ABSTRACT
The essays in this collection consider the fundamental concepts of property and obligations in law. Ideas of property and of obligations are central, organising concepts within law but are nevertheless liable to fragmentation and esoteric development when applied in particular contexts.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1
Property and Obligations in Relation to the Family Home
chapter 2|16 pages
Family Law and Property Law
Competing Spheres in the Regulation of the Family Home
chapter 7|27 pages
The Valuation of Co-owners' Interests in Capital and Means-Tested Benefits
Half the Value or the Value of Half?
chapter 10|11 pages
Human Rights and Obligations of Confidentiality in the Private Sphere
A v B plc
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in the Court of Appeal
part 3|21 pages
Historical and Contextual Perspectives on Private Property Rights
chapter 14|23 pages
How Poor Law Rights were Lost But Victorian Values Survived
A Reconsideration of Some of the Hidden Values of Welfare Provision
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