LAW5006 - Principles of property law - 2019

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, and includes types of property rights in land owned by another, such as mortgages, easements, restrictive covenants and profits a prendre.

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.

1. Collaborative class activity requiring research, individual written research assignment and oral presentation:
   • 30% for written research assignment (2250 words)and
   • 10% for presentation of oral component;.
2. Examination (2 hours plus 30 minutes reading time): 60%

Students enrolled in this unit will be provided with 36 contact hours of seminars per semester whether intensive, semi-intensive, or semester-long offering. Students will be expected to do reading set for class, and to undertake additional research and reading applicable to a 6 credit point unit.