Postscript on nova species and Kinloch Dampf Ltd. v. Nordvic Salmon Farms Ltd.
Abstract
This article examines a case from the outer house of the Court of Session in Scotland. The case deals with the ownership of living things, and in particular the issue whether a person can become owner of a living thing via the civilian doctrine of specification.
Citation
E. Metzger, 'Postscript on nova species and Kinloch Damph Ltd. v. Nordvik Salmon Farms Ltd.', in E. Metzger (ed), Law For All Times: Essays in Memory of David Daube [= Roman Legal Tradition, 2] (Lawrence, KS: Roman Law Society of America, 2004), pp.115-121.