Understanding property law /

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Author / Creator:Sprankling, John G., 1950- author.
Edition:Fourth edition.
Imprint:Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2017]
©2017
Description:xviii, 791 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language:English
Series:[The understanding series]
Understanding series (New York, N.Y.)
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10991762
Related Items:Revision of: Understanding property law.
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ISBN:9781522105572
1522105573
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • What is "property"?
  • Jurisprudential foundations of property law
  • Property rights in wild animals
  • Finders of personal property
  • Gifts of personal property
  • Intellectual property
  • Other personal property rules
  • History of estates in land system
  • Present estates
  • Concurrent ownership
  • Marital property
  • Introduction to future interests
  • Future interests held by the transferor
  • Future interests held by the transferee
  • Introduction to landlord-tenant law
  • Creation of the tenancy
  • Condition of leased premises
  • Transfer of leasehold interest
  • Termination of the tenancy
  • The sales contract
  • Condition of the property
  • The mortgage
  • The deed
  • Fundamentals of land title
  • The recording system
  • Methods of title assurance
  • Adverse possession
  • Transfer of property at death
  • Nuisance
  • Trespass
  • Surface, subsurface, and airspace rights
  • Easements
  • Real covenants
  • Equitable servitudes
  • Condominiums and other common interest communities
  • Fundamentals of zoning
  • Tools for zoning flexibility
  • Modern land use controversies
  • Eminent domain
  • Land use regulation and the takings clause.