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Real Property (LAWS5012)  - Opens 16 May 2012

Faculty: Law (Sydney Law School)
Department: Law
Level: Postgraduate
Credit Points: 6

Instructors: There are no Instructor details available for this course. 
Contacts: (1) Ms Natasha De Zilva - natasha.dezilva@sydney.edu.au

 Start Date: 02 Jul 2012 
End Date: 11 Jul 2012 
Capacity: 11 
Status: Places available 
Enrolments Open: 16 May 2012 
Enrolments Close: 23 Jun 2012 
Census date: 06 Jul 2012 
On-time withdrawals close: 23 Jun 2012 
Costs: International - $4710.00 *
Local - $3870.00 *

* Please note: Fees are indicative - while every effort is made to display the correct fees, final fees may vary.
Available to audit: No
Open to HSC graduates?: No

Prerequisites:

  1. Prerequisite: - 

    Introduction to Property and Commercial Law - LAWS5008

  2. Prerequisite: - 

    Bachelors degree or equivalent

  3. Prerequisite: - 

    Must be enrolled in the Juris Doctor

  4. Note: - 

    This subject is only for final year students.

Description

Land law (or the law of “real property”) has always played an important role in the economic, social and political life of Australia. Australian real property law draws much of its principle from English real property law; but over the last 100 years in particular, Australian real property law has begun to develop its own unique character. This is particularly evident in two key aspects of modern Australian law: the Torrens system of land registration (which forms a large part of this unit of study) and the developing law of indigenous title to land (which is studied in Introduction to Property and Commercial Law, but which may surface occasionally in parts of this unit also).

This unit considers in particular the following topics: priorities between competing interests in land (building on material from the introductory unit, Introduction to Property and Commercial Law); the Torrens system of land registration; co-ownership of land (joint tenancies and tenancies in common); leases and licences; easements; covenants; mortgages.

Assessment

30% mid-course test, 70% end of course assessment

Timetable

Start Date: 02 Jul 2012     End Date: 11 Jul 2012

Mon 2 July, Tues 3 July, Wed 4 July, Mon 9 July, Tues 10 July, Wed 11 July, all classes 09:30 - 17:00 hrs

Final exam: Tues 24 July, 14:00 - 16:30 hrs

Venues

Mon 2 July and Mon 9 July: Eastern Avenue Seminar Room 119
Tues 3 July and Tues 10 July: Eastern Avenue Seminar Room 404
Wed 4 July and Wed 11 July: Eastern Avenue Seminar Room 403
Exam: Eastern Avenue Seminar Room 116

Texts

Butt, Land Law 6th ed (Thomson LawBook Co)