Property : Examples and Explanations

by Burke, D. Barlow; Snoe, Joseph A.

• ISBN13: 9780735519695
• ISBN10: 0735519692
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: Wolters Kluwer

Summary

In response to popular demand from students, instructors, and bookstore managers, Aspen is proud to introduce this new entry the Examples & Explanations Series. Burke and Snoe's Property: Examples and Explanations is a thorough, student-friendly review of the applications of property law in Aspen's popular 'E & E' format. Unlike any other study resource available, this book helps students optimize exam preparation time with: An eminently clear and readable text that demystifies an often daunting field a proven effective Examples & Explanations pedagogy that lets students apply their knowledge and test their understanding of laws and concepts a six-part organization and topical coverage that matches the best-selling casebook, PROPERTY, by Dukeminier and Krier, As well as most first-year property courses nationwide generous use of charts, diagrams, and other visual aids, particularly in the coverage of common-law estates a selection of cases that corresponds to most leading casebooks If you want your students to be ready for exams, require or recommend the book that stresses applications of the law in a manner students can easily grasp - PROPERTY: Examples & Explanations.

Table of Contents

Contents	ix
Preface	xvii
Acknowledgments	xix
PART ONE: Possession, Personal Property, and Adverse Possession	1	(104)
The Law of Property	3	(12)
Personal Property and Possession	15	(24)
The Law of Finders and Prior Possessors	39	(16)
Bailments	55	(12)
Gifts	67	(6)
Good Faith or Bona Fide Purchasers	73	(8)
Fixtures	81	(4)
Adverse Possession	85	(20)
PART TWO: Common Law Estates and Interests in Real Property	105	(118)
Common Law Estates	107	(26)
Future Interests	133	(22)
Some Special Rules of Construction	155	(8)
The Rule Against Perpetuities	163	(18)
Concurrent Interests	181	(22)
Marital Estates	203	(12)
The Law of Waste	215	(8)
PART THREE: The Law of Landlord and Tenant	223	(100)
The Landlord and Tenant Relationship	225	(16)
Transfers of the Lease	241	(14)
Waste, Repair, and Destruction of Leased Premises	255	(8)
Termination and Abandonment of the Lease	263	(18)
Achieving Habitable Premises	281	(24)
Premise Liability of Landlords	305	(10)
The Holdover Tenant and Concluding Comments	315	(8)
PART FOUR: Transfers of Land	323	(106)
The Sales Contract	325	(16)
Executory Period Issues	341	(22)
Real Estate Closings	363	(18)
Post-Closing Title Assurances	381	(22)
The Recording Systems	403	(26)
PART FIVE: Private Land Use Controls	429	(94)
Private Nuisance	431	(10)
Creation of Easements	441	(26)
Assignability, Scope, and Termination of Easements	467	(18)
Real Covenants and Equitable Servitudes: Running with the Land	485	(20)
Real Covenants and Equitable Servitudes: Common Schemes and Termination	505	(18)
PART SIX: Public Land Use Controls	523	(82)
Constitutional and Statutory Constraints on Zoning	525	(16)
Variances, Special Exceptions, and Zoning Amendments	541	(20)
Selected Challenges to Zoning Ordinances	561	(22)
Takings	583	(22)
Table of Cases	605	(4)
Index	609