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A Property Law Reader: Cases, Questions and Commentary, 4th Edition

A Property Law Reader: Cases, Questions and Commentary, 4th Edition

Author: Bruce H. Ziff; Jeremy de Beer; Douglas Harris; Margaret McCallum
Publisher: Carswell
ISBN: 9780779872466
Published In: August 2016
Format: Paperback , 1100 pages
Jurisdiction: Canada ? Disclaimer:
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The new edition of A Property Law Reader: Cases, Questions and Commentary, 4th Edition, serves as an academic companion to Professor Ziff's text, Principles of Property Law, 5th Edition. Accordingly, the content follows that of the text; there are 12 chapters in all, featuring national coverage and, like the text, the approach to property law is one of law-in-context. Among topics considered are the nature of property, the concept of possession, the doctrine of estates and the origins and nature of equitable interests. An innovative collection of teaching materials, it offers a multi-faceted approach to the study of property law in Canada. Starting with an exploration of the meaning(s) of property and its philosophical foundations, the book canvasses a broad range of fundamental concepts relating to both real and personal property. However, this work goes much further than that. It examines the interplay of property rights with pressing social questions, including those affecting race, class, and gender. These issues are examined in a variety of contexts, and from a range of perspectives. A Property Law Reader invites an assessment of whether ancient legal doctrines remain of value within Canadian society. Though drawing on the law's deeply embedded history, the book seeks to provide a thoughtful treatment of contemporary property law and policy.
Bruce H. Ziff is a professor of law at the University of Alberta, where he teaches and writes mainly in the area of property law. Professor Ziff has been a Visiting Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School and at the University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia. He has served as Special Counsel for the Alberta Law Reform Institute, and as a legal advisor on land titles reform in Ukraine. He is the author of Principles of Property Law, 6th Edition and a co-editor of A Property Law Reader: Cases, Questions and Commentary, 3rd Edition.

Jeremy de Beer shapes thinking about technology innovation, intellectual property, and global trade and development. As a Full Professor at the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Law, he has published extensively on property-related theory, practice, and pedagogy. He has been teaching the fundamentals of property to law students since 2004.

Douglas Harris is the Nathan T. Nemetz Chair in Legal History at the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Law. He teaches and writes in legal history, Aboriginal law, and property law. His work on property includes articles on title registration systems and on the role of forms of property and property doctrine in the shaping of cities.

Margaret E. McCallum recently retired from the position of Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of New Brunswick, where she taught the first year property course since 1999. She now raises Belted Galloway cattle and Wiltshire Horned sheep in Shamrock, Prince Edward Island. Her publications include Lady Landlords of Prince Edward Island: Imperial Dreams and the Defence of Property (2008), co-authored with Dr. Rusty Bittermann, and Introduction to Real Property Law (2012), the 6th edition of a text originally written by the late Alan Sinclair.