The land tenure system of the United States
Onsrud, Harlan J.
Abstracts in English and German.
BDVI-Forum. - Jg. 15, Heft 1 (März 1989) ; p. 23-28 : fig.
The purpose of this paper is to briefly describe the land conveyancing system used in the United States of America. In addition to its operational aspects, several shortcomings of the system are described. Although the U.S. conveyancing system at first observation appears to be far inferior to the land registration system used in the Federal Republic of Germany, the U.S. system supports certain policies, which are considered important within the U.S. social framework. It is submitted that recent technological advances may be moving U.S. jurisdictions towards a conveyancing system, which will have the same overall effect as a land registration system.
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