Part 1 General considerations: reforming the language of property law, Peter Butt; the role of the Law Commission, Trevor M. Aldridge; reform and parliamentary proceedings, D.N. Clarke; the dangers of reform, Jean Howell. Part 2 Landlord and tenant: variation of leases and tenant liability, Susan Bright; termination of tenancies by tenants - a just cause?, Peter F. Smith; the reform of agricultural holdings law, Roger Gibbard and Neil Ravenscroft. Part 3 Specific issues: land registration - reform at last?, R.J. Smith; the right to possession - the need for substantive reform, Lisa Whitehouse; the polluter pays, Rosalind Malcolm. Part 4 International and comparative papers - general property law: general principles of property law - a traditional continental view, Wolfgang Minke; effects of the Hague Convention in a civil law country, Maurizio Luopi; identity matters, Lars van Vliet. Part 5 International and comparative papers - land law: land law reform - a comparative perspective, Alan Watson; the mortgage as fidicuary - comparative perspectives on an emerging doctrine, Peter Devonshire; 700 years at one blow - the abolition of feudal land tenure in Scotland, Kenneth G.C. Reid; land law and reform in Ireland, Andrew Lyall; land reform in South Africa, C.G. van der Merwe and J.M Pienaar; reforming the priority rules in Hong Kong - a comparative perspective, S.H. Goo.