Minorities, Territories and the Law of Ownership. Back to Basics and the Way Forward
Journal: Годишњак факултета правних наука - АПЕИРОН
Year: 2021

In public law, the concept of property plays, arguably, a much more limited role than in private law. At a closer look, however, a rather different picture emerges. In fact, in public (national and international) law, property is less (if at all) regulated, but not less important than in private law. Rather, it is implicitly assumed and developed in collective rather than individual terms. Especially in the nation state construct, territory is the property of a state and the state is the propert