Unit aim
Provides students with a working knowledge of the basic concepts and different legal classifications of property; the concepts of ownership and possession of property; the nature and types of proprietary interests; systems of title to real property; and particular interests in real property including co-ownership, future interests, perpetuities and accumulations, easements, covenants, mortgages, leases and licences.
Unit content
Topic 1 The concept of property
Topic 2 Personal property
Topic 3 Land and fixtures
Topic 4 Tenure, estates, and native title
Topic 5 Creation and transfer of interests in land - legal and equitable interests
Topic 6 Torrens title, indefeasibility of title and exceptions to indefeasibility of title
Topic 7 Torrens title, unregistered interests, priority rules, and caveats
Topic 8 Leases
Topic 9 Mortgages
Topic 10 Common property - co-ownership and strata title
Topic 11 Co-ownership and strata title
Topic 12 Revision
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.
Learning outcomes and graduate attributes
GA1: Intellectual rigour,
GA2: Creativity,
GA3: Ethical practice,
GA4: Knowledge of a discipline,
GA5: Lifelong learning,
GA6: Communication and social skills,
GA7: Cultural competence| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 |
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| 1 | explain the theoretical, social, and economic values of property | Intellectual rigour | | | Knowledge of a discipline | | | |
| 2 | identify fundamental issues of property law, and the context in which property law operates | | | | Knowledge of a discipline | | | |
| 3 | demonstrate knowledge of the principles and rules of property law, and the policy factors which underlie them | | | | Knowledge of a discipline | | | |
| 4 | apply the principles and rules of property law to solve relevant legal problems | | Creativity | | Knowledge of a discipline | | | |
| 5 | construct and communicate legal arguments in property law contexts | | | | Knowledge of a discipline | | Communication and social skills | |
| 6 | evaluate property law in the light of contemporary Australian needs. | Intellectual rigour | | | Knowledge of a discipline | | | |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- explain the theoretical, social, and economic values of property
- GA1:
Intellectual rigour
- GA4:
Knowledge of a discipline
- identify fundamental issues of property law, and the context in which property law operates
- GA4:
Knowledge of a discipline
- demonstrate knowledge of the principles and rules of property law, and the policy factors which underlie them
- GA4:
Knowledge of a discipline
- apply the principles and rules of property law to solve relevant legal problems
- GA2:
Creativity
- GA4:
Knowledge of a discipline
- construct and communicate legal arguments in property law contexts
- GA4:
Knowledge of a discipline
- GA6:
Communication and social skills
- evaluate property law in the light of contemporary Australian needs.
- GA1:
Intellectual rigour
- GA4:
Knowledge of a discipline
Prescribed texts
Session 2
- Mackie, K, Histed, E & Page, J, 2012, Australian Land Law in context, 1st edn, Oxford University Press, Melbourne. ISBN: 978 0 19 557571 2.
- Moore, G et al., 2016, Australian Property Law Cases and Materials, 5th edn, Lawbook Co Thomson Reuters, Sydney. ISBN: 9780455237886.
Prescribed texts may change in future study periods.