School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Property Law I
  • Unit Code

    LAW2102
  • Year

    2018
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr William (Rupert) JOHNSON

Description

This unit involves a detailed examination of the law of property in Australia. The unit will commence with an examination of the nature of real and personal property and then turn to focus on real property. The unit considers the nature and extent as well as the differences of property tenure, the disposition of proprietary interests, and the statutory systems regulating proprietary interests in land in Western Australia. The nature of property ownership will also be critically evaluated.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed LAW1116.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply Torrens title principle to practical tasks using digital materials.
  2. Analyse the current law to demonstrate an understanding of the relevant principles of property law.
  3. Examine the old system of land registration, the Torrens system of land registration within Australia, and various statutes.
  4. Understand the role of the Property Law Act 1969 and the Transfer of Land Act 1893 and its impact on property dealings within Western Australia, in particular the doctrine of indefeasibility of title.
  5. Demonstrate a knowledge of the rights, obligations and liabilities which arise from proprietary interests in land and in native title.
  6. Demonstrate an understanding of the concept of property.
  7. Apply knowledge of the laws responsiveness to cultural issues, through a study of the rights, objectives and liabilities of native title.

Unit Content

  1. The Torrens and Deeds Registration systems and access and use of digital Torrens materials.
  2. Acquisition, transfer and priority of proprietary interests.
  3. Proprietary interests in land: tenure, estate and native title.
  4. Cultural issues and native title.
  5. Possession, Seisin and Title.
  6. The concept of real and personal property.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

This unit will be offered in the on-campus and off-campus modes. The on-campus mode will involve a contact commitment of two hours of lectures and one hour tutorial per week for one semester. Off-campus students will access the unit via Blackboard. Regular online access is required. Some online tutorials will make use of technology that requires participants to use a headset with microphone. All written work is required to demonstrate professionally appropriate language skills. Students will be guided through a practical task which requires them to access Torrens titles through digital materials, and to resolve a practical property law problem. A lecture on the topic will usually be delivered by a guest lecturer from Landgate.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Tutorial PresentationTutorial participation10%
AssignmentAssignment20%
WorkshopLandgate Exercise15%
ExaminationFinal Examination55%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Tutorial PresentationTutorial participation10%
AssignmentAssignment20%
WorkshopOnline workshop exercise15%
ExaminationFinal Examination55%

Core Reading(s)

  • Moore, A. P., Grattan, S., & Griggs, L. (2015). Bradbrook, MacCallum and Moore's Australian real property law (6th ed.). Pyrmont, NSW: Thomson Reuters (Professional) Australia Ltd.
  • Edgeworth, B., Rossiter, C., Stone, M., & O'Connor, P. (2016). Sackville and Neave Australian property law (10th ed., pp. cxiii, 1199 ). Chatswood, N.S.W: LexisNexis Butterworths.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Property Law I
  • Unit Code

    LAW2102
  • Year

    2018
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr William (Rupert) JOHNSON

Description

This unit involves a detailed examination of the law of property in Australia. The unit will commence with an examination of the nature of real and personal property and then turn to focus on real property. The unit considers the nature and extent as well as the differences of property tenure, the disposition of proprietary interests, and the statutory systems regulating proprietary interests in land in Western Australia. The nature of property ownership will also be critically evaluated.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed LAW1116.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply Torrens title principle to practical tasks using digital materials.
  2. Analyse the current law to demonstrate an understanding of the relevant principles of property law.
  3. Examine the old system of land registration, the Torrens system of land registration within Australia, and various statutes.
  4. Understand the role of the Property Law Act 1969 and the Transfer of Land Act 1893 and its impact on property dealings within Western Australia, in particular the doctrine of indefeasibility of title.
  5. Demonstrate a knowledge of the rights, obligations and liabilities which arise from proprietary interests in land and in native title.
  6. Demonstrate an understanding of the concept of property.
  7. Apply knowledge of the laws responsiveness to cultural issues, through a study of the rights, objectives and liabilities of native title.

Unit Content

  1. The Torrens and Deeds Registration systems and access and use of digital Torrens materials.
  2. Acquisition, transfer and priority of proprietary interests.
  3. Proprietary interests in land: tenure, estate and native title.
  4. Cultural issues and native title.
  5. Possession, Seisin and Title.
  6. The concept of real and personal property.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

This unit will be offered in the on-campus and off-campus modes. The on-campus mode will involve a contact commitment of two hours of lectures and one hour tutorial per week for one semester. Off-campus students will access the unit via Blackboard. Regular online access is required. Some online tutorials will make use of technology that requires participants to use a headset with microphone. All written work is required to demonstrate professionally appropriate language skills. Students will be guided through a practical task which requires them to access Torrens titles through digital materials, and to resolve a practical property law problem. A lecture on the topic will usually be delivered by a guest lecturer from Landgate.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Tutorial PresentationTutorial participation10%
AssignmentAssignment20%
WorkshopLandgate Exercise15%
ExaminationFinal Examination55%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Tutorial PresentationTutorial participation10%
AssignmentAssignment20%
WorkshopOnline workshop exercise15%
ExaminationFinal Examination55%

Core Reading(s)

  • Moore, A. P., Grattan, S., & Griggs, L. (2015). Bradbrook, MacCallum and Moore's Australian real property law (6th ed.). Pyrmont, NSW: Thomson Reuters (Professional) Australia Ltd.
  • Edgeworth, B., Rossiter, C., Stone, M., & O'Connor, P. (2016). Sackville and Neave Australian property law (10th ed., pp. cxiii, 1199 ). Chatswood, N.S.W: LexisNexis Butterworths.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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