Land law : themes and perspectives

Notes on Contributors Introduction PART ONE: PROPERTY IN LAND 1. The Idea of Property in Land 2. Critical Land Law PART TWO: LAND LAW IN HISTORY 3. Roman Ideas of Land Ownership 4. The 1925 Property Legislation: Setting Contexts 5. Evidencing Ownership 6. The Law Commission and the Reform of Land Law PART THREE: LAND LAW AND CITIZENSHIP 7. The Home Owner: Citizen or Consumer? 8. Women and Trust(s): Portraying the Family in the Gallery of Law 9. Citizens and Squatters: Under the Surfaces of Land Law 10. Homelessness 11. Land Law and Dispossession: Indigenous Rights to Land in Australia 12. Land and Post-Apartheid Reconstruction in South Africa PART FOUR: POLICY ISSUES IN LAND LAW 13. Land, Law and the Family Home 14. Europe, the Nation State and Land 15. Occupying 'Cheek by Jowl' Property Issues Arising From Communal Living 16. Land and Agricultural Production 17. Real Property and its Regulation: The Community Rights Rationale for Town Planning PART FIVE: DOCTRINAL ISSUES IN LAND LAW 18. Before We Begin: Five Keys to Land Law 19. Informally Created Interests in Land 20. Taking Formalities Seriously 21. Of Estates and Interests: A Tale of Ownership and Property Rights