Publication of the week: Professor Judith Bray

Judith Bray, Unlocking Land Law (4^th ed., London: Routledge, 2014). ISBN: 978-1-444-109116-0.

Unlocking Land Law is part of the Unlocking the Law series of very popular textbooks previously published by Hodder and now published by Routledge. The new edition has been updated to include key changes in the law and in particular the chapter on Equitable Rights in Land has been extensively rewritten. The key decisions of Stack v Dowden and Kernott v Jones are both considered in detail. The edition retains many of the most popular features of the previous books including sample essay questions at the end of each chapter and summaries throughout the book. Topic areas are broken down into sections with logical progression through key issues with extensive use of charts, diagrams and flow charts to reinforce the information in the body of the text. Students traditionally find Land Law a difficult subject to study and Unlocking Land Law introduces students to this subject in an interesting and accessible way.

Judith Bray is Professor of Law at The University of Buckingham. She teaches Land Law, Trusts and Family Law and she is author of Key Cases and Key Facts Land Law and Equity and Trusts also published by Routledge. She is also author of a Students’ Guide to Equity and Trusts published by Cambridge University Press. She is currently engaged in research into the Law of Treasure, the reform of Feudal Law and Manorial Rights and the status of informal property rights in land.