PT159.S2.P4.Q22

PrepTest 159 - Section 2 - Passage 4 - Question 22

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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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22.

Which one of the following ████ ██████████ █████████ ███ ████ █████ ██ ███ ████████

a

The bundle-of-rights theory ██ █████ █████████ ██ ██████ ███████ ██ █████ ██ █████████ ███ ██████ ████ ██ █████████ ██ ████████ ██████████

This doesn't capture the author's support of the "agenda-setting" theory. So (A) is too narrow to describe the main point.

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b

The bundle-of-rights theory █████ █████ █████████ ██ █ █████ ██ ███████ ███████ ███████ ███ ████████ ███ ██████████████ ████████ ████ █████ █████████ ██ █ ██████ ██████

This doesn't capture the author's opinion about the different theories. The author doesn't just neutrally describe each theory; she supports the "agenda-setting" theory.

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c

The agenda-setting theory ████ ██████████ ████████ ███ ███████ ██ █████ █████████ ████ ████ ██████ ███ ████████████████ ██████ ██ ███ ████████ ███████

This best captures the author's view that the "agenda-setting" theory is better than the "bundle of rights" and "boundary" theories as a description of legal ownership.

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d

The boundary theory ██ █████ ██████████ █████ ████████ ██ ███ ████████████████ ███████ █████ ██ ████████████ ███████████ ███████ ██████ ███ ██████████

This doesn't capture the author's support of the "agenda-setting" theory. Also, the "boundary" theory does distinguish between owners and nonowners. The author thinks the way in which it distinguishes the two isn't satisfying, but that doesn't imply that there is no distinction made.

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e

The agenda-setting theory ██ █████ █████████ ██ ████████ ██ ███ ████████ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████████████ ██████ ███████ ██████ ██ █████████ ██████ ████ ███ █████ ██████

This states something unsupported. Specifically, the author never indicates that the "agenda-setting" theory focuses solely on excluding others from the owned thing. That's actually a description of the "boundary" theory.

5%

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