Module: Property Law

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	Property Law
Module Code	LG215 (ITS) / LAW1013 (Banner)
Faculty	Humanities & Social Sciences	School	Law & Government
Module Co-ordinator	Lauren O'Connell
Module Teachers	Kevin O'Sullivan, Róisín Áine Costello
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

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Description

The aims of this module are:- to examine the principles underpinning land law; to examine the rules regulating ownership, possession and succession to real property, including common law rules, rules of equity and legislation regulating the use and possession of real property. The module will also consider the ongoing root and branch reform of property law as effected through the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2006.

Learning Outcomes

1. Outline the historical features and influences on Irish property law
2. Describe and outline the legal principles and doctrines relating to key topics within Irish property law
3. Apply the legal principles and rules to hypothetical factual scenarios
4. Explain and evaluate complex primary sources, including statutes and case-law relating to property law
5. Appraise the role of the legislature in introducing wide ranging root and branch reform of Irish property law

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	24	Delivery and discussion of key rules and principles of property law
Independent Study	101	Reading of lecture materials, texts, case-law, consideration of problem questions
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Historical Influences on Irish Property Law - Feudalism

Succession

Estates

Future Interests

Co-Ownership

Priorities

Adverse Possession

Easements and Profits

Covenants

Mortgages

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	0%	Examination Weight	100%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories: Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module. Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module. Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

DeLondras: 2007, Principles of Irish Property Law, Clarus Press,
Coughlan: 1998, Property Law, 2nd, Gill and Macmillan, Dublin,
Lyall: 2010, Land Law in Ireland, 3rd ed, Sweet and Maxwell,
Maddox: 2009, The Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009: A Commentary, Roundhall Thomson,
Wylie: 2009, The Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009: Annotations and Commentary, Bloomsbury,
Wylie: 2010, Irish Land Law, 4th ed., Bloomsbury,

Other Resources

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