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Land and Environment Law - BENV7720
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Course Outline: Built Environment
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
CSS Contribution Charge:Band 3 (more info)
 
   
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
  

Description

Planning, Planning legislation, Environmental planning instruments, Environment - common law - statute - role of public and pressure groups, environmental planning control, environment assessment, heritage legislation. Land law - public and private, Estates and tenures, Co-ownership, Leases, Easements, Restrictive covenants, Licences, Residential tenancies tribunal. Old system title, Possessory title, Torrens title, Land Titles Office practice, Sale of land, Other methods of transferring land, Crown land tenures, Strata title, Community title. Alternative models including other countries, Critical perspective, Heritage Law.

*This course is compulsory for some postgraduate FBE programs. A number of places have been reserved for these students. The number of places available (as shown in the Class Timetable) does not necessarily reflect whether places are available for students completing this program as an elective.

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