Property law - Roger Smith

Longman Law SeriesEditorial Advisory BoardProfessor I. H. Dennis (University College, London)Professor R. W. Rideout (University College, London)Professor J. A. Usher (University Of Edinburgh)This is the fourth edition of one of the leading property law textbooks in the UK. The book has been thoroughly updated to take into account the major reforms introduced by the Land Registration Act 2002 and the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002. The book is up to date with all the relevant new case law (including Royal Bank of Scotland v Etridge (No 2) on undue influence in mortgages, Jennings v Rice on estoppel remedies and Mortgage Corpn v Shaire on trusts of land) and legislative changes. It includes consideration of the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 on property law. Includes concepts of property relevant to the study of land law - a unique feature of this text, useful for courses which have a property lead-in to land law - and provides a conceptual underpinning to the study of land law. Generally updated with new case law and legislation. Mainstream scholarly treatment of appropriate length and depth for modern courses in land law and property law.;Land law topics are widely covered, but with an emphasis on issues central to most courses on this subject. The book goes well beyond a description of the rules, however, seeking rather to get to the heart of the analyses used by the courts and to provide an understanding of their effect within a mature and complex area of law. There is a full discussion of key cases and the ways in which they articulate the fundamental principles of property law, enabling students to obtain a firm grasp of the subject and to apply these principles to particular problems and examples. Property Law can be used by itself or together with the author's Property Law: Cases and Materials. Roger J. Smith is Fellow and Tutor of Magdalen College, Oxford. He has written widely on land law in legal periodicals and has had extensive experience in teaching the subject. By the same authorProperty Law: Cases and Materials, 2nd editionISBN 0 582 47338 1