This book comprises a collection of papers given at the third biennial conference of the Centre for Property Law at the University of Reading held in March 2000,and is the first in the series 'Modern Studies in Property Law'. The Reading conference is becoming well-known as a unique opportunity for property lawyers to meet and confer both formally and informally; this volume marks a new development, being a refereed and revised selection of the papers given there. Speakers from around the world focus on issues of immediate importance ranging from human rights to electronic conveyancing, as well as timeless but ever-relevant subjects such as trusts, mortgages and the numerus clausus of property rights. As ever, a range of international topics are discussed, this time including land registration in the Nordic countries, and the re-privatisation of land in Eastern Europe.

Elizabeth Cooke is a Professor of Law at Reading University and a solicitor.

I - Issues for a New Millennium
1. Property in an Electronic Age
Charles Harpum
2. The Proprietary Character of Possession
Jonathan Hill
3. The Place of the Equitable Lien as a Remedy
David Wright
4. Trustee Exclusion Clauses: Lost in the Heather?
Peter Luxton
5. Estoppel and Reliance
Sarah Nield
II - Human Rights
6. Of Missiles and Mice: Property Rights in the USA
Christine Willmore
7. Property Rights and Wrongs: The Frontiers of Forfeiture
Gary Watt
8. Who's Afraid of the Neighbours?
Rod Edmunds and Teresa Sutton
9. The Human Rights Act 1998: the "Horizontal Effect" on Land Law
Jean Howell
III - Mortgages
10. Mortgage Conditions: Old Law for a New Century?
John Houghton and Lynne Livesey
11. Consenting Away Proprietary Rights
Martin Dixon
12. A World Safe for Mortgagees? Registering a Scintilla of Doubt
Caroline Sawyer
IV - The Law of Landlord and Tenant
13. Towards a Structure for the Law of Landlord and Tenant
Peter Sparkes
14. Charitable Lettings and their Legal Pitfalls
Warren Barr
V - Succession
15. Perpetuating Prejudice Beyond the Grave: Testamentary Conditions in Restraint of Religion
Sheena Grattan
16. Lapse of Legacies in Scots Law
Ross Macdonald
VI Comparative and International Papers
17. Scots and South African Property: Problem Transplants
DL Carey Miller
18. The Numerus Clausus of Property Rights
Andrea Fusaro
19. Accession of Moveables to Land
Lars van Vliet
20. The Public Trustworthiness of land Registers in the Nordic Countries
Matti Ilmari Niemi
21. Reforming Property Law in Eastern and Central Europe
Andrew Cartwright
22. Reprivatisation of Nationalised Property in Poland
Piotr Stec