Description
For close to 25 years, Australian Real Property Law has been a preeminent land law text for students within university property law units and the practising profession. The 7th edition continues to provide coverage of all states and territories and remains a first point of reference for any person with a land law problem.
All chapters have been edited to highlight new case-law authority and legislative change.
The text is complemented by the companion text Australian Property Law, Cases and Materials.
Table of Contents
Part 1 The Context of Real Property Law
1. Concept of Real Property Law
Part 2 Title to Land
2. Foundational Concepts: Tenure, Possession, Estates, Trusts and General Law Priorities
3. Adverse Possession
4. The Torrens System and Indefeasibility
5. Torrens Priorities
6. Public Lands and Land Rights of Indigenous Peoples
7. Mortgages
Part 3 Dealings in Land
8. Dispositions
9. Defeasible Transactions
Part 4 Divided Ownership of Land
10. Future Interests
11. The Rule Against Perpetuities
12. Co-ownership
13. Management Where Ownership is Divided
14. Leases
15. Housing
Part 5 Relations Between Neighbouring Landholders
16. The Scope and Meaning of Real Property
17. Easements and Related Interests
18. Land-use Agreements: Restrictive and Positive Covenants
