What Is Property? Property Is Theft: The Lack of Social Justice in U.S. Eminent Domain LawJanet Thompson JacksonSt John's Law Review Association
Theft of services is a criminal activity in which people benefit from services without paying for them. Depending on the value of the services, the crime may be considered a felony or a misdemeanor. Sometimes, accusations of theft are not clear cut; what one person views as theft, another m...
Intellectual Property rights (IPRs) are generally known as "negative rights" because the owner enforces them by stopping third parties from exploiting the rights' subjects. An IPR is typically infringed when a third party performs an act that is legally restricted to either the owner of the IPR...
Trade secret theft is the unauthorized use, disclosure, or acquisition of confidential business information that drives a company’s competitive advantage. This type of intellectual property theft includes stealing information like product development and manufacturing processes, research protocols, customer li...
1 Theft is sometimes referred to as “larceny.” See our page on larceny vs burglary for more discussion.Most states recognize two types of theft. These are:petty theft, and grand theft.The difference between the two usually depends on the value of the property that you took....
Is home title theft a big problem? Home title theft may be less prevalent than other forms of identity theft, but it’s a growing problem that can leave victims incurring costs of up to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Beyond the value of the property itself — and debt from fraudulent ...
Child identity theft, perhaps the most insidious type of identity theft, occurs whensomeone steals and uses a child’s identityto achieve any of the above goals and more. They might use a child’s social security number or other identification to apply for credit, buy property, or obtain off...
True Property: A free market solution for information licenses (c) 1995, 1997, 2000, 2003 by Jordan Pollack Jordan Pollack www.jordanpollack.com is a professor of computer science and complex systems at Brandeis University, directs the Dynamical and Evolutionary Machine Organization (DEMO) www....
The origin of the word "fiduciary" also has a rich history. In early Roman history, when someone needed a rock-solid pledge on transferred property, a "fiducia" was created to bind the contract. "Fiducia," derived from the root word "fidere," is Latin for "trust," so the very nature...
Financial Identity Theft Financial identity theft occurs when someone uses another person's identity or information to obtain credit, goods, services, or benefits. This is the most common form of identity theft.1 Social Security Identity Theft ...