Property Law (BULAW1505)

The course builds on the introduction to property law in BULAW1502 Fundamentals of Law and covers the study of the salient features of Australian property law, and what role that body of law plays in private law. The course comprises three basic parts: (i) doctrinal matters; (ii) fundamental aspects of property law; (iii) resolution of disputes between competing proprietary interests. The course commences by situating proprietary rights as against personal rights in private law, and introduces the concepts of exclusion, alienability, title and possession. Fundamental aspects of property law are then studied, including: the classification and fragmentation of proprietary interests; personal property (chattels and choses in action); security interests; equitable interests; real property (including the distinction between general law land and Torrens title land); interests in real property (such as freehold, native title, leases and easements); co-ownership, and the registration of interests. The course concludes with a study of the laws governing how disputes are resolved between holders of competing proprietary interests.

For further information regarding the course please refer to the Course Outline found at the following link (PDF, 305kB).

Credit point 15
EFTSL 0.125
Band4(GF3)

Commonwealth supported place (CSP)

A CSP is subsidised by the Australian Government and students pay a contribution amount. Each unit is classified into a student contribution band, depending on the study area of the unit (this discipline may be different from the study area of your course).

2024 contribution amount* - $2,040
2024 contribution amount - continuing student who commenced before 1 Jan 2021* - $1,597

* for Clinical Psychology (Clin Psych) & Professional Pathways (Prof Path) bands the contribution amount is determined by accredited course. Students in Postgraduate Clinical Psychology, Professional Pathway Psychology or Professional Pathway Social Work accredited courses should visit our CSP page for further information.

Note: The Job-ready Graduates Package introduced new funding clusters and contribution amounts from the 2021 academic year. If you are a continuing student who commenced before 1 January 2021 studying units in disciplines with increased contribution amounts, you will continue paying the same amount (indexed each year) as you would have. For further information visit the Australia Government's Study Assist website.

Domestic Full Fee-paying

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International Full Fee-paying

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