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Land Law and Registration


Land Law and Registration by S. Rowton Simpson was first published in 1976 and then again in paperback (second edition) in 1984. The book is Crown Copyright and was published by Surveyor's Publications (part of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) by permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office. The book is out of print. It is made available for personal reference use on this website by permission of the Controller of HMSO according to the terms and condition of core license number C02W0006874. By downloading the contents of the book from this website you are agreeing to use the material for personal use and not to copy or distribute the material to other parties without permission.

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Chapter 1 - Land Rights and Records

Chapter 2 - Process of Land Transfer

 

Chapter 3 - English Land Law and Registration


Chapter 4 - English Conveyancing
Chapter 5 - The Torrens System
Chapter 6 - Registration of Deeds
New! Chapter 7 - The Cadastre and Cadastral Survey
Chapter 8 - Boundaries and Maps
Chapter 9 - Objects and Reasons
Chapter 10 - Guarantee and Indemnity
Chapter 11 - Compilation of the Register
Chapter 12 - Customary Land Tenure and Control of Dealing
Chapter 13 - Multiple Ownership, Fragmentation and Consolidation
Chapter 14 - Horizontal Subdivision
Chapter 15 - The Process of Systematic Adjudication
Chapter 16 - Organisation and Administration
Chapter 17 - The Machinery of Registration
Chapter 18 - Techniques of Cadastral Survey
Chapter 19 - Registry Procedure
Chapter 20 - Automation
link Chapter 21 - Registered Land Law
Chapter 22 - The Kenya Registered Land Act and Rules
Chapter 23 - Land Adjudication Law
Chapter 24 - Land Control Law
Appendix A - Land Records in France
Appendix B - Land Records in West Germany
Appendix C - The Computerisation of Land Records and Accounts in Sabah
Appendix D - The Land Data Bank of Sweden
   
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