Understanding Property Law

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
Chapter One: What Is Property?
Chapter Two: Jurisprudential Foundations of Property Law

PART II: RIGHTS IN PERSONAL PROPERTY
Chapter Three: Property Rights in Wild Animals
Chapter Four: Finders of Personal Property
Chapter Five: Gifts of Personal Property
Chapter Six: Intellectual Property
Chapter Seven: Other Personal Property Rules

PART III: ESTATES AND FUTURE INTERESTS
Chapter Eight: History of the Estates in Land System
Chapter Nine: Present Estates
Chapter Ten: Concurrent Ownership
Chapter Eleven: Marital Property
Chapter Twelve: Introduction to Future Interests
Chapter Thirteen: Future Interests Held by the Transferor
Chapter Fourteen: Future Interests Held by the Transferee

PART IV: LANDLORD AND TENANT
Chapter Fifteen: Introduction to Landlord-Tenant Law
Chapter Sixteen: Creation of the Tenancy
Chapter Seventeen: Condition of Leased Premises
Chapter Eighteen: Transfer of Leasehold Interest
Chapter Nineteen: Termination of the Tenancy

PART V: THE SALE OF LAND
Chapter Twenty: The Sales Contract
Chapter Twenty-One: Condition of the Property
Chapter Twenty-Two: The Mortgage
Chapter Twenty-Three: The Deed
Chapter Twenty-Four: Fundamentals of Land Title
Chapter Twenty-Five: The Recording System
Chapter Twenty-Six: Methods of Title Assurance

PART VI: OTHER TRANSFERS OF LAND TITLE
Chapter Twenty-Seven: Adverse Possession
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Transfer of Property at Death

PART VII: OWNERS AND NEIGHBORS
Chapter Twenty-Nine: Nuisance
Chapter Thirty: Trespass
Chapter Thirty-One: Surface, Subsurface, and Air Space Rights

PART VIII: LAND USE CONTROLS - PRIVATE
Chapter Thirty-Two: Easements
Chapter Thirty-Three: Real Covenants
Chapter Thirty-Four: Equitable Servitudes
Chapter Thirty-Five: Condominiums and Other Common Interest Communities

PART IX: LAND USE CONTROLS - PUBLIC
Chapter Thirty-Six: Fundamentals of Zoning
Chapter Thirty-Seven: Tools for Zoning Flexibility
Chapter Thirty-Eight: Modern Zoning Controversies
Chapter Thirty-Nine: Eminent Domain
Chapter Forty: Land Use Regulation and the Takings Clause
Table of Cases
Index