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PO2010: LAND AND PROPERTY LAW (2024-2025)

Last modified: 21 Mar 2025 12:16


Course Overview

This course considers the different legal relationships which can exist with regard to rights in land and to outline the implications of these relationships. This course is intended to enable participants:

  • To understand the place of land tenure in society.
  • To explain the concept of ownership and its implications.
  • To describe the principal forms of subordinate right that can be carved out of land ownership.
  • To identify and explain the principal restrictions on land ownership, including planning law and land reform.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 2
Term First Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Professor Anne-Michelle Slater

Qualification Prerequisites

  • Programme Level 2

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)
  • Programme Level 2

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

  • LS2031 The Law of Property (Studied)
  • Bachelor of Laws with English Law (Studied)
  • Bachelor of Laws with Options in Gaelic Language (Honours) (Studied)
  • Bachelor of Laws with Options in Music (Honours) (Studied)
  • Bachelor of Laws and European Legal Studies (with Honours) (Studied)
  • Bachelor of Laws (with Honours) (Studied)
  • Bachelor of Laws and Belgian Law (with Honours) (Studied)
  • Bachelor of Laws and French Law (Honours) (Studied)
  • Bachelor of Laws with Options in French Language (Hons) (Studied)
  • Bachelor of Laws with Options in German Language (Hons) (Studied)
  • Bachelor of Laws and German Law (with Honours) (Studied)
  • Bachelor of Laws with Options in Spanish Language (Hons) (Studied)
  • Bachelor of Laws and Spanish Law (with Honours) (Studied)
  • Bachelor of Laws with Options in Economics (with Honours) (Studied)
  • Bachelor of Laws with Options in Management Studies (Hons) (Studied)
  • Bachelor of Laws with Options in Accountancy (Hons) (Studied)

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

The course will cover the following areas:

  • The concept of land tenure
  • The evolution of land tenure
  • Capacity to hold land
  • Co-ownership
  • 'Ownership' of land
  • Subordinate rights in land
  • Restrictions on the use of land
  • Land registration
  • Conveyancing
  • Planning
  • Land Reform

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Exam

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 75
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2-hour exam
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualUnderstandUnderstanding of land tenure and subordinate rights
ConceptualUnderstandAbility to identify and understand the restrictions on land ownership
FactualRememberKnowledge of the types of land ownership in relevant countries
ProceduralAnalyseAbility to solve problems in relation to land and property

Class Test - Multiple Choice Questions

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 25
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Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualUnderstandUnderstanding of land tenure and subordinate rights
FactualRememberKnowledge of the types of land ownership in relevant countries

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Exam

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
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Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
FactualRememberKnowledge of the types of land ownership in relevant countries
ProceduralAnalyseAbility to solve problems in relation to land and property
ConceptualUnderstandUnderstanding of land tenure and subordinate rights
ConceptualUnderstandAbility to identify and understand the restrictions on land ownership
 

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