"This volume in the Studies of the Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law is the result of a research workshop held at the University of Seville in 2018 to coincide with the 500th anniversary of the Law Faculty of Seville. The workshop was organised by the Centro de Derecho Comparado of the Law Faculty of the University of Seville and the Institute of European and Comparative Law of the Law Faculty of the University of Oxford."--ECIP Preface.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / John Cartwright and Ángel M López y López -- Contract and the transfer of ownership in Spanish and Latin American Law : an overview / Angel M López y López -- The dual role of the escritura pública in the sale of immovable property / Manuel Espejo Lerdo de Tejada -- A non domino acquisitions and protection of third-party purchasers of immovable property in the Spanish legal system / Juan Pablo Murga Fernández -- Contract and conveyance : the further repercussions of different transfer systems / Birke Häcker -- The creation and transfer of property rights by contract in English law / John Cartwright -- The transfer of ownership of goods in the draft common frame of reference / Francisco Oliva Blázquez -- The assignment of contract : some comparative reflections on French and English law / Agnès Kwiatkowski -- Mistakes in wills / Simon Douglas -- Private property and forced expropriation : current challenges in Spanish law / Encarnación Montoya Martín.

"This book explores a range of comparative issues in, and in the relationship between, property law and contract law in English and Spanish law. It also draws on other jurisdictions. The purpose is to give readers access to discussions of these areas of private law that are not easily accessible elsewhere. It goes further, however, than simply setting out similarities and differences: it provides an insightful analysis of key points of interest in the comparison of the legal systems discussed"--