PROPERTY RIGHTS RESTRICTIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
PROPERTY RIGHTS RESTRICTIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Summary/Abstract: This paper will examine the impact of certain restrictive measures introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic, in the context of transformation of property rights from a liberal concept to increasingly frequent government interventionism, along with the limitation of three basic ownership rights — possession, use and disposal. As property rights have a social function, this paper examines the new functions that emerged during the pandemic. With respect to the practice of the European Court of Human Rights and recent verdicts of American and French courts, the paper further deals with restricting private ownership rights and ways in which these rights were regulated by the state authorities in an attempt to protect public health and prevent the spread of infection.

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