As a common law legal concept, adverse possession plays an important role in maintaining transaction security, stabilizing economic order, saving transaction costs and reducing waste of resources, but its application is controversial because different regions, have different legal provisions and practices of adverse occupation. At the same time, as some jurisdictions face the balance between the protection of original owners’ rights and interests and the promotion of effective resource utilization,, the legal provisions regarding adverse possession are being abolished to meet the development needs of modern society. .These controversies have sparked the reflections and discussions presented in this article. This paper, through the research method of literature review, mainly studies different establishment conditions of adverse possession in different regions. Meanwhile, it explores the demand for social and economic development behind by the virtue of classic cases such as Van Valkenburgh v. Lutz. Evidently, the adverse possession involves legal, economic, social and other levels. Its research is not only helpful to understand the connotation and extension of the specific legal systems, but also has significant guiding implications for China's legal practice and legislative work.
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