PART I COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES 1. Is the Grass Always Greener? Understanding Grazing and Cropping Rights in Northern Ireland Bróna McNeill, at Queen’s University Belfast, UK 2. Caveat Emptor or Caveat Venditor? Stigmatised Properties and Obligations of Disclosure Christopher Pearce, University of New South Wales, Australia 3. Anomalies of English Trust Law: A Comparative Study Rafael Ibarra Garza, Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico 4. Between Concepts and Policy: The Constructive Trust between Vendor and Purchaser in a Mixed Legal Tradition Pablo Lerner, Zefat Academic College, Israel PART II TAKING AND ALIENATING PROPERTY 5. Property, Equality and the Freedom to Discriminate: The Case of the Discriminatory Gift Jonas-Sébastien Beaudry, McGill University, Canada, and Aruna Nair, University of Oxford, UK 6. Bankruptcy and the Family Home: The Case for Imputing Insolvency Irregularities and a Presumption of Creditor Interests John Tribe, University of Liverpool, UK 7. Justifying Security of Tenure: The Parameters of the Landlord and Tenant Relationship Emma Lees, University of Cambridge, UK PART III MODERN DILEMMAS 8. Trusts in Virtual Currency Joshua Teng, High Court of Malaya, Malaysia 9. Smart Homes Sean Thomas, University of York, UK PART IV OLD CHESTNUTS: NEW CHALLENGES 10. Mortgage Law Reform in Scotland: Fifty Years Apart Andrew Steven, University of Edinburgh, UK 11. Easements, the Ouster Principle and Coherence Across the Common Law World Ben France-Hudson, University of Otago, New Zealand 12. Mapping Bad Charity John Picton, University of Liverpool, UK PART V WILLS, DEATH AND OTHER MORBID TOPICS 13. A Validating Power for English Succession Law Richard Hedlund, University of Lincoln, UK 14. The Role of Knowledge and Approval in Retrospective Assessments of Capacity Juliet Brook, University of Portsmouth, UK

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