MLL325 - Land Law
Unit details
Year: | 2023 unit information |
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Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waterfront (Geelong), Online, Community Based Delivery (CBD)* |
Credit point(s): | 1 |
EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Samantha Hepburn |
Cohort rule: | For Bachelor of Laws (including combined Law awards) students only |
Prerequisite: | MLL327 |
Corequisite: | Nil |
Incompatible with: | Nil |
Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 3 hour class and 1 x 1 hour seminar per week |
Scheduled learning activities - online: | 1 x 3 hour class (recordings provided) and 1 x 1 hour online seminar per week |
Note:*CBD Community Based Delivery is for NIKERI students only |
Content
The unit aims to familiarise students with the law relating to the creation and transfer of rights and interests in land. It is designed to provide a thorough grounding in the statutory schemes of registration applicable in Victoria. Topics include: the definition of land and limits of ownership; legal and equitable interests; legal and equitable remedies; purchasing and selling land; Deeds Registration system and priorities in general land law; Torrens system of land registration and electronic conveyancing, indefeasibility of title; statutory and non-statutory exceptions to indefeasibility of title; disputes involving unregistered interests; paramount interests; assurance fund and concurrent ownership of land.
ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
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ULO1 | Analyse the common law and statutory schemes relating to the creation and transfer of ownership and other interests in land and apply to authentic situations in the discipline. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO5: Problem solving |
ULO2 | Resolve priority disputes in relation to competing interests in land and analyse and apply the effect of ownership of land by more than one person. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
ULO3 | Locate and appropriately reference primary and secondary resources relevant to contemporary problems in Land Law. | GLO3:Digital Literacy |
Assessment
Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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Assessment 1: (Individual) Problem based Written Assignment | 2000 words | 40% | Week 5 |
Examination | 2 hours | 60% | End-of-Unit Assessment period |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: MLL325 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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