Module: Property Law 2

Latest Module Specifications

Current Academic Year 2025 - 2026

Module Title	Property Law 2
Module Code	LAW1044 (ITS: LG379)
Faculty	Humanities & Social Sciences	School	Law & Government
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5

Description

This module delivers the content of the substantive rules of real property law that were not covered in Foundations of Property Law within their modern and historical context. It will introduce important recent reforming measures aimed at updating and simplifying archaic elements of the Irish system of land law. The module also introduces to the role and functions generally attributed to property law and property rights within the liberal state.

Learning Outcomes

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2. trace and appreciate the historical features and influences on Irish property law
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7. identify the principles and doctrines relating to key topics within Irish property law
10. 2
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12. consider and interpret complex statutory provisions
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17. apply the principles and rules to hypothetical factual scenarios
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22. appreciate the significance of property law and property rights to the organisation of the liberal state
25. 5

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full time hours per semester
Lecture	24	No Description
Independent Study	101	No Description
Total Workload: 125

Section Breakdown
CRN	20608	Part of Term	Semester 2
Coursework	0%	Examination Weight	100%
Grade Scale	40PASS	Pass Both Elements	N
Resit Category	RC1	Best Mark	N
Module Co-ordinator	Tanya Ní Mhuirthile	Module Teacher	Kevin O'Sullivan

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Assessment Breakdown
Formal Examination	End-of-Semester Final Examination	100%	End-of-Semester

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; RC1: A resit is available for both^* components of the module. RC2: No resit is available for a 100% coursework module. RC3: No resit is available for the coursework component where there is a coursework and summative examination element. ^* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a coursework/summative examination split; where the module is 100% coursework, there will also be a resit of the assessment

Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

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

Covenants

Licences

Landlord and Tenant

Statutory Control of Tenancies

Introduction to Conveyancing

The Role of Property Rights in the Liberal State

The Public Dimension of Private Property

Indicative Reading List

Books:

Wylie: 0, Irish Land Law, 4th, Bloomsbury Professional,
Maddox: 0, Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009: A Commentary, Thomson Roundall,
Wylie: 2009, The Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009: Annotations and Commentary, Bloomsbury Professional,
O'Riordain: 2007, Consolidated Landlord and Tenant,
Ring and Cassidy: 2010, Landlord and Tenant Law - The Residential Sector, Thomson Roundhall,
Singer: 2000, Entitlement: The Paradoxes of Property, Yale University Press,
Bottomley and Lim: 2007, Feminist Perspectives on Land Law, Routledge Cavendish,
Maclean (ed): 1999, Property and the Constitution, Hart,

Articles:
None

Other Resources

None