Full Description
This title provides full coverage of the property, trusts and succession parts of the LLB syllabus in Scotland in one convenient volume. The relevant rules of statute and common law are surveyed and frequent examples used, making this a highly practical and accessible text. Key contents include:Personal and real rights, and types of property;Ownership and how it is transferred;Land registration;Possession;Subordinate real rights, including servitudes, real burdens, leases and securities;Proper and improper liferents;Trusts: constitution, administration and termination;Testate succession;Intestate succession;Execution of documents;Human rights;Appendix on the feudal system.Whilst aimed primarily at undergraduates, this important title will also prove a useful source of reference to practitioners seeking an introduction to this area of law.
Contents
1 Introduction2 Real rights3 Ownership4 Acquisition by voluntary transfer: the general principles5 Acquisition by voluntary transfer: the rules for the various types of property6 Prescription7 Land registration8 Acquisition by involuntary transfer9 Original acquisition10 Co-ownership11 Sexual property law12 Possession13 Servitudes14 Real burdens15 Landownership16 Tenements and developments17 Rivers, lochs and the sea18 Neighbour law19 Public access rights20 Leases21 Rights in security22 Liferent23 Trusts: what they are and how they are created24 Trusts: their life in health and in sickness25 Trusts: variation and termination26 Succession: general issues27 Legal rights28 Testate succession29 Intestate succession30 Destinations31 Execution of documents32 Human rightsAppendix: The feudal system
