Das dingliche Schuldverhältnis

The owner in bad faith is obliged to pay damages to the owner in accordance with §§ 989, 990 BGB. It follows that the owner in bad faith has a duty towards the owner. Johann H. Kim elaborates that this duty does not have its basis in the vindication, but in an independent - in rem - debt relationship. The construction of the obligation in rem applies equally to the relationship between the owner of the book in bad faith and the true owner. Finally, the author raises the question of whether a debt relationship in rem also exists in the relationship between the owner and the interferer.