PT159.S2.P4.Q27

PrepTest 159 - Section 2 - Passage 4 - Question 27

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P1

For most of the past century, scholars in the Anglo-American legal tradition have been skeptical of the view that legal ownership is a matter of possessing any single right. ████ ████ █████████ ███ ████ ████ █████████ ██ █ ███████ ██ ███████ ███████ ████ ██████████ ████████ █████████ ██ ██████ ███████ █████ ██████ ███ ██████ ██ ██████ █████ ██████████ ███ █████ ████████████ ███ ███████ ██ █████████ ███ ██ ████ ███ █████████ ███████ █████████ ██ ███ ██████████ ██ █████████ █████████ ████████ ████ █████ ███ ███ ██ ██████ █████████████ ██ █████████ ██ ██████ █ ███████ ██ ███████ ████████ █████████ ███ ██ ████ ██████ ███

“Bundle of rights” perspective · Legal ownership involves multiple rights
The rights that are in the bundle arise from past judicial decisions in various legal cases. So ownership doesn’t constrain how judges decide property conflicts.
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“Boundary theory” perspective · Legal ownership is the right to exclude others from a thing
Ownership does constrain how judges decide property conflicts.
P2

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Author’s critique of “boundary theory” · Doesn’t explain crucial aspects of ownership
Although it’s right that ownership constrains judges’ decisions, it focuses on who is excluded from ownership.
P3

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Criticism continued · Ownership is about having an special position in relation to the object.
It’s not just about excluding others from the object.
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“Agend-setting” theory · Properly considers ownership as a special position to set the agenda for the resource
This is better than the “boundary” theory and the “bundle of rights” theory.
Passage Style
Critique or debate
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27.

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a

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The author doesn't think "boundary" theory correctly identifies a key responsibility of owners. In fact, she criticizes "boundary" theory for focusing on exclusion rather than on the special rights and responsibilities of an owner.

31%
b

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The author never indicates that "boundary" theory was criticized by legal scholars. Actually, scholars who agreed with "boundary" theory criticized the "bundle of rights" theory.

6%
c

It correctly identifies █ ███████ ████ ██ █████████ ███ █ █████ ██████ ██ █████████ ███ █████████████ ████ ████████

Supported. The author acknowledges that "boundary" theory properly identifies exclusivity as important to the concept of ownership. However, she disagrees with the theory's understanding of the meaning of exclusivity.

54%
d

It holds that █████████ ███████████ ███████ ███ █████ ██ ████ ███ █████ ██████

The author doesn't discuss the right to sell in connection with "boundary" theory. She does discuss this right in connection with "bundle of rights," but not with "boundary" theory.

5%
e

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It's not clear whether "boundary" theory comes from a more general theory of rights. In any case, the only things related to "boundary" theory that the author says are correct are the theory's recognition of exclusivity as important to ownership and its recognition that ownership constrains legal decisions. Neither of these points relates to a broader theory from which "boundary" theory is derived.

4%

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