Arvo Vitikainen 
Erik Stubkjær
Course: International Land Management
Institute of Real Estate Studies, HUT, Finland
October 2001
Editing track
     

Course: Maa-20.375 International Land Management:


CONTENT:
Basic concepts and regulatory system in Western countries, developing countries and countries in transition. Property subdivision. Executory proceedings. The function of real estate registers. The importance of public registers. Legal safeguards. International comparison of systems.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
Lectures, seminar presentation and examination, mandatory attendance at seminar sessions.

LITERATURE:
Dale, Peter & John McLaughlin (1999) Land Administration. Oxford University Press. 169 p.
Lecture notes.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

PROGRAMME (may be subject to change; change will be announced by e-mail):
 

Date
Time
Content 
27.09 14.15 - 16.00 Presentation of lecturer. Overview of course issues. 
 2.10 08.15-10.00 Model of society. Territorial units. Cadastral systems.
 3.10 08.15-10.00 Cadastral processes (DK, SLO, FIN). Definitions1. Definitions2. Transfer of property rights.
 4.10 14.15 - 16.30 Seminar: Cadastral systems in selected CECs
 9.10 08.15-10.00 LMdevelopment: Agencies. LessonsLearned. Information systems development. Development trends.
10.10 08.15-10.00 Professions and professional responsibility
11.10 14.15-16.00 Seminar: Operating as an ILM consultant. Criteria of a professional. Consultant's profile. Answers
16.10 08.15-10.00 Hernando de Soto on informal and formal property rights
17.10 08.15-10.00 Actor network theory, and its limitations. My sources: ILM research and development.
18.10 14.15-17.00 Examination
22.10  10.15-11.00 Assessment of the examination