Report on the legislative measures requisite to facilitate the adoption of commercial contracts respecting the occupation of land in Ireland / by Robert Longfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Longfield, Robert, 1810-1868.

Contributor:

Society for Promoting Scientific Inquiries into Social Questions.

Series:

Making of the Modern World, Part II : 1851-1914.

The Making of the Modern World, Part II : 1851-1914

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leases--Ireland--History--19th century.

Leases.

Land tenure--Law and legislation--Ireland--History--19th century.

Land tenure.

Ireland--History--19th century.

Ireland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iv, [3]-43 pages)

Place of Publication:

Dublin : Hodges and Smith ; London : Ridgeway, 1851.

Contents:

section 1. Restrictions on a landlord's power of making commercial contracts with his tenants

section 2. Restrictions on powers of making contracts respecting land under the management of receivers, &c.

section 3. Impediments to commercial contracts for leases, arising from insecurity

section 4. Impediments arising from the laws regulating the ownership of trees, buildings, fixtures, and improvements, from the use of technical language, and stamps

section 5. Suggestions as to the legislation necessary to secure the principle of commercial freedom in agricultural contracts. Leasing powers

section 6. Suggestions as to receivers

section 7. Suggestions as to giving tenants compensation for unexhausted improvements

section 8. Suggestions as to giving landlords power to charge the inheritance for permanent improvements

section 9. Additional suggestions for the removal of other impediments to free contracts between landlord and tenant

section 10. Present state of the law respecting land held without written lease or other express contract

section 11. Suggested legislation respecting cases where there are no express contracts made between landlord and tenant

section 12. Present state of the law respecting proceedings to enforce the rights and duties of landlord and tenant, law of distress, &c.

section 13. Present state of the law as to the modes of recovering rent otherwise than by distress

section 14. Difficulties in enforcing landlord's and tenant's obligations and duties

section 15. Present state of the law with regard to the landlord's recovery of the possession of land

section 16. Suggested alterations in the laws for better enforcing payment of rent, and other contracts incidental to the relation of landlord and tenant

section 17. Alterations suggested in the law of ejectment, waste, &c.

section 18. Conclusion.

Notes:

Reproduction from the The Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature, Senate House Library, University of London.

At head of title: "Society for Promoting Scientific Inquiries into Social Questions."

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Learning, 2011. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

OCLC:

797291302

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