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1 online resource. |
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Modern Studies in Property Law
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Modern studies in property law.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Part I: Law Reform and Property Law; 1. Property in the Information Age; I. INTRODUCTION; II. PROPERTY CLAIM; III. PROPERTY IN COMMUNICATIONS; IV. A FEW RECENT CASES; V. INSTITUTION OF PROPERTY; VI. SOME PROPERTY CHARACTERISTICS; VII. INFORMATION AS PROPERTY; VIII. NO PROPERTY IN INFORMATION; IX. CLOSING COMMENTS; 2. A Golden Era? The Impact of the Scottish Law Commission on Property Law; I. INTRODUCTION; II. THE CREATION OF THE SLC; III. HUMAN RESOURCING; IV. PROGRAMMES OF LAW REFORM; V. PROPERTY LAW PROJECTS; VI. THE FUTURE. |
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VII. CONCLUSION3. Reforming the Law of Prescription: A Cautionary Tale from Ireland; I. LAND LAW REFORM AND THE LAW OF PRESCRIPTION IN IRELAND; II. REFORM OR ABOLITION?; III. THE NEW IRISH LEGISLATIVE SCHEME; IV. TRANSITIONAL ISSUES; V. CONCLUSION; Part II: Property and Planning; 4. Simplifying Planning Law: A More Radical Approach; I. INTRODUCTION; II. THE LAW REGULATING THE USE AND DEVELOPMENT OF LAND; III. WHAT COULD BE ACHIEVED; IV. RELATED LEGISLATION OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE SIMPLIFICATION PROJECT; V. THE WAY FORWARD; VI. THE OUTCOME. |
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5. Land: Balancing Competing Economic and Social InterestsI. INTRODUCTION; II. BALANCING POTENTIAL COMPETING INTERESTS IN LAND; III. PUBLIC/PRIVATE: DIVISION OR COEXISTENCE?; IV. MODERNISATION: LAND POLICY FIT FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY?; V. THE SOCIAL DIMENSION OF LAND; VI. CONCLUDING REMARKS; 6. Developers versus Protestors: Contractual Licensees and Possession Claims Post Dutton; I. BACKGROUND TO DUTTON; II. THE DECISION IN DUTTON; III. HUMAN RIGHTS AND CLAIMS BY LICENSEES; IV. CONCLUSION; Part III: Property and Death. |
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7. Do Parents Always Know Best? Posthumous Provision and Adult Children8. Property of the Mentally Incapacitated: Statutory Wills in England and Australia; I. INTRODUCTION; II. THE DEVELOPMENT OF STATUTORY WILLS IN ENGLAND PRIOR TO THE MCA; III. STATUTORY WILLS AFTER 2005; IV. AUSTRALIA; V. CONCLUSION AND FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS; 9. Testamentary Freedom: Mutual Wills Might Let You Down; I. INTRODUCTION; II. THE MUTUAL WILLS DOCTRINE; III. THE INFORMAL CARE SCENARIO; IV. CONCLUSION; 10. Intestate Property Distribution at Death in the United States; I. INTRODUCTION. |
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II. THE FAMILY MAINTENANCE SYSTEMIII. ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS; IV. CONCLUSION; Part IV: Property and Ownership; 11. Challenging 'Home' as a Concept in Modern Property Law: Lessons from the Supreme Court Post- Stack and Jones; I. INTRODUCTION; II. WHAT IS THE CONCEPT OF HOME?; III. THE DECISIONS IN PINNOCK AND POWELL; IV. THE DECISION IN SHARIF V CAMDEN LBC; V. THE SUPREME COURT AND THE CONCEPT OF 'HOME': LESSONS AND OBSERVATIONS; VI. CONCLUDING REMARKS: LESSONS FROM THE SUPREME COURT; 12. Land Titling and Communal Property; I. INTRODUCTION; II. LAND TITLING SYSTEMS. |
| Summary |
This book contains a collection of peer-reviewed papers presented at the Tenth Biennial Modern Studies in Property Law Conference held at the University of Liverpool in April 2014. It is the eighth volume to be published under the name of the Conference. The Conference and its published proceedings have become an established forum for property lawyers from around the world to showcase current research in the discipline. This collection reflects the diversity and contemporary relevance of modern research in property law. Incorporating a keynote address by Sir John Mummery, retired Lord Justice. |
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Property -- Great Britain.
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Property. |
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Great Britain. |
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Property.
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Electronic books.
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Barr, Warren, editor.
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Print version: Barr, Warren. Modern Studies in Property Law - Volume 8. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, ©2015 9781849466226 |
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9781509901838 (electronic book) |
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1509901833 (electronic book) |
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9781849466226 |
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9781509901845 (Electronic book (EPUB format) |
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1509901841 (Electronic book (EPUB format) |
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9781782257776 (online) |
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1782257772 |
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184946622X |
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9781849466226 |
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