Land Cases

These cases, notes and statutes on Canadian Land Law comprise the first comprehensive collection on material from all the common law Provinces and bring together in an orderly fashion material which will not only be useful to the law student but will also provide the practising lawyer with a broad range of selected authorities, and provide him at the same times with analytical and critical approaches to problems falling within the limits of the author's treatment of the subject. The author, while making the necessary concessions to history, has pointed his selection of materials to the contemporary understand and use of the principles and institutions of land law with emphasis on Canadian cases and legislation. In notes and in comments to the cases reproduced, he suggests alternative or connected lines of enquiry designed to shake out some of the inevitability in which land law is often shrouded. His object is to introduce students (and lawyers too) to sharpen their critical faculties and powers of analysis and to use them in land law as they do in such subjects as Contracts and Torts. Lawyers and students will find of special value the complete index and table of cases. The index, in particular, has been very carefully designed to assist a reader in finding with the greatest possible speed the cases bearing on any subject within the field in which he is interested. Of equal importance to the reader is the inclusion of compendious references to the statutes of all the common law Provinces bearing on the particular subject matter.

Landmark Cases in Land Law is the sixth volume in the Landmark Cases series of collected essays on leading cases (previous volumes in the series having covered Restitution, Contract, Tort, Equity and Family Law). The eleven cases in this volume cover the period 1834 to 2011, although, interestingly, no fewer than six of the cases were decided or reported in the 1980s. The names of the selected cases will be familiar to property lawyers. However, individually, the essays provide a reappraisal of the cases from a wide range of perspectives - focusing on their historical, social or theoretical context, highlighting previously neglected aspects and even questioning their perceived importance. Collectively, the essays explore several common themes that pervade the law of property – the numerus clausus principle, the conclusiveness of registration, the desirability of certainty in the law and the central question of the enforceability of interests through changes in ownership of land. This volume provides a collection of essays that will be of interest to academics, students and practitioners.

Property Law: Cases and Commentary, 4th Edition is a thorough and up-to-date introduction to property law in Canada. This casebook explores historical, contemporary, and emerging ideas through authoritative commentary and carefully edited case law. This edition has been significantly updated and reorganized to deliver more in-depth coverage of issues pertaining to gender, race, and social inequality. Additionally, coverage of Indigenous perspectives has been increased throughout the entire text, including discussion of traditional common law ideas about property in the context of Aboriginal title to land. Other major updates focus on possession, leases, equity in relation to transfers of land, and easements and covenants. The accuracy and comprehensiveness of this text is sure to equip readers with a solid understanding of the critical contexts and legal principles that impact property law.

A comprehensive introduction to land law, this book combines author commentary and an unambiguous explanation of the subject together with the key cases and secondary materials needed for an undergraduate course. It provides a 'one-stop shop' for students new to land law.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1860.