This is a new edition of our well-established Property text in the renowned Clarendon Law Series. It is completely revised and updated to incorporate all recent legislative changes and provides a clear and critical account of the basic principles of the law of property. It provides both a succinct and thoughtful overview of the subject for those coming to it for the first time (e.g. as pre-course reading) and also pulls together themes and raises thought-provoking insights and synergies for those reading it after they have completed both property heads. Part I: Introduction. 1 The Subject, Setting, and Sources Part 2: Property in General 2.The Classification of Things 3.The Acquisitions of Property Interests 4.The Protection of Property Interests Part 3: Common-Law Techniques 5.Concepts and Categories 6.Ownership and its Fragmentation 7.Land Legislation for England and Wales 1925-2001 Part 4: Standard Patterns 8.Leases and the Like 9.Security 10.Real Property: Servitudes 11.Succession Part 5: Property as Wealth 12.Wealth 13.The Control of Endowment 14.Conclusion