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Property Law: Cases and Materials, 5th Edition

Property Law: Cases and Materials, 5th Edition

Author: Roger Smith
Publisher: Pearson U.K._
ISBN: 9781408280799
Published In: May 2013
Format: Paperback , 872 pages
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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).

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

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.