This book is a collection of papers given at the sixth biennial conference at the University of Reading held in March 2006, and is the fourth in the series Modern Studies in Property Law. The Reading conference has become well-known as a unique opportunity for property lawyers to meet and confer both formally and informally. This volume is a refereed and revised selection of the papers given there. It covers a broad range of topics of immediate importance, not only in domestic law but also on a worldwide scale.

I - Keynote Address1. Reforming Housing Law: A Progress ReportMartin PartingtonII - Law and Equity2. Equitable Co-ownership: Proprietary Rights in Name Only?Martin Dixon3. Why is the Law of Undue Influence so Hard to Understand and Apply?Graham Ferris4. The Lie of the Land: Mortgage Law as Legal FictionGary Watt5. Curbing the Enthusiasm of FindersRobin Hickey6. Leases: Rethinking Possession against Vulnerable GroupsWarren Barr7. Reconciling Property Law and Social Security Law: Same Concepts, Different Meanings?Nicholas Hopkins and Emma LaurieIII - Possession of Land8. The Acquisition of Rights in Property by the Effluxion of TimeAmy Goymour9. An Adjudication Rule for Encroachment Disputes: Adverse Possession or a Building Encroachment Statute?Pamela O'Connor10. de Soto Discovers the Prairies:Of Squatters and the Canadian WestBruce Ziff and Sean WardIV - Property, Empire and Indigenous Title11. Land Law and the Making of the British EmpirePatrick McAuslan12. Translating Native Title to Individual 'Title' in Australia: Are Real Property Forms and Indigenous Interests Reconcilable?Lee Godden and Maureen Tehan13. Individual Title versus Collective Title in Australia: Reflections on the North American and New Zealand Experiences of Indigenous Title to LandM A Stephenson