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Cheshire and Burn's Modern Law of Real Property 18th Edition

Cheshire and Burn's Modern Law of Real Property, 18th Edition

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  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN: 9780199593408
  • Published In: September 2011
  • Format: Paperback
  • Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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    • Presents the modern (21st century) land law in the context of its historical foundations, ensuring the reader gains a full understanding of the subject
    • Gives a critical account of the law, considering reform proposals throughout, encouraging a deeper understanding of the issues
    • Provides a clear, well-structured account of the subject, making this text ideal for students of land law and practitioners alike

    New to this edition

    • Fully updated and revised to reflect recent legislation
    • Contents have been streamlined to make the book more user-friendly and accessible for students
    • Coverage of leases has been divided into several smaller chapters, making this complex area easier for students to deal with

    The eighteenth edition of this classic work on land law has been fully updated and revised to ensure that it presents the modern law of real property - the land law of the twenty-first century - whilst setting the modern law in the context of its historical foundations.

    Readership: Students of land law and also practitioners.

  • Contents:
    Part I Introduction
    1: An introduction to land law
    Part II The modern law in historical context
    2: The common law system
    3: Modification of the common law by equity
    4: Settlements before 1926
    5: The simplification of the law: 1925, 1996 and 2002
    Part III Estates and interests in land
    6: The estate in fee simple absolute in possession
    7: Commonhold
    8: General characteristics and creation of leases
    9: Covenants in leases
    10: Termination of leases and recovery of possession by the landlord
    11: Statutory codes for special leases
    12: The strict settlement and the trust for sale before 1997
    13: The trust of land
    14: Concurrent interests
    15: Future interests: the rules against perpetuities and accumulations of income
    16: Entailed interests and life interests
    17: Determinable interests and interests upon condition subsequent
    18: Easements and profits
    19: Covenants
    20: Rent charges
    21: Mortgages
    22: Equities and proprietary estoppel
    23: Licences
    Part IV The creation, transfer and extinction of estates and interests in land
    24: The contract
    25: Formalities required for the creation and transfer of estates and interests in land
    26: Capacity to acquire, hold and transfer estates and interests in land
    27: Unregistered conveyancing
    28: Registered conveyancing
    29: Extinction of estates and interests in land;
  • Edward Burn, Barrister and Honorary Bencher of Lincoln's Inn, Emeritus Student of Christ Church, Oxford, and formerly Professor of Law, City University, London, and John Cartwright, Solicitor, Student and Tutor in Law, Christ Church, Oxford, Professor of the Law of Contract, University of Oxford, and Professor of Anglo-American Private Law, University of Leiden

    E. H. Burn, B.C.L., M.A. Barrister and Honorary Bencher of Lincoln's Inn Professor of Law in the City University Student and Tutor in Law, Christ Church, Oxford 1954 - 1990 Emeritus Student of Christ Church, Oxford since 1990

    J. Cartwright, B.C.L., M.A. Student and Tutor in Law, Christ Church, Oxford since 1982 Reader, University of Oxford since 2004 (Lecturer in Law 1982 - 2004) Solicitor

  • Review(s) from previous edition

    "The work maintains its winning formula: a conventional coverage, the use of straightforward language, and an incisive and direct mode of legal analysis - Conveyancer and Property Lawyer

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