The erosion of property rights ; politicians and politics

Abstract

According to Roman Law the dominus had the real right enforceable against the whole world of using his land, (from beneath the soil up to the heavens) enjoying it and indeed destroying it, in an absolute manner. This is chronologically and conceptually very far from today's position obtaining locally. I am prompted to write on this subject as certain letters have recently appeared in the press (as happens periodically) complaining about the unfair situation effecting property owners in Malta. Other countries passing through the same original requirements have enacted corrective legislation. The basic point is the unfairness and injustice suffered by property owners. A list of such discrimination must necessarily start with the notorious Rent Laws.