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9780735527874

Basic Real Estate and Property Law for Paralegals

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    9780735527874

  • ISBN10:

    0735527873

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-08-01
  • Publisher: Wolters Kluwer
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Summary

Here at last is a welcome alternative To The lengthier texts often used to teach real estate law to paralegal students. it has a manageable length, along with unusually clear explanations and extra pedagogical support. Using steamlined discussions and highlighted examples, Helewitz makes even the most complex legal structures readily comprehensible to students at all levels. His excellent practice materials - including edited cases and analytical scenarios - ensure a thorough mastery of the material. The book's concise yet thorough coverage lets you easily shape the contents to any type of paralegal course. it is especially good fo briefer courses or those with state-specific supplements Content and Features Designed Specifically for Paralegal Students... a thorough yet manageable treatment of real estate law, covers Estates in Land and Future Interests; Rights and Incident to Titles in Realty; Land Use; Conveyancing; Real Estate Closing Procedures; Condominiums, Cooperatives, and Commerical Properties; Landlord-Tenant Law; and Personal Property a clear, practical approach for paralegals eliminates extraneous details and discussions, focusing on the role of the paralegal in real estate or general practice law offices A final chapter on personal property introduces students to essential topics in related areas of law, such as trusts, estates, and family law. Legal forms in each chapter provide students with examples and practice documents on a topic-by-topic basis Step-by-step chapter pedagogy reinforces the discussions for easier mastery, with chapter, overviiews, highlighted examples, key terms, practical tips, ethical points, and chapter summaries. Extensive practice and review features ensure that students retain the material, with end-of-chapter review points, exercises, activities, edited cases, and analytical situational analyses

Table of Contents

Preface xiii
Estates in Land and Future Interests
1(28)
Chapter Overview
1(1)
Classifications of Estates
2(10)
Freeholds
2(8)
Life Estates
10(1)
Leaseholds
11(1)
Future Interests
12(5)
Classifications
12(2)
The Rule Against Perpetuities
14(3)
Practical Tips
17(1)
Chapter Review
17(1)
Ethical Concern
18(1)
Key Terms
18(1)
Exercises
19(1)
Situational Analysis
19(1)
Edited Cases
19(10)
Rights Incident to Titles in Realty
29(22)
Chapter Overview
29(1)
Adverse Possession
30(3)
Surface Rights
33(1)
Water Rights
34(3)
Nuisance
37(1)
Fixtures
38(1)
Waste
39(2)
Emblements
41(1)
Practical Tips
42(1)
Chapter Overview
42(1)
Ethical Concern
43(1)
Key Terms
43(1)
Exercises
43(1)
Situational Analysis
44(1)
Edited Cases
44(7)
Land Use
51(22)
Chapter Overview
51(1)
Covenants
52(3)
Easements
55(3)
Licenses
58(1)
Duty of Care
59(1)
Zoning
60(4)
Practical Tips
64(1)
Chapter Review
65(1)
Ethical Concern
65(1)
Key Terms
66(1)
Exercises
66(1)
Situational Analysis
66(1)
Edited Cases
67(6)
Conveyancing
73(54)
Chapter Overview
73(1)
Contracts for the Sale of Realty
74(10)
Land Sales Contracts
74(10)
Deeds
84(4)
General Warranty Deed
86(1)
Special Warranty Deed
87(1)
Quitclaim Deed
87(1)
Mortgages
88(4)
Priorities and Recording Statutes
92(1)
Practical Tips
93(1)
Chapter Review
94(1)
Ethical Concern
94(1)
Key Terms
95(1)
Exercises
96(1)
Situational Analysis
96(1)
Edited Cases
96(31)
Real Estate Closing Procedures
127(34)
Chapter Overview
127(1)
Between the Contract for Sale and the Closing Date
128(7)
The Purchaser
128(2)
The Seller
130(5)
The Closing
135(1)
Post-Closing Procedures
136(1)
Practical Tips
136(1)
Chapter Review
137(1)
Ethical Concern
137(1)
Key Terms
137(1)
Exercises
137(1)
Situational Analysis
138(1)
Edited Cases
138(23)
Condominiums, Cooperatives, and Commercial Property
161(26)
Chapter Overview
161(1)
Condominiums
162(1)
Cooperatives
163(1)
Commercial Property
164(1)
Practical Tips
165(1)
Chapter Review
166(1)
Ethical Concern
166(1)
Key Terms
166(1)
Exercises
167(1)
Situational Analysis
167(1)
Edited Cases
167(20)
Landlord-Tenant Law
187(22)
Chapter Overview
187(1)
The Lease
187(4)
Tenant's Duties
191(2)
Landlord's Duties
193(1)
Assignments and Subleases
194(1)
Practical Tips
195(1)
Chapter Review
196(1)
Ethical Concern
196(1)
Key Terms
196(1)
Exercises
197(1)
Situational Analysis
197(1)
Edited Cases
197(12)
Personal Property
209(16)
Chapter Overview
209(1)
Categories of Personal Property
209(4)
General Tangibles
210(1)
Intangibles
210(3)
Methods of Transferring Personal Property
213(1)
Gifts
213(1)
Bailments
214(2)
Common Carriers and Innkeepers
216(1)
Other Issues
217(1)
Accession
217(1)
Confusion
218(1)
Practical Tips
218(1)
Chapter Review
218(1)
Ethical Concern
219(1)
Key Terms
219(1)
Exercises
220(1)
Situational Analysis
220(1)
Edited Cases
220(5)
Glossary 225(8)
Index 233

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