Postgraduate - UnitLAW5006 - Principles of property law

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Law
Offered	City (Melbourne) Trimester 1 2015 (Day) City (Melbourne) Trimester 2 2015 (Day) City (Melbourne) Trimester 3 2015 (Day)

Notes

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Previously coded as LAW7267

Quota applies

Postgraduate programs are based on a model of small group teaching and therefore class sizes need to be restricted.

Synopsis

The unit examines the concept and categories of real and personal property; the interface between contractual and property rights; the nature of types of property right including freehold and leasehold estates, modes of creating and transferring property rights in law and equity; possession as a source of title.

Outcomes

At the successful completion of this unit students should be able to:

apply interpretive techniques to synthesize property law principles from judicial decisions and legislation;
identify, research, evaluate and synthesize relevant factual, legal and policy issues;
select, analyse and apply property law principles to generate solutions appropriate to legal problems and issues;
engage in critical analysis and make reasoned and appropriate choices among alternatives; and
communicate and collaborate effectively and persuasively.

Assessment

1. Collaborative class activity requiring research, oral presentation, a written
reflection task and an individual written research memorandum:
10% for presentation of oral component;
10% for written reflection (750 words); and
10% for written research memorandum (750 words).
2. Examination (2 hours plus 30 minutes reading time): 70%

Workload requirements

Workload is 2.5 (or 3 for 2015+ cohort) hours per week x 12 weeks

Chief examiner(s)

Ms Alicia Wright (Trimester 1)
Ms Jennifer Schultz (Trimester 2)
Dr Susan Barkehall Thomas (Trimester 3)

Prerequisites

LAW5004 (for students beginning in 2015 or later) and LAW7265 or LAW5002

Co-requisites

LAW5005