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Book SynopsisThis book comprises a collection of papers given at the fifth biennial conference of the Centre for Property Law at the University of Reading held in March 2004,and is the third in the series Modern Studies in Property Law. The Reading conference has become well-known as a unique opportunity for property lawyers to meet and confer both formally and informally. This volume includes a refereed and revised selection of the papers given there. The papers thus cover a broad range of topics of immediate importance including: land registration, leasehold and commonhold, prescription and law and equity. A growing and popular aspect of the series is its coverage of property law matters worldwide; this volume includes essays on property law in developing countries, in South Africa, Canada, and Eastern Europe.
Table of ContentsI - Keynote Address 1. Prescriptive Acquisition of Easements: Abolition or Reform? Stuart Bridge II - Land Registration 2. Forgery and Alteration of the Register under the Land Registration Act 2002 David Fox 3. Registration of Invalid Dispositions: Who Gets the Property? Pamela O’Connor 4. Toward an Ecologically Sustainable Property Concept Murray Raff III - Law and Equity 5. Personal Liability for Receipt of Trust Property: Allocating the Risks Gary Watt 6. Co-Owners and Equitable Accounting: A Comparative Commonwealth Analysis Heather Conway 7. Allcard v Skinner Revisited: Historical Perspectives on Undue Influence Charlotte Smith 8. Charges, Possession and Human Rights: A Reappraisal of S 87(1) of the Law of Property Act 1925 Sarah Nield 9. Re Goldcorp Exchange Ltd Revisited Paul Eden IV - Leaseholds and Commonholds 10. The Regulation of Long Residential Leases Martin Davey 11. Commonhold—A Critical Appraisal Cornie van der Merwe and Peter Smith V - Property in Europe 12. The Notion of Real Estate and Rights Pertaining to it in Selected Legal Systems Stanislawa Kalus and Magdalena Habdas 13. Reaching a Balance: Addressing Property Issues in Post-Conflict Societies Sarah Williams VI - Property Worldwide 14. Tensions of Modernity: Law in Developing Land Markets Patrick McAuslan 15. Formalisation of South African Communal Land Title and its Impact on Development Hanri Mostert and Juanita Pienaar 16. “Taking” Liberties: Protections for Private Property in Canada Bruce Ziff 17. Property Theory and the Transformation of Property Law Andre van der Walt
