Land Law

Text, Cases, and Materials
6. Revised Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-0-19-889322-6
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 1168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 193 mm x 249 mm, Gewicht: 1982 g

Reihe: Text, Cases, and Materials

Substantial case detail, choice extracts, and sophisticated analysis.

Land Law: Text, Cases, and Materials combines insightful author commentary with carefully selected extracts to fully support students.

Key features:

· Combines insightful author commentary with carefully selected extracts to provide a thought-provoking and contextualized account of the subject

· Helps students to understand how rules work in isolation as well as how they interlink due to the authors' unique approach to land law, enabling students to think critically and with a high level of analysis

· Provides detailed discussion of key land law cases, drawing together extracts from leading judgments, responses to controversial decisions, and the authors' own opinion to create a well-rounded account

· Takes a thorough, detailed, and critical approach, providing a framework to support students throughout their course

· Begins each chapter with a discussion of 'central issues,' providing an at-a-glance account of the key debates and principles shaping each area of law

· Includes self-test questions with guidance on how to approach them alongside further research notes in each chapter to support independent study

New to this edition:

· A full, comprehensive update to cases and other new developments

· New cases considered in this edition include decisions of the Supreme Court, such as R (on the application of SC) v SS for Work and Pensions, Wolverhampton CC v London Gypsies and Travellers (both Chapter 4), Guest v Guest (Chapter 10), and Byers v Saudi National Bank (Chapter 17); and of the Court of Appeal, such as Pennistone Holdings v Rock Ferry Waterfront Trust (Chapter 5), Hudson v Hathway (Chapters 8 and 10), White v Amirtharaja (Chapter 9), and Faiz v Burnley CC (Chapter 21)

· The chapter on proprietary estoppel has been restructured in the light of the Supreme Court's decision in Guest v Guest

· New academic writing, regulatory changes, and proposed new legislation (for example in relation to flat ownership) are all featured

· Diagrams have been reviewed to ensure clarity and consistency

The sixth edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats: the e-book and Law Trove offer a mobile experience and convenient access, along with self-test questions, guidance for answering end-of-chapter questions, further research notes, functionality tools, navigation features and links that offer extra learning support. For more information about e-books, please visit www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mcfarlane, Ben

Hopkins, Nicholas

Nield, Sarah

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Bürgerliches Recht Sachenrecht Grundstücks- und Immobilienrecht, Immobiliarsachenrecht, Nachbarrecht

Über Autor(innen)

Ben McFarlane is Professor of English Law at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St John's College. He has published a widely on land law and is the author of The Law of Proprietary Estoppel (OUP 2nd edn, 2020) and The Structure of Property Law (Hart, 2008). He is also an author of Hayton, McFarlane and Mitchell on Equity and Trusts (15th edn, 2022) and a contributor to Snell's Equity (Sweet & Maxwell 34th edn, 2020) and Chitty on Contracts (35th edn, 2023).

Nicholas Hopkins is a Law Commissioner for England and Wales and Professor of Law at the University of Reading. Prior to his appointment as Commissioner he taught land law for over twenty years, and he has published widely on the topic. Amongst other projects, he has led the Law Commission's review of the Land Registration Act 2002 and its work on residential leasehold and commonhold. He is an academic member of the Property Bar Association, a member of the Property Litigation Association, and an Honorary Bencher of Middle Temple.

Sarah Nield is Emeritus Professor of Property Law at Southampton University. She has been teaching land law since 1982, having previously held posts at Hong Kong University and the University of Bristol and has also taught conveyancing, equity and trusts and company law. Sarah is published widely in the area of property law and is also a qualified solicitor.