Property

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Where to find it

Law Library — 2nd Floor Collection (2nd floor)

Call Number
KF560 .B87 2012
Status
Missing

Summary

Property: Examples & Explanations is a study aid that offers clear textual introductions to legal terms and concepts in property law, followed by examples and explanations that test and apply the reader's understanding of the material covered. Features: Eminently clear and readable text Examples and explanations enable students to test and apply their understanding of the material covered in each chapter Six-part topical organization matches the coverage of Dukeminier/Krier/Alexander/Schill (#1-selling casebook for Property) and corresponds to coverage in most first-year property courses Rich pedagogy includes boldfaced legal terms and visual aids, such as charts and diagrams, especially for common-law estates--a topic that lends itself to diagrammatic presentation Cites principal cases used in most leading casebooks Skilled authorship: Burke is the author of the successful Real Estate E&E and numerous works for practitioners; Snoe has his own West health law casebook New to the Fourth Edition: Overview, examples and explanations revised for greater clarity and effectiveness as needed Language in the text has been simplified where needed for even greater accessibility Expanded coverage of Fixtures Reinforcement of terminology in Estates in Land and in Future Interests Builds on trend in third edition of using illustrative examples in the overview of Future Interests and of Rule Against Perpetuities Rule Against Perpetuities chapter reorganized Restatement (Third) of Property proposals explained in the chapters on Estates in Land, Future Interests, and Rule Against Perpetuities chapters

Contents

  • Part 1 Possession, Personal Property, and Adverse Possession
  • Chapter 1 The Law of Property
  • Chapter 2 Importance of First Possession
  • Chapter 3 The Law of Finders and Prior Possessors
  • Chapter 4 Bailments
  • Chapter 5 Good Faith or Bona Fide Purchasers
  • Chapter 6 Gifts
  • Chapter 7 Fixtures
  • Chapter 8 Adverse Possession
  • Part 2 Common Law Estates and Interests in Real Property
  • Chapter 9 Common Law Estates and Present Interests
  • Chapter 10 Future Interests
  • Chapter 11 Special Rules of Construction
  • Chapter 12 The Rule Against Perpetuities
  • Chapter 13 Concurrent Ownership
  • Chapter 14 Marital Property
  • Part 3 The Law of Landlord and Tenant
  • Chapter 15 The Landlord and Tenant Relationship
  • Chapter 16 Transfers of the Lease
  • Chapter 17 Waste, Duty to Repair, Destruction of Leased Premises, and Security Deposits
  • Chapter 18 Termination and Abandonment of the Lease
  • Chapter 19 Achieving Habitable Premises
  • Chapter 20 Premises Liability of Landlords
  • Part 4 Transfers of Land
  • Chapter 21 The Sales Contract
  • Chapter 22 Executory Period Issues
  • Chapter 23 Real Estate Closings
  • Chapter 24 Post-Closing Title Assurances
  • Chapter 25 The Recording Systems
  • Part 5 Private Land Use Controls
  • Chapter 26 Private Nuisance
  • Chapter 27 Creation of Easements
  • Chapter 28 Assignability, Scope, and Termination of Easements
  • Chapter 29 Real Covenants and Equitable Servitudes: Running with the Land
  • Chapter 30 Real Covenants and Equitable Servitudes: Common Schemes and Termination
  • Part 6 Public Land Use Controls
  • Chapter 31 Constitutional and Statutory Constraints on Zoning
  • Chapter 32 Variances, Special Exceptions, and Zoning Amendments
  • Chapter 33 Selected Challenges to Zoning Ordinances
  • Chapter 34 Takings

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