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Unit Summary
Pre-requisites
Must have completed LEGL1001 - Legal Research and Writing AND LEGL1005 - Legal Process
Anti-requisites
LAW00116 - Property Law AND not available for students admitted to 2206351 - Associate Degree in Law (Paralegal Studies) OR 3006110 - Bachelor of Legal and Justice Studies
Unit aim
Provides students with a working knowledge of the basic concepts and different legal classifications of property; the concepts of possession, ownership, tenure and estates; systems of title to real property, and the nature and types of real property interests, including leases, mortgages, easements and covenants.
Unit content
- The concept of property
- Personal property
- Tenure, estates and native title
- Land and fixtures
- Creation and transfer of interests in land — legal and equitable interests
- Torrens title, indefeasibility of title and exceptions to indefeasibility of title
- Study week
- Torrens title, unregistered interests, priority rules and caveats
- Leases
- Mortgages
- Co-ownership
- Easements, profits à prendre and covenants
- Exam review
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Explain the theoretical, social and economic values of property |
| 2 | Identify fundamental principles of property law, and the context in which property law functions |
| 3 | Demonstrate knowledge of the principles and rules of property law, and the policy factors that underlie them |
| 4 | Apply the principles and rules of property law to solve relevant legal problems |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- Explain the theoretical, social and economic values of property
- Identify fundamental principles of property law, and the context in which property law functions
- Demonstrate knowledge of the principles and rules of property law, and the policy factors that underlie them
- Apply the principles and rules of property law to solve relevant legal problems
Prescribed texts
- Mackie K, Histed, E & Page, J, 2012, Land Law in context, Oxford University Press Australia, Melbourne. ISBN: 9780195575712.
- Moore, A, Grattan, S & Griggs, L, 2016, Australian Property Law Cases and Materials, 5th edn, Thomson Reuters, Sydney. ISBN: 9780455237886.