Real Estate Management Law

by Card, Richard; Murdoch, John; Murdoch, Sandi

• ISBN13: 9780199572045
• ISBN10: 0199572046
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-09-30
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Now in its seventh edition, and 31st year,Real Estate Management Lawhas been revitalized to maintain its position as the leading textbook for students of real estate management, and related subjects. Written with these courses firmly in mind, and featuring up-to-date case law and coverage of new legislation, this new edition also features increased coverage of both land law and landlord and tenant law, as well as a fully updated section on planning law. The introduction of chapter overviews, key points, and self-test and scenario questions throughout the text, makes this book more readable and all-inclusive than ever before.

Author Biography

Richard Card, LLB, LLM, FRSA, Emeritus Professor of Law, De Montfort University, Leicester

John Murdoch, LLB, MCIArb, HON RICS, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Reading, Reading

Sandi Murdoch, LLB, LLM, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Reading, Reading

Table of Contents

PART I: OUTLINE OF THE ENGLISH LEGAL SYSTEM
1. Introduction
2. Administration of the Law
3. Sources of English Law
PART II: THE LAW OF CONTRACT
4. Introduction
5. Agreement
6. Binding Agreement
7. Contractual Terms
8. Performance and Breach
9. Exemption Clauses, and Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts
10. Discharge by Frustration
11. Remedies for Breach of Contract
12. Misrepresentation, Duress and Undue Influence
13. Third Party Rights or Obligations under a Contract
14. Agency
PART III: THE LAW OF TORT
15. Introduction
16. Negligence - Duty of Care
17. Negligence - Breach of Duty
18. Negligence - the Causing of Damage
19. Defences to Negligence
20. Breach of Statutory Duty
21. Liability for Dangerous Premises
22. Trespass to Land
23. Nuisance
24. Strict Liability
25. Animals
26. Vicarious Liability
27. Remedies
PART IV: LAND LAW
28. Land, its Ownership, and Use
29. The Formal Acquisition of Rights to Land
30. The Informal Acquisition of Rights to Land
31. Concurrent Ownership
32. Easements
33. Restrictive Covenants
34. Mortgages
35. Enforceability of Interests in Land
PART V: THE LAW OF LANDLORD AND TENANT
36. Landlord and Tenant: The General Law
37. Landlord and Tenant: Statutory Protection
PART VI: PLANNING LAW
38. The Operation of the Planning System and its Legal Framework
39. The Law of Development Management and Enforcement
Index