Conveyancing / Tenancy / Land

Property Law: Cases and Materials, 5th Edition

By Roger Smith
Pearson U.K._ May 2013

Specifications

ISBN-13
9781408280799
Publisher
Pearson U.K._
Publication
May 2013
Format
Paperback , 872 pages
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

The best-selling casebook on property Law, Property Law: Cases and Materials is an indispensable companion to students’ study. The casebook combines a wide variety of extracts from primary and secondary source material, with engaging commentary and thought-provoking reflective questions. Property Law Cases and Materials offers invaluable study support, ensuring students actively engage with, and reflect critically on, the full range of source materials they are expected to encounter throughout their study, providing an ideal springboard from which to hone their case reading skills.

Property Law: Cases and Materialsis the ideal companion to any textbook on property or land law, including the author’s own textbook, Property Law, seventh edition.

Features

 

  • Mylawchamber – supporting learning through, case navigator for help with case reading and analysis, interactive multiple choice questions, practice exam questions with guidance, weblinks, glossary, legal newsfeed and legal updates
  • Further reading suggestions at the end of every chapter direct students to subject-specific resources to enrich understanding
  • A wealth of extracts from a wide range of primary and secondary sources ensure students can quickly and easily access the key source materials necessary for their study
  • High quality author commentary and thought-provoking reflective questions support students in developing their critical analysis skills by drawing out the key themes, underlying policies and controversies within property law

 

New To This Edition

 

  • Invaluable further reading references to a wide range of academic articles and additional source material to support students in their independent exploration of the subject area.

     

  • Full coverage of the latest legal developments, most notably; the Supreme Court decision in Jones v Kernott (ownership of the family home), Manchester CC v Pinnock (human rights and the home); Thorner v Major (estoppel) and the Law Commission report on Easements and Covenants (Law Com No 327). 

Table of Contents

Part I

INTRODUCTORY MATTERS

1    Basic property principles                                      

2    Human rights                  

3    Property interests             

Part II

GENERAL PRINCIPLES: HOW PROPERTY INTERESTS ARISE AND PURCHASERS

4    Original acquisition of property interests                        

5    The transfer and creation of property interests

6    Formalities: rationale and trusts

7    Formalities: estoppel

8    The family home      

9    Purchasers: general principles and land charges     

10  Purchasers: registration of title                     

Part III

RIGHTS TO ENJOY LAND: FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD ESTATES

11  Concurrent ownership: joint tenancy and tenancy in common

12  Trusts of land         

13  Successive interests              

14  Leases: requirements and types                    

15  Leases: obligations and remedies        

16  Leases: parties and the running of covenants                  

17  Commonhold                      

 

Part IV

OTHER INTERESTS IN LAND

18  Licences     

19  Easements and profits       

20  Covenants    

21  Mortgages

About the Author

Roger J. Smithis Fellow and Tutor of Magdalen College, Oxford. He is also the author of a textbook, Property Law, and a shorter text on the subject,Introduction to Land Law, both published by Pearson.

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