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Module Specifications

Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013
Please note that this information is subject to change.

Module Title	Advanced Property Law
Module Code	LG352
School	School of Law & Government
Online Module Resources
Module Co-ordinator	Semester 1: Claire Michelle Smyth Semester 2: Claire Michelle Smyth Autumn: Claire Michelle Smyth
Module Teacher	Claire Michelle Smyth
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

Description

This module delivers the content of the substantive rules of real property law that were not covered in Foundations of Property Law within their modern and historical context. It will introduce important recent reforming measures aimed at updating and simplifying archaic elements of the Irish system of land law. The module also introduces to the role and functions generally attributed to property law and property rights within the liberal state.

Learning Outcomes

1. Trace and appreciate the historical features and influences on Irish property law
2. Identify the principles and doctrines relating to key topics within Irish property law
3. Consider and interpret complex statutory provisions
4. Apply the principles and rules to hypothetical factual scenarios
5. Appreciate the significance of property law and property rights to the organisation of the liberal state

Workload	Full-time hours per semester
*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Lecture	24	No Description
Independent learning	101	No Description
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Covenants.
Licences.

Landlord and Tenant.
Statutory Control of Tenancies.

Introduction to Conveyancing.
The Role of Property Rights in the Liberal State.

The Public Dimension of Private Property.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	0%	Examination Weight	100%

Course Work Breakdown
Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date

Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; 1 = A resit is available for all components of the module 2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module 3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Wylie: 0, Irish Land Law, 4th, Bloomsbury Professional,
Maddox: 0, Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009: A Commentary, Thomson Roundall,
Wylie: 2009, The Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009: Annotations and Commentary, Bloomsbury Professional,
O'Riordain: 2007, Consolidated Landlord and Tenant,
Ring and Cassidy: 2010, Landlord and Tenant Law - The Residential Sector, Thomson Roundhall,
Singer: 2000, Entitlement: The Paradoxes of Property, Yale University Press,
Bottomley and Lim: 2007, Feminist Perspectives on Land Law, Routledge Cavendish,
Maclean (ed): 1999, Property and the Constitution, Hart,