European land law

Half title page......Page 1
Title page......Page 3
Title verso......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 11
Table of Cases — European......Page 17
Table of Cases — United Kingdom......Page 31
Table of Cases — Foreign......Page 41
Table of Legislation — European......Page 45
Table of Legislation — Foreign......Page 77
Table of Reports......Page 81
Market Culture......Page 87
Capital Club......Page 91
Outside the Capital Club......Page 98
Other Europes......Page 102
Cross-border Transactions......Page 104
Capital Freedom......Page 108
Land as Capital......Page 111
Land Transactions Nomenclaturised......Page 114
Movement of Landowners......Page 121
Factors Generating Movement of Buyers......Page 124
Business Rights to Buy Land......Page 128
Workers......Page 135
Self-supporters......Page 142
Market Elements......Page 147
Restrictions and Controls......Page 149
Military Regions......Page 151
Second Homes......Page 154
Agricultural Land and Forests......Page 162
Direct and Indirect Controls......Page 165
Justification of Controls......Page 167
Authorisation and Declaration Schemes......Page 173
Swiss Controls......Page 176
National and European Laws......Page 181
Immovables......Page 183
The Site......Page 187
Selection of Land Law......Page 190
Property of the European Institutions......Page 194
Respect for Territoriality......Page 195
Subsidiarity......Page 204
Fundamental Rights in the EU......Page 206
Specific Fundamentals......Page 209
Convergence......Page 212
A Substantive Miscellany......Page 216
Value Added Tax......Page 223
Single Farm Payment......Page 227
Special Agricultural Regimes......Page 233
Dairy......Page 236
Towards What?......Page 239
Europeanisation of Actions......Page 241
European Conflicts Club......Page 242
Provisional Measures......Page 248
Trespass Used to Assert Title......Page 258
Public Registers......Page 263
Tenancies, Holiday Lets and Timeshares......Page 264
Personal Actions......Page 272
5 Marketing Land......Page 277
Consumption of Land......Page 280
Unfair Commercial Practices Affecting Land......Page 286
Doorstep Selling of Land......Page 288
Distance Rentals......Page 297
Unfair Marketing Practices......Page 302
Internet Advertising (e-Commerce)......Page 314
Information in an Invitation to Purchase......Page 316
Information about Distance Contractors......Page 317
Withdrawal Rights......Page 320
Credit Cancellation......Page 326
Remediation and Reform......Page 331
Regulation of Timeshare Marketing......Page 333
Timeshares and Timeshare-likes......Page 340
Information......Page 347
Withdrawal Rights......Page 351
Timeshare Vehicles......Page 355
Unregulated Aspects......Page 361
Cross-border Timesharing......Page 367
Reform......Page 369
Conveyancers and Lawyers......Page 371
Practice Rights and Qualification......Page 378
Mechanics of Transfer......Page 386
Registration......Page 387
Laundering Activity......Page 392
Confiscation Orders......Page 398
Conveyancers as Launderers......Page 401
Conveyancers as Cops......Page 402
Customer Due Diligence......Page 405
Reporting......Page 411
Internet Advertising by Conveyancers......Page 417
Advanced E-Signatures......Page 419
Simple E-Signatures......Page 427
Buying Land from Websites......Page 431
Unfair Terms Legislation......Page 433
Unfairness of Terms......Page 440
European Contract Law......Page 446
The Contract/Property Interface......Page 453
Mortgage Credit......Page 463
European Mortgage Markets......Page 467
Information Rights......Page 473
Consumer Protection......Page 478
Security......Page 482
Mortgage Procedures......Page 487
Primary and Secondary Lend......Page 492
Secured Rights on Cross-border Insolvency......Page 498
Main (Europe-wide) Insolvency......Page 502
Secondary (Territorial) Insolvency......Page 510
Judgment Debts in the Judgment State......Page 512
Judgment Debts in the Enforcing State......Page 516
Conflicts and Land Contracts......Page 523
Property Core......Page 525
Choice of Site-based Law......Page 529
Site-based Selection......Page 530
Non-site Contracts......Page 534
Choice of Law and Forum......Page 544
Anti-contractual Claims......Page 548
Home Court Forum......Page 554
Europeanisation of Family Law......Page 561
Connection to the Family......Page 566
Family Law......Page 569
Formality for Testation......Page 573
Patterns of Testation......Page 575
Succession......Page 579
Trust Vehicles......Page 585
Trust Forum......Page 588
Trust Law......Page 595
Interaction of Trust Law and Forum......Page 604
12 Outro......Page 607
Index......Page 611