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A Simple, Ecologically Rational Rule For Settling Found Property Disputes, Bart J. Wilson
A Simple, Ecologically Rational Rule For Settling Found Property Disputes, Bart J. Wilson
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Who has property in a found item X, which is contained in Y? The finder of X or the person who has property in Y? The common law says it depends. It depends upon whether the owner of Y knew about X, or whether X was lost or mislaid, or how small the weight of X is relative to Y (as compared to its value), or whether the finder was an employee of the owner of Y, to name just a few. Wilson (2020) hypothesizes that humans universally cognize property as being contained in a …