Property Law: Rules, Policies, and Practices

Professor Singer's innovative property casebook offers succinct explanations of complex subjects and technical rules as it clarifies and updates policy discussions. With special emphasis on current issues and social concerns that distinguished the inaugural edition, "Property Law", Second Edition, pays special attention to the needs of first-year students.Singer encourages students to think about property in terms of contemporary social issues as well as individual rights, with problems that replicate how issues are handled in the real world. Current cases and fact situations that could be drawn from the daily newspaper (factory closings, welfare benefits, sexual orientation, environmental protection, neighbors' challenge to landlords who allow property to be used for drug activities, etc.) enliven class discussion.To make "Property Law" an even stronger teaching and learning tool,-- combines coverage of servitudes and future interests in one chapter with new problems-- reorganizes the Fair Housing chapter to make it easier to teach; it now starts with discriminatory treatment-- includes Dolan v. Tigard, Bennis v. Michigan, Smith v. Fair Employment and Housing Division, and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1996In 13 chapters ranging from Competing Claims to Original Acquisition and Allocation of Property Rights to Property in People, Singer covers all the traditional property topics, plus important issues like American Indian law and discrimination law. Accompanied by an excellent Teacher's Manual that offers sample syllabi, answers to every question and problem, and tips for new teachers, "Property Law", Second Edition, is sure to be a welcomedaddition to your class.