Property and Lawyering

by Winokur, James L.; Freyermuth, R. Wilson; Organ, Jerome M.

• ISBN13: 9780314232151
• ISBN10: 031423215X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-03-01
• Publisher: West Group

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Acknowledgements	xi
Table of Cases	xxvii
The Concept of Property and Its Parameters	1	(142)
Introduction	1	(7)
The Right to Exclude	8	(59)
``Possession,'' ``First--In--Time,'' and Acquiring Property Interests	67	(76)
First Possession and Estoppel Principles	143	(57)
Bona Fide Purchase	143	(13)
Adverse Possession	156	(44)
Transferring Property by Gift	200	(36)
Gifts of Personal Property	200	(25)
Gifts of Land	225	(11)
Present and Future Estates in Land	236	(113)
Historical Overview	236	(15)
A Modern Overview: Cataloguing Estates and Nonpossessory Interests in Land	251	(2)
Present Freehold Estates	253	(48)
Future Interests	301	(48)
Concurrent Ownership	349	(71)
Concurrent Interests: Their Creation and Characteristics	350	(32)
Rules Governing the Legal Relationship Between Cotenants and the Use of Cotenancy Property	382	(28)
Marital Interests---A Brief Discussion	410	(10)
The Law of Landlord and Tenant	420	(158)
Evolutionof the Landlord--Tenant Relationship: Conveyance, Contract and Public Policy	420	(37)
Leasehold Estates: Their Creation and Characteristics	457	(12)
Shaping The Modern Lease: Selected Problem Areas in Negotiating, Drafting and Interpreting Leases	469	(109)
Nonpossessory Private Land Use Arrangements: Servitudes	578	(167)
Introduction and Historical Background	578	(9)
Easements	587	(50)
Promissory Servitudes: Negative Easements, Real Covenants at Law, and Equitable Servitudes	637	(108)
The Land Transfer Transaction	745	(152)
Introduction	745	(8)
Title Investigation and Assurance	753	(84)
Other Pitfalls in Negotiating Land Purchase and Sale Contracts	837	(42)
The Role of Professionals in the Land Purchase and Sale Transaction	879	(18)
Governmental Land Use Controls: Judicial Doctrines and Legislative Regulation	897	(180)
The Law of Nuisance	898	(31)
The Law of Zoning	929	(63)
Eminent Domain, Regultory Takings, and Exactions	992	(85)
Index	1077