2019/20 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
LAW3270 Land Law
20 creditsClass Size: 80
Module manager: Mr Adam Baker
Email: A.J.Baker@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2019/20
This module is mutually exclusive with
LAW2270 | Land Law |
This module is not approved as a discovery module
Objectives
By the end of the module, students should have a knowledge of the key concepts, principles and rules in land law.Learning outcomes
By the end of this module, students should be able to:
- competently identify, state and analyse concepts, principles and rules of land law;
- utilise appropriate terminology and reasoning to produce a coherent legal account of issues relating to land law;
- recognise the political, economic and social contexts in which land law has developed, and continues to develop;
- acknowledge and reflect upon the different intellectual perspectives that have been applied to land law;
- identify, locate and critically evaluate legal research in the area of land law;
- demonstrate the ability to speak-clearly and cogently about land law within a group environment.
Syllabus
Semester one
General principles and concepts
Ownership of the family home
The family home: disputes over sale
Leasehold estates and licences
Semester two
Leasehold obligations
Easements
Proprietary rights and purchasers
Squatting; Human rights
Teaching methods
Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
Lecture | 33 | 1.00 | 33.00 |
Seminar | 9 | 1.50 | 13.50 |
Private study hours | 153.50 | ||
Total Contact hours | 46.50 | ||
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200.00 |
Private study
Reading in preparation for seminars, an assessed presentation, a final exam and a (formative) problem question to be completed under exam conditions.Opportunities for Formative Feedback
Monitoring via seminar performance. Progress is also monitored by participation in a formative essay and in revision sessions after the end of formal teaching.Methods of assessment
Coursework
Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
Presentation | Presentations will be done in groups, but students will be given an individual mark. Each group presentation will be a maximum of eighteen minutes in length (six minutes maximum for each student). | 25.00 |
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 25.00 |
Exams
Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) | 3 hr 00 mins | 75.00 |
Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 75.00 |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 30/04/2019
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