ABSTRACT Through the standardization of property as a commodity, real estate speculation in Phnom Penh has flourished and has included foreigners, for whom Cambodian real estate property is constitutionally off-limits. This essay outlines some features of Cambodian law to highlight the contours of the country’s deep legal pluralism, as well as to describe how law is part of the way property has been remade as a market commodity. “Legal fictions” – technical devices and shell companies – give access to Phnom Penh’s real estate market. The use of legal fictions in Cambodia’s economy is widespread and, crucially, structures property ownership and its distribution. In the process these devices work to veil ownership in plain sight and skew access to property to those who can utilize this effectively.

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虚构、欺诈和形式：柬埔寨房地产投机的法律基础

摘要 通过财产作为商品的标准化，金边的房地产投机活动蓬勃发展，其中包括外国人，柬埔寨的房地产财产在宪法上是禁止的。本文概述了柬埔寨法律的一些特征，以突出该国深刻的法律多元化的轮廓，并描述法律如何成为财产被重新制造为市场商品的方式的一部分。“法律虚构”——技术设备和空壳公司——提供了进入金边房地产市场的机会。柬埔寨经济中法律拟制的使用很普遍，而且至关重要的是，它构成了财产所有权及其分配的结构。在这个过程中，这些设备将所有权隐藏在明显的视线中，并将对财产的访问权偏向那些可以有效利用它的人。