Land Law : Text, Cases, and Materials

Land Law: Text, Cases, and Materials has been designed to provide students with everything they need to approach their land law course with confidence. Ready to be used as a stand-alone resource on all land law courses the authors combine stimulating commentary and well-chosen materials to present the subject in an interesting and dynamic way.

Covering all core aspects of land law including legal estates, legal interests, equitable interests, interests in the home, leases, easements, covenants and security interests in land, the book provides students with the detailed knowledge and analytical tools required to understand and engage fully with the current topical debates surrounding the subject.

The book is accompanied by an Online Resource Centre offering detailed updates to the law following publication, useful weblinks, multiple choice questions with answers and feedback, guidance on answering end-of-chapter questions and video podcasts of the authors.

Ben McFarlane is a Reader in Property Law & Trusts at Oxford University and a Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford. His popular lectures on basic principles of land law led, in part, to his being one of the first two Oxford law tutors to win a Teaching Excellence award from the University. He has published a number of articles on land law in leading journals and is the author of The Structure of Property Law (Hart, 2008). In 2010, he was awarded the Philip Leverhulme Prize.


Nicholas Hopkins is a Professor of Law at Southampton University. He has taught land law since 1993. His research interests lie in property law, particularly informal rights in land and the interrelation between land law and other branches of law, including equity, unjust enrichment, family, housing policy and social security. He has published widely in these areas and is the author of The Informal Acquisition of Rights in Land (Sweet & Maxwell 2000).


Sarah Nield is a Reader in Law at Southampton University. She has been teaching in law for the past 17 years, having previously held posts at Hong Kong University and the University of Bristol, teaching land, equity and trusts and company law. She is also a qualified solicitor. She has authored two books on land law in Hong Kong, one of which was the first textbook on Hong Kong land law.