Personal Property Law in the 21st Century

This collection critically examines the current condition of personal property law and scholarship in light of significant conceptual, technological, and commercial advancements in the 21st century.

In 2000, Peter Birks lamented that ‘our personal property law is in a bad state’. The subject’s foundations are poorly understood, and the present century has brought with it a raft of changes which the law of personal property has been required to address. In this context…