Property I (LAW-518-005)
Burke
Meets: 06:00 PM - 07:50 PM (TH) - Room 402
Enrolled: 77 / Limit: 95
Notices
Required 2nd-year JD, part-time
NOTE: The syllabus will be handed out at the first class meeting. Please read and be prepared to discuss the first class assingment, listed below.
Additionally, hardcopies of the syllabus are avaiable in the handout boxes in the 6th floor student lounge.
Description
A survey of the law of real and personal property; possession and present and future estates in land; the relationship between owners of successive interests in land; transmission of ownership between living persons; and conveyancing.
Textbooks and Other Materials
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First Class Readings
For the first class, please read and be prepared to discuss:
in Burke, Burkhart, & Helmholz, "Fundamentals of Property Law" (2d ed. 2004), pp. 1-9 (possession and wild animals), and pp. 9-18 (more on wild animals);
and in Burke, "Personal Property in a Nutshell" (3d ed. 2003), pp. 1-44 (possession and wild animals).