Étude Sur La Protection Possessoire (Study on the Protection of Possession)

Yaell Emerich, "Étude Sur La Protection Possessoire" (2013) 115 Le Revue du notariat 483.

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Yaell Emerich

McGill University - Faculty of Law

Date Written: January 29, 2013

Abstract

French Abstract: L’objectif principal de cette étude est de réfléchir aux contours de la protection possessoire, en s’appuyant sur une approche historique, théorique et comparative. Plus spécifiquement, cet article suggère premièrement que le détenteur devrait bénéficier de la protection possessoire, ce qui résulte tant de l’examen de la notion de possession que des fondements de la protection possessoire. De plus, s’agissant des qualités de la possession requises dans le cadre d’une action possessoire, cette action ne devrait pas être soumise aux conditions d’une possession utile, sous peine de confondre les concepts de possession et de prescription acquisitive et de faillir à répondre à l’ensemble des justifications de la protection possessoire. Finalement, l’article suggère que le domaine de la protection possessoire devrait être étendu aux biens meubles, afin de dépasser la maxime désormais désuette « res mobilis res vilis », du fait de la plus grande importance économique actuelle des biens mobiliers.

English Abstract: Using a comparative analysis - mainly looking at French civil Law and English Common Law - this paper studies the effects of possession through the example of possessory protection in Quebec law. The main objective of this paper is to consider the appropriate parameters of possessory protection in relation to its functions. It is argued that the possessory action has a larger function than the protection of ownership, given its supplementary purpose of protecting against violence. The argument consists of three parts. First, following the examination of the notion of possession and its justifications, I submit that the person with detention of property should benefit from possessory protection. Second, I argue that this action should not be subject to the conditions set for a useful possession. Indeed, doing otherwise confuses the concepts of possession and acquisitive prescription and undermines the aims of possessory protection. Finally, I submit that the domain of possessory protection should be extended to movables in order to transcend the obsolete maxim res mobilis res vilis.

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Suggested Citation

Emerich, Yaell, Étude Sur La Protection Possessoire (Study on the Protection of Possession) (January 29, 2013). Yaell Emerich, "Étude Sur La Protection Possessoire" (2013) 115 Le Revue du notariat 483., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2724597 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2724597

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