Re:Pandora papers: biggest leak of offshore data exposes fin...
by beerandt on Monday October 04, 2021 @09:56AM
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No- ownership determines disposition of property, not government.
For instance, in most jurisdictions, a dispute between two (claimed) property owners can only be decided by them, in full agreement, with the courts stepping in only when a stalemate is reached.
But the judge can only decide the dispute, and can't, for instance, arbitrarily issue an order giving the property to a 3rd party, or decide a dispute where one of the parties haven't first come to the court seeking that resolution.
Similarly, a property owner can summon police to help enforce their property rights in the case of a trespasser, but police can't arbitrarily enforce the rights of 3rd parties without request.
No, ownership is to be decided by governments who use force to protect property rights. They may take advice from the parties involved in the exchange, they may decide that neither party involved in an exchange was the owner.