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

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Haydn James Robert RIGBY

Description

This unit introduces students to a detailed examination of principles of real and personal property law in Australia with a particular focus on Western Australia. This unit is an introductory unit to Property Law II [LAW2312], which introduces very pertinent concepts related to property law. In this unit, students will examine the role played by law in establishing and governing proprietary relationships.

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 resolve practical land registration matters utilising the appropriate technologies.
  2. Use knowledge of the rights, obligations and liabilities from proprietary interests in land and in native title to solve property law based problems.
  3. Analyse current property laws applicable in Western Australia by referring to appropriate legislation and statutory instruments.
  4. Compare the old system and the Torrens system of land registration within.
  5. Discuss current property legislation in force and its impact on property dealings within Western Australia.

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 ECUs LMS

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 ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PresentationGroup Presentation15%
AssignmentAssignment20%
WorkshopLandgate Exercise15%
ExaminationFinal Examination50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
PresentationGroup Presentation15%
AssignmentAssignment20%
WorkshopLandgate exercise15%
ExaminationFinal Examination50%

Core Reading(s)

  • Edgeworth, B., Rossiter, C., & O’Connor, P. (2020). Sackville & Neave Australian Property Law (11th ed.). LexisNexis Butterworths. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1232278076
  • (2016). Sackville & Neave, Australian Property Law. LexisNexis. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/950264450

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

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Haydn James Robert RIGBY

Description

This unit introduces students to a detailed examination of principles of real and personal property law in Australia with a particular focus on Western Australia. This unit is an introductory unit to Property Law II [LAW2312], which introduces very pertinent concepts related to property law. In this unit, students will examine the role played by law in establishing and governing proprietary relationships.

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 resolve practical land registration matters utilising the appropriate technologies.
  2. Use knowledge of the rights, obligations and liabilities from proprietary interests in land and in native title to solve property law based problems.
  3. Analyse current property laws applicable in Western Australia by referring to appropriate legislation and statutory instruments.
  4. Compare the old system and the Torrens system of land registration within.
  5. Discuss current property legislation in force and its impact on property dealings within Western Australia.

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 ECUs LMS

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 ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PresentationGroup Presentation15%
AssignmentAssignment20%
WorkshopLandgate Exercise15%
ExaminationFinal Examination50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
PresentationGroup Presentation15%
AssignmentAssignment20%
WorkshopLandgate exercise15%
ExaminationFinal Examination50%

Core Reading(s)

  • Edgeworth, B., Rossiter, C., & O’Connor, P. (2020). Sackville & Neave Australian Property Law (11th ed.). LexisNexis Butterworths. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1232278076
  • (2016). Sackville & Neave, Australian Property Law. LexisNexis. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/950264450

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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