Property, Equity and Trusts 1 is one of the compulsory "core" courses of the law program. A central objective of the course is to ensure that students gain a sound understanding of basic principles of the law of property, as well as equity and trusts. Course coverage: the conceptual nature of proprietary interests; the nature of possession; remedies to protect possession of goods and possession of land; an introduction to native title; the doctrine of tenure; fragmentation of proprietary interests and the doctrine of estates; future interests; the history of equity and the nature of equitable interests in land; creation and assignment of proprietary interests in land at law and in equity; the express, implied and constructive trust; express trusts; powers and duties of trustees; estoppel; priority between competing legal and equitable interests in land.