Conemporary Issues in Land Law LAW4185

  • Academic Session: 2025-26
  • School: School of Law
  • Credits: 20
  • Level: Level 4 (SCQF level 10)
  • Typically Offered: Semester 1
  • Available to Visiting Students: Yes
  • Collaborative Online International Learning: No
  • Curriculum For Life: No

Short Description

This Level 4 honours course enables students to deepen and broaden their understanding of property, especially real property law as it operates in England and Wales and also to develop certain skills in research and writing. 

Timetable

The course is taught by way of 10 weekly 2-hour seminars. 

Requirements of Entry

This course is only available to LLB students.

Excluded Courses

None

Co-requisites

None

Assessment

"Take home" examination of up to 2,500 words (30%)

2 hour examination (70%).

Main Assessment In: December

Are reassessment opportunities available for all summative assessments? Not applicable for Honours courses

Reassessments are normally available for all courses, except those which contribute to the Honours classification. Where, exceptionally, reassessment on Honours courses is required to satisfy professional/accreditation requirements, only the overall course grade achieved at the first attempt will contribute to the Honours classification. For non-Honours courses, students are offered reassessment in all or any of the components of assessment if the satisfactory (threshold) grade for the overall course is not achieved at the first attempt. This is normally grade D3 for undergraduate students and grade C3 for postgraduate students. Exceptionally it may not be possible to offer reassessment of some coursework items, in which case the mark achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade. Any such exceptions for this course are described below. 

Course Aims

The aims of the course are:

 

■ to enable students to develop a deep understanding of certain key concepts and debates in property law including through interdisciplinary accounts of property, especially from geography

 

■ to enable students to engage in critical debates concerning the relationship between public and private interests in the acquisition and control of land;

 

■ to enable students to apply knowledge of specific topics within property law; and

 

■ to encourage students to develop both oral and written communication skills through seminar discussions and assessments.

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

By the end of this course students will be able to:

 

■ outline certain key rules and concept in the private and public property law of England and Wales;

 

■ explain, by reference to appropriate primary and secondary sources, the operation of rules relating to specific land law topics;

 

■ evaluate the operation of the rules in light of academic and policy debates including insights from non-legal disciplines;

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.