ABSTRACT

The essays in this collection consider the fundamental concepts of property and obligations in law. Ideas of property and of obligations are central, organising concepts within law but are nevertheless liable to fragmentation and esoteric development when applied in particular contexts.

part 1

Property and Obligations in Relation to the Family Home

chapter 1|35 pages

Equity, Individualisation and Social Justice

Towards a New Law of the Home

chapter 2|16 pages

Family Law and Property Law

Competing Spheres in the Regulation of the Family Home

chapter 5|18 pages

A Leonine Partnership

Marriage, Undue Influence and the Family Home

chapter 7|27 pages

The Valuation of Co-owners' Interests in Capital and Means-Tested Benefits

Half the Value or the Value of Half?

chapter 9|22 pages

Housing an Individual

Property Problems with the Mentally Vulnerable

chapter 10|11 pages

Human Rights and Obligations of Confidentiality in the Private Sphere

A v B plc 1 in the Court of Appeal

part 3|21 pages

Historical and Contextual Perspectives on Private Property Rights

chapter 14|23 pages

How Poor Law Rights were Lost But Victorian Values Survived

A Reconsideration of Some of the Hidden Values of Welfare Provision 1

chapter 15|23 pages

Property and Obligations

Continental and Comparative Perspectives

chapter 16|9 pages

Rapporteur's Overview

Differentiation in Property Law