Problems of music education: a comparative study

This doctoral thesis argues for the reform of the Irish law on adverse possession. It explains why the doctrine, in its current state, fails to confer adequate protection on the owner against the dangers of losing title to an adverse possessor and it illustrates how the law permits 'undeserving' adverse possessors to acquire title. The analysis of the law is conducted by relying on doctrinal and empirical research methodologies. Although a number of reform are considered, this thesis makes the case for the introduction of a qualified veto system of adverse possession which would govern land that has been registered in the Land Registry and also unregistered land.<br/><br/>This reform would permit the owner of land to veto an adverse possession application unless the applicant qualifies under one of the exceptions formulated to the proposed scheme which are designed to preserve the operation of the doctrine for certain 'deserving' adverse possessors. Adverse possessors who enter possession pursuant to an informal or a defective title, or adverse<br/>possessors of boundary land which they believe to be their own, would be entitled to be registered as owners, regardless of an objection by the owner. In formulating these exception the thesis examines the modem role played by adverse possession in resolving different types of land law disputes, its suitability as a remedy and, where appropriate, the challenges involved in<br/>introducing a qualification to the veto system. The introduction of a veto system of adverse possession would also permit abandoned land to be brought back onto the market. While the thesis is devoted primarily to an examination of the Irish law in this area, it also engages in a comparative analysis of discrete aspects of the law in a number of other common law jurisdictions, namely England and Wales, Canada, Australia and the United States.<br/>

Name dc:type.qualificationname

Doctor of Philosophy

Level dc:type.qualificationlevel

Doctoral Thesis

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Queen's University Belfast

Year dc:date.issued

1989

Author dc:creator

• Akapelwa, Emma

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Blacking, John

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

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OAI identifier oai:identifier

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