There's an interesting footnote to the
Finders Keepers story.
The final book in the Exmoor Trilogy,
Finders Keepers is an accessible and engaging story in its own right.
Here's how we described the speakeasy-type Makati bar called
Finders Keepers (FK) on a visit one midnight in June: It is like stumbling into a mysterious dive where only a few brave souls dare to tread.
Finders Keepers reunites readers with retired police detective Bill Hodges, his assistant Holly Gibney, and sidekick Jerome Robinson.
In fact, the concept of
finders keepers derived from the work of the second century jurist Gaius, who suggested that unowned property (res nullius) became "the property of the first taker." (Lueck) The Roman Emperor Justinian further proposed that property which was intentionally abandoned by its owner (res derelicta) turned into a res nullius and could thereafter be claimed by any individual who found it (known as occupatio.) (Metzger)
Finders Keepers "There is a ton of wild produce out there," says 27-year-old Iso Rabins, founder of ForageSF, a San Francisco-based CSA (community supported agriculture) startup whose members will be able to barter whatever they find growing in the city, from blackberries in parks to fennel in empty lots.
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There is a need for co-operation and equal responsibility and the '
finders keepers' mentality where water is concerned has to stop.
"'
Finders keepers' and 'possession is nine-tenths of the law' aren't legal principles."
A HUGE cargo ship anchored off Cardigan Bay caused waves of excitement yesterday among locals who thought it had run aground like the stricken Napoli, whose fate off south-west England sparked off a looting spree and national debate over
finders keepers attitudes to wreckage.
"When we were kids, it was always '
finders keepers, losers weepers,'" Hoffman told the Journal Sentinel.