Property Law

Course aim

The course explores the nature of property, the variety of property rights, how they are created and transferred, the priority of property rights and registration of property rights. Students undertaking the course will examine the interplay between statute, common law and equity insofar as they affect property rights in land, goods and forms of intangible property.

Course content

• What is property? The things that are subject to property rights and taxonomy
• Possession: competing claims to possession
• From Possession to Ownership
• The variety of Property Rights: ownership, tenure, estates, equitable rights, security rights, shared rights, non-possessory rights to land and rights to intangible things
• Licences
• Creation and Transfer of Property Rights
• Priority of Property Rights: legal rights and equitable rights
• Registration of Property rights: Torrens System and Personal Property Security
• Native Title

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
LAWS 1030	Law, Governance and Citizenship
LAWS 1032	Torts
LAWS 1029	Contracts

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Lecture	2 hours x 10 weeks
Seminar	2 hours x 10 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Presentation, Report, Test/Quiz

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4C)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.