Gray and Gray's Elements of Land Law provides an interesting, reasoned and critical account of the fundamental principles of the modern law of real property. This fourth edition has been restructured to take account of the impact of environmental, human rights, and European law. The book covers not only the Land Registration Act 2002, but also recent case law developments and the many statutory initiatives in the law of leases, commonholds, mortgages and land access which took effect in 2003 and 2004.
Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. This profile may contain books from multiple authors of this name.
The only reason I picked this book up in my college library was simply because no one else did. I’ve always had an irrational fear of parroting academic phrases in the examinations that sound and look identical to a thousand other students in my year. I also feared that my legal commentaries were not sufficiently mature and nuanced if I stuck to the set reading. Or that my knowledge of case laws was elementary.
Fortunately, my fears were sufficiently addressed and curbed by this land law Bible. It is godsend, with up-to-date legal materials, advanced opinions and criticisms of the law, and extremely well-structured cases. The writing is excellent and not excessively verbose or pretentious. A must for every law undergraduates aiming to score a first or 2:1 in their land law examinations.