This highly readable collection of the best of the "Mainly for Students" articles from "Estates Gazette" is as much an invaluable reference volume for the practising professional as it is an approachable and enlightening introduction to the property industry for the less experienced.
Basic Real Estate and Property Law for Paralegals (Aspen Paralegal)
by Jeffrey A. Helewitz
Buying America from the Indians Hohnson V. McIntosh and the History of Native Land Rights
by B A Watson
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Johnson v. McIntosh established the basic principles that govern American Indian property rights to this day. In the case, more than one Anglo-American purchaser claimed title to the same land in what is now southern Illinois. The Piankeshaw Indians had deeded the land twice--once to speculators in 1775, and again, thirty years later, to the United States by treaty. The Court decided in favor of William McIntosh, who had bought the land from the U.S. government....
Most people care about animals, but only a tiny fraction are vegan. The rest often think of veganism as an extreme position. They certainly do not believe that they have a moral obligation to become vegan. Gary L. Francione-the leading and most provocative scholar of animal rights theory and law-demonstrates that veganism is a moral imperative and a matter of justice. He shows that there is a contradiction in thinking that animals matter morally if one is also not vegan, and he explains why thi...
Property Law Statutes 2011-2012 (Routledge Student Statutes)
by Russell Hewitson
'Focused content, layout and price - Routledge competes and wins in relation to all of these factors' - Craig Lind, University of Sussex, UK 'The best value and best format books on the market.' - Ed Bates, Southampton University, UK Routledge Student Statutes present all the legislation students need in one easy-to-use volume. Developed in response to feedback from lecturers and students, this book offer a fully up-to-date, comprehensive, and clearly presented collection of legislation -...
Volume 3 is a fully referenced compendium of the law reports published in the Estates Gazette magazine between October and December 2008. The index makes up the cumulative index for all EGLR volumes published between 2005 and 2008. The Estates Gazette Law Reports are an indispensable reference for property law practitioners and students researching and advising on all aspects of: landlord & tenant, valuation, professional negligence, conveyancing, real property, leasehold enfranchisement & com...
Dilapidations and Service Charge Disputes
by Simon Edwards, Patrick Stell, and Keith Firn
Written by three surveyors, each with extensive experience in the sector, Dilapidations and Service Charge Disputes will guide practitioners through the common and new practices involved in dealing with disputes on dilapidations and service charge matters. The book offers practical guidance on the related topics of dilapidations and service charge disputes, bridging the gap between heavy-weight legally focussed case law publications and the lighter weight guidance notes. It offers practical an...
Speak It Louder: Asian Americans Making Music documents the variety of musics-from traditional Asian through jazz, classical, and pop-that have been created by Asian Americans. This book is not about "Asian American music" but rather about Asian Americans making music. This key distinction allows the author to track a wide range of musical genres. Wong covers an astonishing variety of music, ethnically as well as stylistically: Laotian song, Cambodian music drama, karaoke, Vietnamese pop, Japane...
Integrating Spaces (Aspen Coursebook)
by Alfred L. Brophy, Alberto Lopez, and Kali N Murray
Re-distribution from Above (Research Report S., #115)
by Karuti Kanyinga
Proponents of the individualization of land titles in Africa have hinged their position orimarily on the argument that it would encourage land holders to access credit, invest more of their resources, including labour and time, in the land, engage in responsible, environmentally-friendly land use, and, overall, raise the level of agricultural productivity whilst limiting the damaging consequences of the "tragedy of the commons". Using empirical evidence collected from the coastal district of Ken...
The Essential Guide for First-Time Homeowners
by Ilona M Bray and Alayna Schroeder
Wetlands, Water and the Law (Environmental Policy & Law Papers S., #38)
by Clare Shine and Cyrille De Klemm
John Marshall's landmark 1823 decision in Johnson v. M'Intosh gave the European sovereigns who "discovered" North America rights to the land, converting Native Americans in one stroke into mere tenants. In 1991, while investigating the historical origins of this highly controversial decision, Lindsay Robertson made a startling find in the basement of a Pennsylvania furniture-maker-the complete corporate records of the Illinois and Wabash Land Companies, the plaintiffs in the case. Drawing on the...
Aspects of Housing Law provides a comprehensive, up-to-date and readable account of what is often regarded as a complex and technical area of the law. It is essential reading for students of housing law and those taking courses in housing studies. With comprehensive coverage of all areas covered in an undergraduate course on housing, this concise and clear text covers: homelessnessowner-occupationregulation of rentsrepairs and disrepairsuccession to tenanciesprivate rented sectorsocial hous...
The Artist-Figure, Society, and Sexuality in Virginia Woolf's Novels (Studies in Major Literary Authors)
by Ann Ronchetti
This book explores the relationship between aesthetic productivity and artists' degree of involvement in social and sexual life as depicted in Virginia Woolf's novels. Ann Ronchetti locates the sources of Woolf's lifelong preoccupation with the artist's relationship to society in her family heritage, her exposure to Walter Pater and the aesthetic movement, and the philosophical and aesthetic interests of the Bloomsbury group.
In the Public's Interest (Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation)
by Gautam Bhan
This book studies the recent legacy of basti "evictions" in Delhi-mass clearings of some of the city's poorest neighborhoods as a way to understand how the urban poor are disenfranchised in the name of "public interest" and, in the case of Delhi, by the very courts meant to empower and protect them. Studying bastis, says Gautam Bhan, provokes six clear lines of inquiry applicable to studies of urbanism across the global south. The first is the long-standing debate over urban informality and ill...
PPP/PFI contracts often share a number of features: they run over a very long period of time; they are conceived without a complete understanding of how requirements may change and despite the rhetoric they tend to create a context where dispute and litigation rather than partnership are the norm. In this environment, effective auditing is essential to ensure that projects are delivering what the end-user requires. Audits are both a public sector right, and a matter of good management sense. Pe...