Product Description

Gray and Gray's Elements of Land Law remains the definitive authority on the subject and provides an interesting, reasoned and critical account of the fundamental principles or elements of the modern law of real property. This fourth edition has been restructured to reflect a 21st century vision of land law in which registration of title comprises the primary regime and in which the law of realty is increasingly infiltrated by environmental law, human rights law and European law. The book covers not only the Land Registration Act 2002, but also recent case law developments and the many statutory initiatives in the law of leases, commonholds, mortgages and land access which took effect in 2003 and 2004. An emphasis is placed on integrating the rational development of English law within a comparative common law context; and the book also links the contemporary law of land with important themes of modern property jurisprudence.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #236941 in Books
• Published on: 2004-12-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 1900 pages

Review
"Here is a book whose breadth of purpose and depth of learning are breathtaking. I doubt that we have ever seen its like before in land law." The Conveyancer, 2005

About the Author
Kevin Gray LLD (Cantab), DCL (Oxon), FBA, Of the Middle Temple, Barrister, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, Professor of Law, University of Cambridge

Customer Reviews

Everything you need
This book is detailed without being laborious. Its sections are well-structured and easy to follow. It can be used as a reference book, or even read cover-to-cover. I really liked this book and believe it's got everything an LLB or CPE student could need when studying Land Law. I'd buy it (oops - I already did).

extremely comprehensive yet readable
Elements of Land Law is an excellent text for law students. It is extremely comprehensive, going not only through the substantive law but highlighting the many issues that do not immediately come to mind at the mention of land law, but prove to be central to our perception of the notion of property. These include environmental, human rights and even sociological and phsycological issues. Despite its intimidating girth, the book also happens to be a very good read, unlike other much drier expositions of the law. Some have called it a rather longwinded text, but for undergraduates a little explanation never hurt.

Sujjada's review on Elements of Land Law
This is a very detailed and thorough book for undergraduates. It probably contains more detail than is required for general land law knowledge, but is a great starting point for essays. It isn't the ideal book if you are looking for something succint. The language isn't particularly reader-friendly either. Nevertheless, the content is great - this book alone should be sufficient for an entire land law module at undergraduate level.