James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2000

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LA2003:06

Land Law

Townsville, Cairns

Prerequisites: LA1006 LA1007

52 lectures, 26 tutorials. Full year.

Available to level 1 and level 2 LLB students.

The basic principles of the law of real property: topics include estates and interests in land (both legal and equitable), covenants, easements, mortgages, leases, the Torrens system, co-ownership and future interests.

Learning Objectives:

  1. to imbue students with private property concepts and how these may be protected from invasion.

Assessment by test (20%); examination (60%); essay (20%) (subject to variation).


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