LLAW6232 Property Law Course Descriptor

Course Overview

Proprietary entitlement is at the heart of the legal system, and this course seeks to provide students with an appreciation of how the law has approached disputes relating to property. Therefore, it seeks to promote an understanding of the principles of ownership of property, particularly of land. The course considers the possible estates and other interests in land and the ways that those estates and interests can arise and be determined. It gives an appreciation of the differences between unregistered land and registered land and the policy and practicability considerations underlying the holding of land and its conveyance in its wider context.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

Knowledge and Understanding

Subject Specific Skills

Transferable and Employability Skills

Teaching and Learning

This course has a dedicated Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) page with a syllabus and range of additional resources (e.g. readings, question prompts, tasks, assignment briefs, discussion boards) to orientate and engage students in their studies.

The scheduled teaching and learning activities for this course are:

Interactive lectures/seminars

40 scheduled hours – typically including induction, consolidation or revision, and assessment activity hours.

• Version 1:all sessions in the same sized group

OR

• Version 2: most of the sessions in larger groups; some of the sessions in smaller groups

Faculty hold regular ‘office hours’, which are opportunities for students to drop in or sign up to explore ideas, raise questions, or seek targeted guidance or feedback, individually or in small groups. 

Students are to attend and participate in all the scheduled teaching and learning activities for this course and to manage their directed learning and independent study.

Indicative total learning hours for this course: 150

Assessment

Both formative and summative assessment are used as part of this course, with purely formative opportunities typically embedded within interactive teaching sessions, office hours, and/or the VLE.

Summative Assessments

Further information about the assessments can be found in the Course Syllabus.

Feedback

Students will receive formative and summative feedback in a variety of ways, written (e.g. marked up on assignments, through email or the VLE) or oral (e.g. as part of interactive teaching sessions or in office hours).

Indicative Reading

Note: Comprehensive and current reading lists are produced annually in the Course Syllabus or other documentation provided to students; the indicative reading list provided below is for a general guide and part of the approval/modification process only.

• Dixon, M,. Modern Land Law, (Routledge, London, 11th ed., 2018)
• MacKenzie, J,A, Nair, A,. Textbook on Land Law (Oxford, OUP,17th ed 2018)
• McFarlane, B,. Nield, S,. Land Law, Text Cases and Materials, (Oxford,OUP,4th ed 2018)
• Megarry & Wade: The Law of Real Property (Sweet & Maxwell, 9th Ed. 2019)
• Journals: Law Quarterly Review, Trusts & Trustees, Modern Law Review, Conveyancer and Property Lawyer
• Electronic Resources: Lexis Nexis, Westlaw, SSRN, Jstor, Practical Law

Indicative Topics

Note: Comprehensive and current topics for courses are produced annually in the Course Syllabus or other documentation provided to students; the indicative topics provided below are used as a general guide and part of the approval/modification process only.

•  An Introduction to Land Law
•  Registered Land and its Conveyance
•  Unregistered Land and its Conveyance
•  Successive Interests in Land
•  Concurrent Co-Ownership of Land
• Adverse Possession