Property

<p> Widely regarded as one of the best casebooks available for any law school course, <b>Property</b>, now in its <b>Seventh Edition</b>, combines a traditional doctrinal approach with wit, erudition, and an engaging human-interest perspective that make teaching and learning Property Law a great pleasure. <br /> <br /><b>Admired for generations, his landmark casebook features:</b> </p> <ul> <li> <b>a dynamic yet traditional pedagogy</b> that includes cases, text, questions, problems, visual illustrations, and vibrant examples </li> <li> <b>a flexible, modular organization</b> that allows the book to easily adapt to a range of syllabi and course credit hours </li> <li> <b>comprehensive coverage that encompasses the full range of property topics</b> , with in-depth treatments of estates and future interests, servitudes, and land-use controls </li> <li> <b>cartoons and photographs that present humorous asides and visual commentary</b> at appropriate intervals within the text </li> <li> <b>an accessible and unobtrusive “economic lens”</b> for critically thinking about property issues </li> <li> <b>www.dukeminier-property.com</b>, a substantial <b>companion website for adopters and their students</b> that features videos, photos, links, and other online resources providing additional background, illustrations, and explanations of the materials covered in the casebook; icons placed throughout the casebook indicate that the website contains information of interest to the particular material </li> <li> <b>an excellent and detailed Teacher’s Manual</b> that briefs every principal case and reading in the book, answers every question and problem in the book, and provides the authors’ analyses and observations regarding the material at hand </li> </ul> <p> <b>Updated throughout, the Seventh Edition provides</b>: </p> <ul> <li> <b>major changes to the proposed new Restatement (Third) of Property</b> —highlighted, to simplify the system of estates and future interests </li> <li> <b>additional visual aids and problems in the estates and future interests chapters</b> </li> <li> <b>a fresh look at marital property law</b>, including the recent gay marriage case from the Iowa Supreme Court </li> <li> <b>simplified coverage of servitudes</b>, particularly covenants and equitable servitudes </li> <li> <b>new signposts in every chapter that link topics in the casebook to sources on the website</b> </li> <li> recent developments in the law governing the <b>landlord-tenant relationship in government-assisted housing</b> </li> <li> a timely view of the <b>mortgage crisis and changes in real estate financing </b> </li> <li> streamlined coverage of <b>zoning flexibility </b> </li> <li> a new case and material on <b>Religious Land Use</b> and the <b> Institutionalized Persons Act</b> </li> <li> updates in <b>land use regulation, environmental law, climate change</b> , and <b>“smart growth”</b> </li> <li> <b>icons added throughout the text</b> to indicate which materials have <b>online counterparts</b> on the companion website, <br /><b>www.dukeminier-property.com</b> </li> </ul> <p> An iconic book with a contemporary feel,<b> Property, Seventh Edition</b> , resonates with the late <b>Jesse Dukeminier’s</b> original wit and wisdom. New co-authors <b>Gregory Alexander</b> and <b>Michael Schill</b> keep it fresh, sharp, and up to date with this thoughtful and thorough revision. <br /> <br /> </p> <p> *Teacher's Manuals are a professional courtesy offered to professors only. For more information or to request a copy, please contact Aspen Publishers at 800-950-5259 or [email protected]. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>