| The focused coverage of Property: Examples & Explanations, Third Edition along with the proven Examples & Explanations format, which combines textual material with well-written examples, explanations, and questions that test the reader�s understanding of the material covered, makes this text an invaluable means for helping students master the intricacies of property law. Among the features that have made this study aid a success:
* eminently clear and readable text
* six-part topical organization that matches the coverage of most first-year property courses and follows the organization of the best selling property casebook by Dukeminier, Krier, Alexander & Schill
* 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
* the authors address principal cases used in most leading casebooks
* skilled and experienced authorship by long-time teachers and scholars of property law
New to the Third Edition:
* updated coverage of takings to include recent Supreme Court cases Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, Kelo v. New London, and Lingle v. Chevron U.S.A.
* expanded introduction to trusts with clear and detailed descriptions of a trust, a grantor, a trustee, a life beneficiary, and a remainderman
* new substantive material added to coverage of:
* the recording acts
* the Third Restatement of Property concerning Servitudes (covenants and equitable servitudes)
* Private Nuisance�Chapter 27�adjacent and subjacent support
* updated coverage of the Rule Against Perpetuities
* many examples and explanations have been revised for greater clarity and effectiveness
* language in the text has been simplified where needed for even greater accessibility
With its focused coverage, concise format, and problem-based format, Property: Examples & Explanations, Third Edition, continues to provide Property students with the help and confidence they need to master this difficult first-year course.
Table of Contents
Part One: Possession, Personal Property, and Adverse Possession
Chapter 1. The Law of Property
Chapter 2. Personal Property and 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 Two: 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 Three: 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
Chapter 21. The Holdover Tenant and Concluding Comments
Part Four: Transfers of Land
Chapter 22. The Sales Contract
Chapter 23. Executory Period Issues
Chapter 24. Real Estate Closings
Chapter 25. Post-Closing Title Assurances
Chapter 26. The Recording Systems
Part Five: Private Land Use Controls
Chapter 27. Private Nuisance
Chapter 28. Creation of Easements
Chapter 29. Assignability, Scope, and Termination of Easements
Chapter 30. Real Covenants and Equitable Servitudes: Running with the Land
Chapter 31. Real Covenants and Equitable Servitudes: Common Schemes and Termination
Part Six: Public Land Use Controls
Chapter 32. Constitutional and Statutory Constraints on Zoning
Chapter 33. Variances, Special Exceptions, and Zoning Amendments
Chapter 34. Selected Challenges to Zoning Ordinances
Chapter 35. Takings
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