law. The future belongs to those who master all three.”
― Sree Krishna Seelam, Indian Property & Real Estate Law for A Common Man: Master basics of Property Law in 2 hours.