Module Code - Title:
LA4610
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LAND LAW 1
Year Last Offered:
2025/6
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
N
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Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
To examine the fundamental aspects of legal control over real property, including the legal evolution of title.
Syllabus:
The nature of land law and its historical evolution, the concept of estates and tenure. Freehold estates, fee farm grants, fee simples, fee tails, life estates, pyramid titles, future interests, incorporeal hereditaments. Co-ownership. registration of interests in real property. Extinction of interests, adverse possession, merger. Disabilities.
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
On successful completion of this module, a student will be able to:
Identify the various estates and interests in land
Define the limits of land ownership and the rules which govern finding disputes.
Differentiate between legal and equitable interests in land.
Explain how estates and interests in land are created, transferred and lost.
Apply these rules to determine the likely outcome of a court action.
Critique the extent to which these elements of land law provide an appropriate solution to property related difficulties and disputes.
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
n/a
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
n/a
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Module Leader:
Una.Woods@ul.ie