Book Review: Property Law: Comparative, Empirical and Economic Analysis (Yun-Chien Chang, Cambridge University Press, 2023)

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Cornell law professor Yun-Chien Chang has undertaken a few ambitious goals in his recent monograph, Property Law: Comparative, Empirical and Economic Analysis, published in 2023 by Cambridge University Press.1 This tome, which covers 156 jurisdictions and 279 dimensions of property law in each jurisdiction, is the first systematic treatment of property law from a comparative perspective. It hence came as no surprise that it is regarded as “an incredible book, . . . astounding scope and ambition of this work, . . . certainly the most comprehensive compilation ever to be assembled.”2 It unequivocally demonstrates the unique value of comparative study in property law and stands at the vanguard of a recent empirical turn in such comparative study.