LA2021 - Personal Property and Land Law 1
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Administered by: | College of Business, Law & Governance |
This subject will be available to students from 2018. Students who require a law subject with a Personal Property Law component in 2017 are required to undertake LA3011.
This subject provides students with a thorough introduction to the history and context of contemporary land law in Australia. It also provides an introduction to personal property, agency and bailment. The subject uses these foundations to enable students to build a core of knowledge of key principles of land law and personal property law and it promotes the development of skills to find, interpret and apply the statute and case law that underpins these principles. The subject introduces property as a theoretical concept and covers principles including the meaning and classification of 'land' within Australian law; the classification of personal property; the doctrines of tenures and estates; the impact of native title and the Property Law Act 1974 (Qld) on these doctrines; the creation and assertion of equitable and legal interests in land; co-ownership of land and personal property; mortgages and personal property securities; and an introduction to systems of registration for interests in land; the protection of personal property under the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth); the transfer of personal property and the assertion of legal and equitable interests in personal property; principles of agency; and bailment. This subject lays a foundation for LA2016 (Land Law 2) and LA3013 (Principles of Equity).
Learning Outcomes
- ability to analyse and critique the concept of property through historical and contemporary perspectives;
- ability to resolve legal issues involving land law through analysing legal problems, and finding and applying relevant statute and case law;
- skills in researching and synthesising primary and secondary sources relevant to the theory of property, and the theory and practice of land law;
- Demonstrate an understanding of, and ability to apply, legal principles relevant to classification of personal property; the transfer and assertion of legal and equitable interests in personal property; agency in respect of the transfer of both land and personal property; bailment; and the creation of personal property securities and their protection.
| Prerequisites: | (LA1101 and LA1102) or LA1007 |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | LA2003 LA2015 |
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| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 22-Mar-2018 | |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (70%); assignments (30%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 22-Mar-2018 | |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (70%); assignments (30%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.