Book Description

A concise edition of the legendary casebook, Property: Concise Edition, Third Edition is perfectly suited for use in a four-credit course. Jesse Dukeminier’s trademark wit, passion, and human interest perspective has made Property, now in its Ninth Edition, one of the best—and best loved—casebooks of all time. A unique blend of authority and good humor, you’ll find a moveable feast of visual interest, compelling cases, and timely coverage of contemporary issues. The updated third edition includes extremely relevant updates featuring: New Cases: Supreme Court cases—U.S. Patent Office v. Booking.com: This is a major new trademark case; Murr v. Wisconsin: takings case Other new cases—Commonwealth v. Magadini (Mass. S. Jud. CT. trespass case, replaces State v. Shack); Mund v. English (easement by estoppel case, replacing Kienzle v. Myers); more Note cases: City of Boise (recent 9th Cir. decision regarding rights of homeless persons to housing); Cowpasture River Preservation (2020 U.S. S. Ct. decision re easement or fee in Atlantic Coast Pipeline controversy); Friends of Danny DeVito v. Wolf (2020 Pa. S. Ct. decision re takings attack on temporary COVID business moratorium) New Topics: COVID-19: implications of COVID for various aspects of Property law, e.g., moratoria on tenant evictions, mortgage foreclosure, takings law Property rights of those experiencing homelessness Legal matters regarding shared housing/Airbnb African-American “heirs’ property” and partition Revisions/Clarifications: Revised and clarified aspects of Chapter 10 (Servitudes) More on the Fair Housing Act Some new problems in Chapter 6 (Landlord/Tenant) New Photos and Graphics: Detailed graphics on redlining CasebookConnect features: ONLINE E-BOOK Law school comes with a lot of reading, so access your enhanced e-book anytime, anywhere to keep up with your coursework. Highlight, take notes in the margins, and search the full text to quickly find coverage of legal topics. PRACTICE QUESTIONS Quiz yourself before class and prep for your exam in the Study Center. Practice questions from Examples & Explanations, Emanuel Law Outlines, Emanuel Law in a Flash flashcards, and other best-selling study aid series help you study for exams while tracking your strengths and weaknesses to help optimize your study time. OUTLINE TOOL Most professors will tell you that starting your outline early is key to being successful in your law school classes. The Outline Tool automatically populates your notes and highlights from the e-book into an editable format to accelerate your outline creation and increase study time later in the semester.