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Advanced Issues in Property Law - LAWS8062

Faculty: Faculty of Law

School: Faculty of Law

Course Outline: See below

Campus: Sydney

Career: Postgraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2

Enrolment Requirements:

Prerequisite: Academic Program must be either 9200, 9210 or 5740.

Excluded: JURD7562

CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

The Course will cover topics in property law that are directly relevant to legal practice but not typically covered in undergraduate law courses. They may include: commercial, retail and residential leases; freehold covenants; strata and community title; property rights in access to water; new and emerging forms of property consequent on technological and social change. There may also be some in-depth focus on the most important recent legislative developments and case law in general property law. The course will also examine how changes in legal rules bear on the concept of property. Students should not enrol in this course if they have not completed prior study in the area of property law.

LLM Specialisations

Corporate and Commercial Law
Corporate, Commercial and Taxation Law

Recommended Prior Knowledge

Students should not enrol in this course if they have not completed prior study in the area of property law.

Course Learning Outcomes

A candidate who has successfully completed this course should be able to:

Demonstrate an advanced and integrated understanding of a number of contemporary issues in property law, including theoretical approaches and areas where courts and legislatures are seeking to mould the law to changing social conditions.
Apply advanced research principles and methods in analysing a chosen property law topic.
Investigate, absorb and critically analyse legal authorities and academic writing, and to synthesise and apply such sources in evaluating an existing debate, analysing and solving an existing problem, and confronting a particular controversy in the area of property law.
Engage in independent and enquiry-based learning with a high degree of personal autonomy by undertaking independent research and critical, analytical studies on a topic of in the area of property law.
Recognise the inter-relationship of property law and policy development, to understand the implications of property law beyond the individual entitlements of parties to property transactions and to think critically about the social, economic and political implications of property law and what constitutes an ethical property law and practice in plural, democratic societies.
Communicate complex legal and theoretical subject matter effectively, both in writing and orally.
Work collaboratively, in particular through discussion of legal and academic texts, theoretical propositions, methodologies and legal problems with peers and teaching staff.

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