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This chapter aims to contribute to the understanding of the operational dimensions of Western property-law. In particular, we will try to analyze the multilayered nature of Western property law from the perspective outlined by legal pluralism, as informed by Bussani’s doctrine on legal stratification. Bussani’s layered approach will enable us to realize how many categorizations and assumptions that shape the current state model of property are only façades if compared with everyday legal reality. In order to illustrate the wide variety of rules and remedies that define Western property regimes, the analysis will consider some concrete examples related to urban and rural property, as well as to intellectual and cultural property. The concluding remarks will highlight how property should be seen as a multilayered and multi-centric body of law(s), where different layers of regulations and adjudication devices coexist and interact with each other.

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    For instance, in Italy the article 832 of the civil code states the principle of the exclusive enjoyment of property, while the following articles (articles 843 and 844 c.c.) provide its exceptions, without including the hypothesis mentioned in the text.

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Marino, D. (2020). Legal Pluralism in Western Property Law. In: Fiorentini, F., Infantino, M. (eds) Mentoring Comparative Lawyers: Methods, Times, and Places . Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice, vol 77. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34754-3_2

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