Property Law

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This hugely successful cases-and-problems book is acclaimed for its textual clarity, evenhanded perspective, and contemporary, up-to-date character. Easily distinguished from other property casebooks for its clear descriptions of legal doctrine and its variations; its explanations of the social ramifications of property law; its emphasis on both statutory and regulatory interpretation; 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 andlawyeringskills. Thoroughly updated to reflect significant changes in the law of property, the Seventh Edition incorporates multiple new Supreme Court cases, including: Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., Obergefellv. Hodges, andReed v. Town of Gilbert, and 3 decided or pending cases with implications for regulatory takings, Horne v.Dep'tof Agriculture, Marvin M. Brandt Revocable Trust v. United States, andMurrv. State.

Key Features:

• Updated to reflect significant changes in the law of property to help professors keep current and be aware of emerging disputes. These include multiple new Supreme Court cases:
  • Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., 135 S. Ct. 2507 (2015), upholding disparate impact claims under the Fair Housing Act;
  • Obergefellv. Hodges, 123 S. Ct. 2584 (2015), finding a constitutional right to same-sex marriage;
  • Reed v. Town of Gilbert, 135 S. Ct. 2218 (2015), broadly applying the First Amendment's free speech clause to sign regulations; and
  • three decided or pending cases with implications for regulatory takings, Horne v.Dep'tof Agriculture, 135 S. Ct. 2419 (2015), Marvin M. Brandt Revocable Trust v. United States, 134 S. Ct. 1257 (2014), andMurrv. State, 359Wis.2d675 (Wis. Ct. App. 2014), cert. granted sub nom.Murrv. Wisconsin, 136 S.Ct. 890 (2016).
• New materials and problems have been included in several areas:
  • Collisions between the sharing economy and servitude, zoning, and landlord-tenant law;
  • Questions of the inheritance rights of children born through assisted reproductive technology;
  • Continuing litigation over the Rails-to-Trails Act conversion of abandoned railroad tracks into recreational trails
  • Invalidation of the copyright on the Happy Birthday song;
  • Commonwealth v.Magadini, 52 N.E.3d 1041 (Mass. 2016), upholding a necessity defense to a trespass charge against a homeless man; and
  • The Revised Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, adopted in 2015.