Product Description

This new edition of Property Law builds upon the highly successful earlier editions, providing a modern and comprehensive text. Full consideration is given to the important proposals of the Law Commission relating to the reform of registration of title. It also encompasses the most recent statutes, including the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999, and case law. Amongst the most important new cases covered are Central London Commercial Estates Ltd v Kato Kagaku Ltd (adverse possession); Bruton v London and Quadrant Housing Trust (leases) and Royal Bank of Scotland plc v Etridge (no 2) (mortgages).

Property Law provides full coverage of basic property principles, permitting land law principles to be situated within this broader context. Particular attention is given to the role of possession, for both land and chattels. Trusts and equity are explained so far as these are relevant to property issues. The approach adopted thus ensures that the book is suitable for courses which deal with property law in this way, as well as for more traditional land law courses.

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1530312 in Books
• Published on: 2000-04-11
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 640 pages

Review
Property Law by Smith is a highly regarded text (and) has been updated to include material such as the proposals from the Law Commission, case law and legislation. The material is relatively easy to read and quite detailed which allows the student to obtain a good understanding of the material covered. The footnotes also contain references to articles which gives the student a starting point for research.... ...In conclusion, this text is an extremely useful academic text and a student could do no worse than purchase this text.  Student Law Journal, Hull

From the Back Cover
Longman Law Series
Editorial Advisory Board
Professor I.H. Dennis (University College, London)
Professor R.W. Rideout (University College, London)
Professor J.A. Usher (University Of Edinburgh)

This new edition of Property Law builds upon the highly successful earlier editions, providing a modern and comprehensive text. Full consideration is given to the important proposals of the Law Commission relating to the reform of registration of title. It also encompasses the most recent statutes, including the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999, and case law. Amongst the most important new cases covered are Central London Commercial Estates Ltd v Kato Kagaku Ltd (adverse possession); Bruton v London and Quadrant Housing Trust (leases) and Royal Bank of Scotland plc v Etridge (no 2) (mortgages).
Property Law provides full coverage of basic property principles, permitting land law principles to be situated within this broader context. Particular attention is given to the role of possession, for both land and chattels. Trusts and equity are explained so far as these are relevant to property issues. The approach adopted thus ensures that the book is suitable for courses which deal with property law in this way, as well as for more traditional land law courses.
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 author
Property Law- Cases and Materials

Customer Reviews

Good for detail, bad for the basics.
We use this at Oxford for the Land Law course. It is utter pants if you're just starting out and want to know what the hell is going on, but once you have a grasp of the basics, it is good for further reflection and nitty-gritty analysis.

fantastic
this book is thoroughly readable and enjoyable. as this part of a law course is usually for first time legal students the book written in a way not to confuse you and keep you interested in the ways of the legal system. informative, and thorough this was the only text book I used in the first year for my property module.

Too difficult to read
As the one-line summary says, this book is really too difficult to read, especially for non-law students. However, it includes basically anything concerning property law, not only land law. For example, it includes something on finding ad possession cases etc. I suppose it would be more suitable for a post-graduate students rather than under-graduate students. Also, the depth of the information should be adjusted, it is not necessary for undergraduate students to look and know some difficult and too academic topics. One has to remember that students who read the book usually are going to sit for a property law exam, somehow some materials inside are not necessary and some are non-necesssary complicated.