Contents Table of Cases Table of Statutes Preface to the Fourth Edition 1 Introduction to Land Law 1.1 How to Study Land Law 1.2 Land Law Rules 1.3 Land Law Today 1.4 ‘Land’ 1.5 Estates and Interests in Land 1.6 Comment Summary Exercises Buying and Selling Land 2.1 Introduction 2.2 A Typical Domestic Sale 2.3 Transfer of the Equitable Interest 2.4 Enforcing the Contract 2.5 The Intervention of Equity 2.6 The New Law: The Extension of ‘Proprietary Estoppel’ 2.7 Transfer of the Legal Interest 2.8 Comment Summary Exercises 3 Adverse Possession 3.1 Introduction 3.2 The Basic Issues 3.3 The Basic Rules 3.4 The Requirements of Adverse Possession 3.5 How the Paper Owner Can Recover the Land 3.6 The Effect of a Successful Claim of Adverse Possession 3.7 Leases 3.8 The Law Commissions Proposals for Reform 3.9 Comment Summary Exercises ……