Principle

No. I.3.1 - Limitation of transfer of rights

No one may transfer more rights than he actually has ("nemo plus iuris transferre potest quam ipse habet").

Commentary

It follows from this Principle that only the person who holds a legal title to a right (e.g. property, creditor of a contractual claim) may transfer that right or modify it.

Please cite as: "Commentary to Trans-Lex Principle , https://www.trans-lex.org/905000"

References

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Doctrine Miscellaneous National Legislation Principles / Restatements

Doctrine

Domingo, Ortega, Rodriguez-Antolin, Zambrana, Principios de Derecho Global, Navarra, 2006

Foriers, Paul Alain, Wirksamkeitsvorausetzungen für Forderungsabtretungen, insbesondere zu Sicherungszwecken in Belgien, in: Hadding/ Schneider (eds.), Die Forderungsabtretung, insbesondere zur Kreditsicherung, in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und in ausländischen Rechtsordnungen, Berlin 1986, at 9 et seq.

Kersley, R.H., M.A., LL.M./ Broom, Herbert, LL.D., A Selection of Legal Maxims, 10th ed. London, 1939

Liebs, Detlef, Lateinische Rechtsregeln und Rechtssprichwörter, 4th ed., Munich 1986

Noy, William, A Treatise of the Principal Grounds and Maxims with an Analysis of the Laws of England, 1821

Ripert, Georges, Les Règles du Droit Civil Applicables aux Rapports Internationaux (Contribution à l'Etude des Principes Généraux du Droit Visés au Statut de la Cour Permanente de Justice Internationale), 44 Rec.Cours 1933-II, at 569 et seq.

Miscellaneous

Digest L, 17, 54 (Ulpianus)