Product Description

Textbook on Land Law guides students through the principles of contemporary land law from a practical perspective. It focuses on the modern law, confining discussion of historical developments to the minimum necessary to understand basic principles and concentrate on the law as it is now. The book is consistently recommended to students for its accuracy and ease of use. It is written in a direct and informal style, explaining the law in non-technical language and warning of possible misunderstandings and confusions. Rules are illustrated by reference to real-life situations in a fictitious town, bringing the subject to life and enhancing the reader's understanding of problem areas. Useful features include a glossary, sample documents and further reading references. The unique and straightforward approach taken by the authors has established Textbook on Land Law as the ultimate practical land law book and makes the subject interesting and accessible. Online Resource Centre The accompanying Online Resource Centre includes regular cases and legislation updates and has annotated web links. It also includes additional detail in relation to certain areas, designed for those needing to have a greater knowledge of some older or more complex areas of land law.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10815 in Books
• Published on: 2008-07-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 636 pages

About the Author
Judith-Anne MacKenzie is a barrister and has been an academic, Assistant Parliamentary Counsel, and a legal advisor to the DTI and the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions. She is now working as a member of the Government Legal Service in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, as Divisional Manager of the local government and local government elections lawyers.

Customer Reviews

Brilliant!
This book is well written, easy to understand and ideal for law students. The text is clear and the authors illustrate the legal points well with examples. The book does not over burden you with excessive amounts of detail, it just tells you what you need to know in order to do well in your property law exam. Thank-you Judith-Anne and Mary for turning a relatively dry area of land law into something quite bearable. My only criticism of the book is that it has no chapter on Finder's Titles and Treasures. A good book for this chapeter that I would reccommend comes from Roger Smith's 4th Edition of Property Law.

The indispensible and simple guide to land law
Land law is a notoriously complex and weighty subject. However, Judith-Anne Mackenzie and Mary Philips manage to simplify the concepts and explain them in an easily digestible manner, whilst still managing to cover all the major topics thoroughly. I would recommend this book to all students. Combined with a thorough case book it is all you will need. Well done to two ladies who have at last written a text book which does it's purpose; to teach and explain a subject brilliantly, not just go right over your head!

Sheds some light on land law
Land law's such an arcane-seeming subject, and the key texts, like Gray & Gray, could fell a bull elephant at 50 paces. Start with this one. It is particularly good at putting the complexities of land law into a real context, using hypothetical examples of people and property to illustrate the practical outcomes of the law in this area (Warning - there are plenty of those peculiar personal names that law examiners seem so fond of... - Oscar Oregano, anyone?). Unlike most land law texts, you can carry it comfortably in a shopping bag for reading on the Tube.