Advanced Property and Trusts
The course explores the nature and meaning of the institutions of property and trusts. It combines conceptual analysis of doctrine with more abstract theoretical enquiry. The course examines principles across and within property and trusts, bringing different perspectives to bear including ideas drawn from moral and political philosophy, history and economics, as well as more formally legal, comparative and jurisprudential analyses. Some knowledge of the legal details of property in one or other legal system will be essential for students taking the course. A common-law background is not a prerequisite but is desirable, as much use will be made of English law and other common law systems. Non-common law systems will also be examined in order to illustrate core concepts.
The course gives students an opportunity to study a fundamental part of private law with wide ramifications in the social sciences and humanities. Students will be exposed to the widest possible range of research and teaching in property law and trusts drawing on visiting scholars as well as Oxford faculty. The topics discussed are all ripe for exploration as areas of future research.
N.B. MJur students will not be able to take both FHS Trusts and the Advanced Property and Trusts course.