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- The definitive textbook on land law is written by an esteemed academic and practitioner team making it a must-read for a wide audience from students to practitioners of land law.
- Comprehensive coverage of the subject area ensures that this is the first book to turn to when coming new to the subject or re-visiting for further study
- Insightful analysis of historical issues and new ideas and legislation inspires the reader to recognise the excitement and challenge of the subject
- Extensive footnoting and referencing aids students to pursue their chosen topics of interest for further research.
New to this edition
- Coverage of the topics now more obviously reflects how land law is taught. For example, leases, mortgages and easements have been brought closer together in a more obvious and traditional grouping
- Material on trespass, licence and privacy has been compressed into a single chapter
- Areas of repetition have been addressed so that the overall extent is reduced to a more manageable size
- A user-friendly text design ensures that the excellent scholarship is more accessible to a broader readership
- A re-structuring of the material into more chapters of shorter length helps students locate themselves within the subject and navigate the book
'Here is a book whose breadth of purpose and depth of learning are breathtaking.' Peter Butt, [2005] 69 Conv 363
Gray & Gray's Elements of Land Law is the definitive textbook on the subject. The book offers comprehensive coverage of the law in this area. The authors provide an insightful and thought-provoking commentary on the modern development of the subject and go on to explore how land law functions in today's society. The book includes an analysis of recent legislation and case law in England and Wales. There are also references to significant cases from Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Canada, coupled with a detailed account of reforms currently proposed by the English Law Commission. The book demonstrates a thorough understanding of the social and political context of land law and guides the reader through the sometimes difficult terminology of the subject.
This fifth edition continues to balance up-to-date coverage of the key issues in land law with a critical survey of cutting-edge research. Building on the strengths of previous editions, the book ensures that excellent scholarship is accessible to an even wider readership: more chapters of shorter length offer the possibility of readers 'dipping' into topics in a non-linear way. A fresh, new format and text design support the re-structuring of content and aid navigability. Readers wanting to explore areas of interest in more depth are encouraged to do so by the exemplary footnoting and referencing.
Readership: Undergraduate and Postgraduate students taking a course in Land Law. Land Law practioners & academics. This book is commonly cited in the courts.
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Part 1. FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS
1.1: Introduction
1.2: Land
1.3: Estates and tenures
1.4: Law and equity
1.5: Property
1.6: Human rights
1.7: The organisation of proprietary interests in land
Part 2. POSSESSION AND TITLE
2.1: Possession
2.2: Title
Part 3. FREEHOLD OWNERSHIP
3.1: The fee simple estate
3.2: Freehold ownership of commonhold land
3.3: Enforcement of freehold covenants at law
3.4: Enforcement of freehold covenants in equity
Part 4. LEASEHOLD OWNERSHIP
4.1: Definitions and characteristics
4.2: Creation, disposition and termination of leases
4.3: Leasehold obligations
4.4: Landlord's remedies for tenant default
4.5: Enforeability of leasehold covenants
4.6: Enfranchisement and the right to buy
4.7: Statutory regimes of landlord and tenant law
Part 5. EASEMENTS AND PROFITS A PRENDRE
5.1: Definitions and characteristics
5.2: Creation and termination
5.3: Effect on third parties
Part 6. SECURITY INTERESTS IN LAND
6.1: Mortgages and charges
6.2: Protection for the mortgagor
6.3: Protection for the mortgagee
6.4: Remedies of the mortgagee
6.5: Priority of mortgages
6.6: Rentcharges and rights of entry
Part 7. BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
7.1: Trusts
7.2: Resulting trusts
7.3: Constructive trusts
7.4: Co-ownership
7.5: Trusts of land
7.6: Successive interests
Part 8. DEALINGS AND THEIR EFFECT
8.1: Contract and transfer
8.2: Dealings with registered estates
8.3: Dealings with unregistered estates
Part 9. OTHER MODES OF ACQUISITION
9.1: Adverse possession
9.2: Proprietary estoppel
9.3: Succession and donatio mortis causa
Part 10. PRIVACY, ACCESS AND EXCLUSION
10.1: Trespass and privacy
10.2: Bare licences
10.3: Contractual licences
10.4: Licences coupled with an equity or a grant
10.5: Impact of licences on third parties
10.6: Limits of autonomous control over access
10.7: Civic rights of access to land
Part 11. PUBLIC REGULATION OF LAND
11.1: Control of land use
11.2: Takings of land
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Kevin Gray, Dean of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Susan Francis Gray, Solicitor of the Senior Courts and former Assistant Land Registrar at HM Land Registry
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Review(s) from previous edition
"A genuinely outstanding piece of work: enormously full and erudite but a really stimulating read, with original and critical scholarship. - Nick Jackson, Senior Lecturer, Kent Law School
"Elements of Land Law is a splendid text with a number of desirable features, not least its footnotes and wealth of research material." - Dr. Paul Omar, Senior lecturer, Sussex Law School, Brighton
"This is an outstanding textbook." - Stephen Davies, Surrey University
"Elements of Land Law is comprehensive and provocative, with a very high level of supporting detail." - Ben McFarlane, University Lecturer in Property Law & Trusts, Oxford University.
