Unit description
Provides students with a working knowledge of the basic concepts and different legal classifications of property; the concepts of possession, ownership, tenure and estates; systems of title to real property, and the nature and types of real property interests, including leases, mortgages, easements and covenants.
Unit content
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The concept of property
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Personal property
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Land and fixtures
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Tenure, estates and native title
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Creation and transfer of interests in land — legal and equitable interests
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Torrens title, indefeasibility of title and exceptions to indefeasibility of title
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Study week
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Torrens title, unregistered interests, priority rules and caveats
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Leases
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Mortgages
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Co-ownership
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Easements, profits à prendre and covenants
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Exam review
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 | Creativity | | | | | |
| 2 | Identify fundamental principles of property law, and the context in which property law functions | | | | Knowledge of a discipline | | | |
| 3 | Demonstrate knowledge of the principles and rules of property law, and the policy factors that underlie them | Intellectual rigour | Creativity | | Knowledge of a discipline | | | |
| 4 | Apply the principles and rules of property law to solve relevant legal problems | | Creativity | | Knowledge of a discipline | | Communication and social skills | |
| 5 | Construct and communicate legal arguments in property law contexts | | | | Knowledge of a discipline | Lifelong learning | Communication and social skills | |
| 6 | Evaluate property law in the light of contemporary Australian needs | | | Ethical practice | | Lifelong learning | | Cultural competence |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- Explain the theoretical, social and economic values of property
- GA1:
Intellectual rigour
- GA2:
Creativity
- Identify fundamental principles of property law, and the context in which property law functions
- GA4:
Knowledge of a discipline
- Demonstrate knowledge of the principles and rules of property law, and the policy factors that underlie them
- GA1:
Intellectual rigour
- GA2:
Creativity
- 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
- GA6:
Communication and social skills
- Construct and communicate legal arguments in property law contexts
- GA4:
Knowledge of a discipline
- GA5:
Lifelong learning
- GA6:
Communication and social skills
- Evaluate property law in the light of contemporary Australian needs
- GA3:
Ethical practice
- GA5:
Lifelong learning
- GA7:
Cultural competence
Prescribed texts
Session 2
- Mackie K, Histed, E & Page, J, 2012, Land Law in context, Oxford University Press Australia, Melbourne. ISBN: 9780195575712.
- Moore, A, Grattan, S & Griggs, L, 2016, Australian Property Law Cases and Materials, 5th edn, Thomson Reuters, Sydney. ISBN: 9780455237886.
Prescribed texts may change in future study periods.