Land law textbook

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Land law textbook

Roger Sexton

Oxford University Press, c2006

2nd ed

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Land law

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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"Land Law Textbook" is a comprehensive and clear explanation of the principles of land law. It is written in a practical and accessible style designed to excite the reader's interest. It has been fully revised and updated since the first edition to include all recent developments, and key cases are now considered in the book in further depth. The new edition also examines the impact of Crest Nicholson on the Law of Restrictive Covenants, and contains a new section in which the impact of Undue Influence on Mortgages is considered. The text is supported by learning objectives, new chapter summaries, self-assessment questions and research activities designed to support and reinforce the student's learning experience. The online resource centre features: the web site contains carefully selected extracts from primary sources. It also contains guide answers to end-of-chapter assessment questions contained in the text, and twice yearly updates to the text.

Table of Contents

  • PART I UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES
  • 1. Introduction to the Types of Property Rights in Land
  • 2. Some Basic Concepts of Property Law
  • 3. Tenures (including Commonhold)
  • 4. Estates
  • 5. Legal and Equitable Rights in Land
  • PART II UNREGISTERD LAND
  • 6. Differences in Validity between Legal Property Rights and Equitable Property Rights
  • 7. The Impact of the 1925 Legislation
  • 8. Status of Equitable Interests after 1925
  • PART III REGISTRATION OF TITLE
  • 9. Registration of Title - The Basic Principles
  • 10. Overriding Interests and Minor Interests
  • PART IV TRUSTS OF LAND
  • 11. Old-Style Trusts of Land
  • 12. New-Style Trusts of Land Defined
  • 13. The Powers of New-Style Trustees of Land
  • PART V CO-OWNERSHIP
  • 14. Co-ownership of Land - The Basic Concepts
  • 15. Severance of Joint Tenancies
  • 16. Co-ownership - The Problems when Co-owners Fall Out
  • PART VI LEASES
  • 17. Leases - The Basic Requirements
  • 18. Obligations in Leases
  • 19. The Running of Covenants in a Lease
  • 20. Termination of Leases
  • PART VII LOSS OF OWNERSHIP
  • 21. Adverse Possession and the Limitation Acts
  • 22. Rectification of the Register of Title
  • PART VIII EASEMENTS
  • 23. The Essential Characteristics of Easements
  • 24. Express and Implied Grant of Easements
  • 25. Prescription for Easements (and Profits)
  • PART IX RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS
  • 26. Restrictive Covenants - The Basic Principles
  • 27. The Passing of the Benefit of Restrictive Covenants
  • 28. Escaping from Restrictive Covenants
  • PART X MORTGAGES
  • 29. The Creation of Mortgages
  • 30. The Remedies of Mortgagees
  • 31. Special Legal Rules Governing Mortgages
  • 32. Priority of Mortgages of Unregistered Titles
  • 33. Mortgages of Registered Land

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