Course Description
LAWS1081 Property, Equity and Trusts 1
UOC6 HPW4Prerequisite: LAWS1051, LAWS1061, LAWS2140, LAWS1071, LAWS1072
Property, Equity and Trusts 1 is one of the compulsory "core" courses of the law program. One objective of the course is to ensure that students gain a sound understanding of basic principles of the law of property, including an introduction to equitable concepts. 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; creation and assignment of proprietary interests in land at law and in equity; the history of equity and the nature of equitable interests in land; the express, implied and constructive trust; express trusts and powers and duties of trustees; estoppel as founding interests in land; priority between competing legal and equitable interests in land.
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