Property Law: Rules Policies & Practices, Fifth Edition

his hugely successful cases-and-problems book, acclaimed for its textual clarity and socially progressive but evenhanded perspective and its contemporary, up-to-date character, is easily distinguished from other property casebooks through its explanations of the social ramifications of property law; its inclusion of numerous statutes and its emphasis on both statutory interpretation and the interrelationship between common law and statutes and regulation; its comprehensive treatment of public accommodations and fair housing law, current tribal property issues, and property in human bodies; and its use of the problem method to teach legal reasoning and lawyering skills.

Outstanding features of Property Law: Rules, Policies, and Practices, written by Professor Joseph William Singer, a highly regarded authority in the field, include:

• well-written notes with clear explanations of the law so students can learn complicated rules easily
• strong coverage of civil rights law (fair housing and public accommodations law)
• strong coverage of statutes, regulations, and statutory interpretation
• problem-oriented approach, applying concepts, rules, and doctrines to new situations one might find in practice, with problems updated to be current
• recent cases and interesting fact situations

Meticulously and thoughtfully updated and refined, the Fifth Edition offers:

• reorganized chapter sequence
• new cases, among them:
  • Commonwealth v. Fremont Investment & Loan (on subprime lending)
  • Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. & J.K. Rowling v. RDR Books (on the Harry Potter copyright case)
  • Wilcox v. Stroub (on ownership of the papers of Confederate governors of South Carolina)
• timely updates throughout, among them:
  • information on Measure 37 in Oregon (and Measure 49)
  • changes in mortgages law following the subprime crisis
  • changes in adverse possession law in Colorado and New York
  • fuller coverage of the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act
  • changes in the law of same sex marriage
  • state legislative and constitutional responses to Kelo and substantial changes in the rule against perpetuities
  • reorganization of some of the takings materials to be fully consistent with recently emerging Supreme Court standards in Lingle
• more problems involving problem solving or planning rather than focusing exclusively on litigation