Property
- ISBN-10
- 0735589356
- ISBN-13
- 9780735589353
- Series
- Property
- Category
- Adjoining landowners
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Author
- Joseph William Singer
Description
Property, Third Edition, is an extremely accessible student treatisewritten by Professor Joseph William Singer, the well-known and highly regardedauthor of the popular casebook, Property Law: Rules, Policies, and Practices. This overview of property law addresses both classic and contemporary topicscovered in the first-year property course in a straightforward format andoffers clear explanations of property law through textual treatment, withnumerous examples, as well as analytical discussion of key cases and issuesfollowed by hypotheticals.Exceptional in its coverage and accessibility, this property law treatise:Clearly explains both classic and contemporary property rules anddoctrine through a textual treatment, describing complicated property laws ina lively, contemporary manne r.Features margin notes to easily direct students to key concepts andideas within the text.Includes numerous examples ( including modern case examples ) to helpstudents understand the law.Prepares students for class and for exams by modeling correct answersto hard cases in which the law is unclear. By reading short summaries of thestrongest arguments on both sides, students learn real-world skills foranalyzing problems .Emphasizes disagreements among states about the applicable rules ofproperty law, with explanations on why states adopt different rules.Teaches students to spot issues by explaining how courts interpretambiguous elements in rules and identifying situations likely to give riseto exceptions.The Third Edition features:A new section on the subprime mortgage crisis that provides a contemporarylook at property law (includes a discussion of the Massachusetts SJC caseCommonwealth v. Fremont ).Material on the Harry Potter copyright case ( Warner Bros.Entertainment, Inc. & J.K. Rowling v. RDR Books ).Recent Oregon land-use ballot initiatives regarding property owners' rights(Measures 37 and 49) and their impact.A new case on ownership issues surrounding Civil War-era papers oncebelonging to the governors of South Carolina ( Wilcox v. Stroup ).When your students need extra help, steer them to a reliable, scholarlyresource by recommending this comprehensive yet easily comprehensible treatise.
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