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LexisNexis custom publication for The University of New South Wales. ISBN: 9780409349238 (pbk). 9780409349245 (ebk). © 2018 Reed International Books Australia Pty Limited trading as LexisNexis. This book is copyright. Except as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), no part of this publication may be reproduced by any process, electronic or otherwise, without the specific written permission of the copyright owner. Neither may information be stored electronically in any form whatsoever without such permission. Inquiries should be addressed to the publishers. Printed in Australia. Visit LexisNexis Butterworths at www.lexisnexis.com.au Publisher’s Note �is book has been prepared for students undertaking the unit Principles of Private Law at the University of New South Wales Law School, at the University of New South Wales. Details of the source books, original content and other materials from which some readings are taken are set out in the Table of Contents. 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Contents Publisher’s Note Navigation, Cross-references and Pagination Acknowledgments Reading 1 from Edgeworth, Rossiter, O’Connor & Godwin, Sackville & Neave Australian Property Law, 10th ed, 2016 Ch 1 ‘The Concept of Property’ [1.1]–[1.32] Reading 2 ‘Property Law in New Contexts — Introduction’ by Leon Terrill Reading 3 from Lyria Bennet Moses, ‘The Applicability of Property Law in New Contexts: From Cells to Cyberspace’, (2008) 30 Sydney Law Review 639-647 — Extract Reading 4 from Edgeworth, Rossiter, O’Connor & Godwin, Sackville & Neave Australian Property Law, 10th ed, 2016 Ch 1 ‘The Concept of Property’ [1.38]–[1.49] Reading 5 from Edgeworth, Rossiter, O’Connor & Godwin, Sackville & Neave Australian Property Law, 10th ed, 2016 Ch 1 ‘The Concept of Property’ [1.67]–[1.74], [1.76]–[1.79] Reading 6 from Edgeworth, Rossiter, O’Connor & Godwin, Sackville & Neave Australian Property Law, 10th ed, 2016 Ch 1 ‘The Concept of Property’ [1.80C]–[1.102] Reading 7 from Gray, Foster, Dorsett & Roberts, Property Law in New South Wales, 4th ed, Ch 2 ‘Land, Fixtures and Chattels’ [2.40]–[2.63], [2.70] Reading 8 from Edgeworth, Rossiter, O’Connor & Godwin, Sackville & Neave Australian Property Law, 10th ed, 2016 Ch 2 ‘Possession and Title’ [2.4]–[2.9] Reading 9 from Penfolds Wines Pty Ltd v Elliott (1946) 74 CLR 204 — Extract Reading 10