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As already seen (in 1.5 above), freehold (fee simple absolute in possession) and leasehold are currently the only estates in land which can be legal. A lease was originally a contract for the occupation of land, and it was only in the sixteenth century that leases were recognised as ‘interests in land’ so that the rights and duties of the parties were no longer merely contractual, but became glued to the land. However, much of the law of leases is still contract law, with statutory additions.
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Bright, S. and Gilbert, G. (1995) Landlord and Tenant Law: the Nature of Tenancies (Oxford: Clarendon Press).
Carrott, S. (1990) Arden and Partington on Quiet Enjoyment, 3rd edn (London: LAG)
Partington, M. (1980) Landlord and Tenant, Text and Materials on Housing and Law, 2nd edn (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson).
Yates, D. and Hawkins, A. J. (1986) Landlord and Tenant Law, 2nd edn (London: Sweet & Maxwell).
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Green, K. (1997). Leases. In: Land Law. Macmillan Law Masters. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14435-8_5
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