Author: Ben McFarlane File Type: epub font Apple-style-span face=DejaVu Sans, serifspan Apple-style-span 14pxa href=httpwww.hartpub.co.ukcompanionpropertylawspl.html[books companion web site]aspanfontfont Apple-style-span face=DejaVu Sans, serifspan Apple-style-span 14px In its essence, land law has to provide answers to two very difficult questions who is entitled to use land, and how they are entitled to use it? Land law is therefore inherently difficult, but not impossibly so. It consists of an ordered and logical system, which aims to take the sting out of fierce disputes. This new introductory textbook reveals the system and also shows how it is possible to understand and criticize land law. The book is written in a student-friendly style and, in both its pages and companion web-site, makes use of helpful visual aids. The book places land law firmly within the wider context of property law. The introduction discusses a basic tension which runs throughout property law, and it shows how that tension is heightened where land is involved. The second part shows the response to this basic tension, setting out a basic structure which applies throughout property law, while noting how the special nature of land leads to the special features of land law. The third part of the book applies the basic structure to the individual topics making up land law courses, using the structure to reveal the conceptual coherence which lies behind the technical terms. The book is ideal reading for undergraduate law students seeking a rock-solid understanding of how land law works.spanfonth3 DejaVu Sans, serif 14px Reviewp DejaVu Sans, serif 14px ...a refreshing, ambitious and challenging book, which is to be welcomed because it endeavours to explain the law of both real and personal property.In a book as impressive as this, it is not surprising that the reader will be stimulated to disagree with some of the arguments, but such is clearly the authors aim...an original and important book, which offers a valuable new contribution to the scholarship of private law. James Lee Law Quarterly Review Vol 126, Jan 2010 I do wish strongly to suggest that all scholars of the law of property have a read of this book. As a stimulus to a critical re-evaluation of ones own views and a trigger of questions that never beore occurred to one, this book has, in comparison with other publications on the law of property in the last decade or so, no equal. Mr McFarlane deserves nothing but congratulations for that, and this book heralds a bright future. James Penner, Professor of Property Law, University College London Restitution Law Review This new book by Ben McFarlane provides a fresh and distinctive perspective on property law because its main focus is on reinforcing and utilising the very structured nature of the subject. Another unusual feature of this book is the fact that it will appeal to all of those with an interest in property law and not just law students because it has been written in a very engaging and straight-forward manner...provides a useful reference book for students, practitioners and academics alike because it successfully draws together matters of interest to all of these groups. Its contribution to the understanding of property law will be appreciated by all of those who read it. Leonora Onaran The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer 2009 .a distinctive and engaging account of the role of property and how it is used.Each argument is logically made and, at times, extremely persuasive meaning The Structure of Property Law is a thoroughly engaging text. It is also impressively written and explains both key principles and complex issues in a straight-forward and accessible way. Student Law Journal 7 September 2008 I am glad to have looked at this book, because it tells me that students are now being taught their subject in a different way. This may result in them (when they qualify and become practitioners) approaching problems slightly differently. It may even result in substantial changes in the law, when the students of today, currently being given a different viewpoint and method of analysis, enter the judiciary. Tessa Shepperson Landlord-Law October 2008 The Structure of Property Law is more than just another textbook on property law. Its main purpose is to provide an underlying structure for the subject. The structure is new and original, and it runs through the book. The Structure of Property Law is a work of legal analysis, the novelty of which lies in the structure that McFarlane imposes on the subject. ...an excellent teaching book ... this is a must read for anyone seriously interested in property law. For an appropriate module, it would also make an excellent teaching book, at any rate for the more enthusiastic student. Paul Todd Professor of Law, University of Plymouth Lloyds Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly Although the text is not explicitly dedicated to a student audience, it is clear that students would benefit from an acquaintance with this book. The text is, no doubt deliberately, a provocative challenge to the orthodoxy of English property law. This conceptual challenge renders the text of interest to academics. Daniel J Carr The Edinburgh Law Review Volume 14, Issue 2, May 2010 h3 DejaVu Sans, serif 14px About the Authorp DejaVu Sans, serif 14px Ben McFarlane is Reader in Property Law in the University of Oxford and a Fellow and Tutor in Law at Trinity College. As well as publishing research on property law, his popular lectures on land law and trusts have been recognised by an Oxford University Teaching Excellence award.

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Author: Douglas Starr File Type: mobi From Publishers WeeklyStarr (Blood) eloquently juxtaposes the crimes of French serial killer Joseph Vacher and the achievements of famed criminologist Dr. Alexandre Lacassagne during Frances belle epoque. From 1894 to 1897, Vacher is thought to have raped, killed, and mutilated at least 25 people, though he would confess to only 11 murders. Lacassagne, who headed the department of legal medicine at the university in Lyon, was a pioneer in crime scene analysis, body decomposition, and early profiling, and investigated suspicious deaths, all in an era when rural autopsies were often performed on the victims dinner table. Lacassagnes contributions to the burgeoning field of forensic science, as well as the persistence of investigating magistrate Emile Fourquet, who connected crimes while crisscrossing the French countryside, eventually brought Vacher to justice. Vacher claimed insanity, which then (as now) was a vexed legal issue. Lacassagne proved the systematic nature of the crimes. Starr, codirector of Boston Universitys Center for Science and Medical Journalism, creates tension worthy of a thriller in Lacassagne, he portrays a man determined to understand the how behind some of humanitys most depraved and perhaps take us one step closer to the why. 16 pages of photos. br Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. FromDouglas Starr is an old pro at reporting and writing science history, which puts The Killer of Little Shepherds squarely in his wheelhouse. The author ably tells two storiesof the serial killer Vachers lust for murder and of the developing science that finally caught up with himand there are enough fascinating details here to keep even the most jaded forensics fans entertained. More popular journalism than a failed quest to understand evil (_New York Times_), Starrs compelling history can be added to the growing library of books (_Devil in the White City_, The Lost City of Z, The Ghost Map) that brings to life forgotten or neglected events by playing on a readers sense of adventure and the unknown, as well as the satisfaction of witnessing a confounding puzzle well solved.

Author: Henrik Ernstson File Type: pdf Case studies from cities on five continents demonstrate the advantages of thinking comparatively about urban environments.The global discourse around urban ecology tends to homogenize and universalize, relying on such terms as smart cities, eco-cities, and resilience, and proposing a science of cities based largely on information from the Global North. Grounding Urban Natures makes the case for the importance of place and time in understanding urban environments. Rather than imposing a unified framework on the ecology of cities, the contributors use a variety of approaches across a range of of locales and timespans to examine how urban natures are part ofand are shaped bycities and urbanization. Grounding Urban Natures offers case studies from cities on five continents that demonstrate the advantages of thinking comparatively about urban environments.The contributors consider the diversity of urban natures, analyzing urban ecologies that range from the coastal delta of New Orleans to real estate practices of the urban poor in Lagos. They examine the effect of popular movements on the meanings of urban nature in cities including San Francisco, Delhi, and Berlin. Finally, they explore abstract urban planning models and their global mobility, examining real-world applications in such cities as Cape Town, Baltimore, and the Chinese eco-city Yixing.Contributors Martin Avila, Amita Baviskar, Jia-Ching Chen, Henrik Ernstson, James Evans, Lisa M. Hoffman, Jens Lachmund, Joshua Lewis, Lindsay Sawyer, Sverker Sorlin, Anne Whiston Spirn, Lance van Sittert, Richard A. Walker