Unit description
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
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
Teaching and assessment
Fee information
Domestic
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Commencing 2018 Commonwealth Supported only. Student contribution band: 3
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