Legal History

Property law is that body of law which defines the relationships between people with respect to things. These varied relationships are constrained and constructed by the rules of property. To claim property in something is to claim control of a set of human relationships with respect to the material world, or, increasingly, to immaterial things.

This seminar will provide students with an opportunity to engage with the idea of property, through the study of property law in its social context and legal setting, and as it changes over time. The seminar will explore historical methods in relation to legal methods of research and writing, and will equip students to undertake a significant legal/historical research project.

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