The Constitutional Protection and Regulation of Property and its Influence on the Reform of Private Law and Landownershi : A Comparative Analysis (Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht Vol.154) (2003. XXV, 643 p.)

The degree to which the traditional concept of property can be adjusted in order to accommodate basic constitutional concepts such as freedom and social duty, is analysed by the author. The focus is placed on recent reforms in the land law of Germany and South Africa.