Cases and Materials on American Property Law

Author: Sheldon Kurtz
Published: March 2003
Publisher: West Group
ISBN: 0314263764
Hardcover Book
Number of Pages: 1216

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This law school casebook provides updated and revised materials on property rights. Included are materials on human embryos and human body parts, updated materials on gifts, including gifts of engagement rings, as well as updated materials on tenancy by the entirety. Readers will also find completely revised and updated coverage of the law of takings and zoning, including all Supreme Court decisions through 2002, and expanded and updated coverage of the law of housing discrimination, with increased attention to state and local law issues, as well as handicapped and age discrimination under the federal Fair Housing Act.

Table of ContentsAcquisition of Property Rights: A First Look

Some Rights, Powers and Obligations of Possessors

Adverse Possession

Estates in Land and Future Interests

Concurrent Estates

Property and Cohabitants

Leasehold Estates

"Private" Controls of Land Use: Servitudes

"Private" Controls of Land Use: The Law of Nuisance

Takings, Deliberate and Inadvertent

"Public" Controls of Land Use: An Introduction to Zoning and Land Use Planning

The Land of Housing Discrimination

Public Regulation of Community Ownership: Condominiums and Cooperatives

Voluntary Transfers of Interests in Real Property: The Real Estate Transaction

Voluntary Transfers of Interests in Real Property: Conveyancing by Deed

Assuring Good Title

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