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LA22A Real Property I

1. General
This course will be taught in the Semester I of Year II of the LL.B. degree
programme.

2. Course Objective
The purpose of these courses is to examine the fundamental principles governing
the holding, use and disposition of land in the Commonwealth Caribbean.

3. Course Content
The areas to be covered in Real Property I are as follows:

i. Historical Introduction to Anglo-West Indian Land
ii. Tenures
iii. Estates, including words of limitation
iv. Future Interests
v. Uses and Trusts
vi. Settled Land and Trusts for Sale
vii. Co-ownership

4. Method of Teaching
This course will be taught by way of two lectures and one tutorial per week.
Each lecture will be of one hour duration and the tutorial will also be of one hour
duration.

5. Method of Assessment
This course will be assessed by way of a two-hour final examination at the end
of the Semester. Students will be required to answer three questions selected
from a total of six questions. The examination question paper may be divided
into two parts with students being required to answer one question from each
part of the paper.