Land law : text, cases, and materials

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Land law : text, cases, and materials

Ben McFarlane, Nicholas Hopkins, and Sarah Nield

Oxford University Press, 2009

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Written by three leading academics in the field, this new book offers a stimulating and thought-provoking guide to land law. It collates the most important cases and best writing on the subject in a single volume and draws on key primary and secondary sources: combined with insightful author commentary this creates a complete learning resource for students. The authors' commentary offers a fresh perspective and presents land law as a vibrant subject which confronts pressing social issues with sophistication. The authors' enthusiasm for the subject absorbs readers' attention from the outset and enables them to gain a secure understanding of the fundamental principles of the subject, as well as guiding them through the more complex issues. This text provides students with the detailed knowledge and analytical tools required to engage fully with the many debates raised by this fascinating subject. Designed as a stand-alone textbook, undergraduates, as well as anyone studying English land law, will find everything they need in this one convenient and easy-to-use volume. Online Resource Centre Accompanied by an Online Resource Centre containing updates (including new cases, statutes and commentary) plus suggested answers to questions posed at the end of chapters and further discussion of subsidiary points in the text. Also includes web links and a test bank.

Table of Contents

  • A. INTRODUCTION
  • 1. What's Special About Land?
  • 2. Land as Private Property
  • 3. Legal Estates and Legal Interests
  • 4. Equitable Interests
  • 5. Human Rights and Land
  • B. THE PRIORITY TRIANGLE
  • 6. The Priority Triangle
  • 7. Direct Rights
  • 8. The Priority Triangle in Action: Licences
  • B1. THE ACQUISITION OF A LEGAL ESTATE OR INTEREST IN LAND
  • 9. Formal Methods of Acquisition: Contracts, Deeds and Registration
  • 10. Informal Methods of Acquisition: Adverse Possession
  • B2. THE ACQUISITION OF AN EQUITABLE INTEREST IN LAND
  • 11. Introduction
  • 12. The Doctrine of Anticipation: Walsh v Lonsdale
  • 13. Proprietary Estoppel
  • 14. Trusts of Land
  • B3. PRIORITY
  • 15. Unregistered Land and Priorities
  • 16. Registered Land and Priorities
  • 17. Evaluating the Land Registration Act 2002
  • C.THE SHARED HOME
  • 18. Interests in the Home
  • 19. Regulating Co-Ownership
  • 20. Co-Ownership and Third Parties: Priorities
  • 21. Co-Ownership and Third Parties: Applications for Sale
  • 22. Successive Ownership
  • D. LEASES
  • 23. The Lease
  • 24. Regulating Leases and Protecting Occupiers
  • 25. Leasehold Covenants
  • E. NEIGHBOURS AND NEIGHBOURHOODS
  • 26. Easements
  • 27. Freehold Covenants
  • 28. Flat Ownership: Long Leases and Commonhold
  • F. SECURITY RIGHTS
  • 29. Security Interests in Land
  • 30. Borrower Protection
  • 31. Lender's Rights and Remedies

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