FAMU Law Library Required Courses Materials Guide: Property

Emanuel CrunchTime provides the right information, in the right format, at the right time to prepare for exams. Based on the trusted Emanuel Law Outlines developed by a Harvard law student (while he was in law school), Emanuel CrunchTime skillfully employs flow charts so you can walk step-by-step through the major principles and topics in the course in a pattern that can be used to analyze any exam question.

Property: Examples & Explanations is a study aid that offers clear textual introductions to legal terms and concepts in property law, followed by examples and explanations that test and apply the reader's understanding of the material covered. Features: Eminently clear and readable text Examples and explanations enable students to test and apply their understanding of the material covered in each chapter

The Siegel's Series works through key topics in a Q&A format, providing anadditional source for self-quizzing. A proven resource for high performance,each title in this exam-prep series contains multiple-choice questions andanswers, as well as essay questions with model answers.Siegel's Features:Multiple choice questions with model answersEssay questions with model answersAvailable for all major subjects and electivesGreat for exam prep

This study guide contains over 150 multiple-choice and short answer questions as well as a comprehensive "practice final exam" - to help you prepare for course study and for your final property exam. Each multiple-choice question is accompanied by a detailed answer that indicates which of four options is the best answer and explains, in detail, why that option is better than the other three. Each short answer question (designed to be answered in no more than fifteen minutes) is followed by a thoughtful, yet brief, model answer.

Following the format of the highly successful Glannon Guide series, The Glannon Guide to Property: Learning Property Through Multiple-Choice Questions and Analysis provides a concise, clear, and effective review of property topics through the use of multiple-choice questions. After each question the author explains how the correct choice was chosen, so that students learn how to analyze exam questions while they review course material.

Wendel's Possessory Estates and Future Interests Primer presents a methodology for teaching estates, land, and future interests and gives students an analytical approach to the rules. The text emphasizes the methodology of analysis by using problems and having the students work through the process of analysis. The text also: Looks at six basic possessory estates and their future interests (pre-1536) Explores contingent remainders, tests, and alternatives Suggests instructions for analyzing conveyances Examines transferability of the pre-1536 possessory estates and future interests

This study aid presents eight examinations pertaining to property rules and their application. The book contains 200 objective questions; all are actual final exam questions being released for the first time. Each exam consists of 25 objective problems and includes tear-out answer sheets to simulate exam conditions. The accompanying answers and detailed analysis foster a better understanding of each rule and how to apply it.

This study aid uses outline-like checklists to lead students through the analytical steps necessary to evaluate and resolve property issues. Each chapter begins with a review and explanation of the important rules, concepts, and principles that govern a particular area of property law. The review material is then synthesized into a checklist. Each chapter concludes with practice problems and solutions that illustrate how students can use the checklist to analyze property issues when writing their exams. The systematic analytical approach represented by the checklists in this book is unique among study aids.

Understanding Property Law is a comprehensive and authoritative treatise from our Understanding series that is suitable for use in conjunction with any Property casebook. Features include:

Complete coverage of all standard property topics, including landlord-tenant law, adverse possession, rights in personal property, estates and future interests, marital property, land sale transactions, servitudes, nuisance, zoning, takings, and other land use issues;
Analysis of cutting-edge topics, such as property rights in human bodies, current takings issues, the new Restatement (Third) of Property (Servitudes), rights and duties of homeowners' associations, and property rights in personal names and likenesses;
Discussion of the policy and historical underpinnings of property law doctrines; and
Clear writing and detailed organization to facilitate student understanding of both basic concepts and controversial topics.

Understand better what you're learning in Property class and prepare effectively for exams by applying concepts as you learn them. This study guide includes 170 multiple-choice and short-answer questions arranged topically for ease of use during the semester, plus an additional set of 50 questions comprising a comprehensive "practice exam."

For each multiple-choice question, Professor Nagle provides a detailed answer that indicates which of four options is the best answer and explains thoroughly why that option is better than the other three options. Each short-answer question is designed to be answered in fifteen minutes or less, and each question has a thoughtful, comprehensive, yet brief model answer.

Mastering Property Law is a precise, practical guide to the fundamental rules of law underlying the basic property law course. Useful with any casebook, the text focuses on the common law developments of property from the beginning of the English system through our modern times. This concise introduction to the subject matter includes chapters on gifts; possessory estates and future interests; zoning and more. The book provides readers with clear rule statements, examples, diagrams, and other learning devices to assure that they are equipped with a strong foundation that will ensure success in their coursework, in preparing for the bar, and ultimately as practicing attorneys.

Skills & Values: Property Law allows students to experience the connection among theory, doctrine, and practice in property law. The exercises provide an opportunity for studying concepts from the perspective of a practicing attorney who must not only know the law, but also employ lawyering skills and values - such as legal strategy, factual development, advocacy, counseling, drafting, problem solving, and ethical principles - in zealously representing a client.

This efficient and exceedingly effective guide to Property takes difficult subject matter and makes it accessible and easy to remember. Prof. Paula Franzese, a nationally-renown teacher and scholar, sets forth understandable techniques for mastering estates in land and future interests (including the dreaded rule against perpetuities), concurrent estates, landlord-tenant law, servitudes, land transactions, recording system, zoning and eminent domain. Learn from the unprecedented nine-time recipient of the Professor of the Year Award, and become a Property connoisseur!

The Law of Property provides an incisive and clear summary of the doctrine and theory animating the law of private property. The book is organized around three main themes: acquiring property, dividing property, and limiting rights in property. Specific topics include, the law of capture, creation, adverse possession, estates and future interests, concurrent ownership, marital property, leaseholds, land transfers, recordation, easements, covenants, land use controls, and the Takings Clause, among others. The book synthesizes these diverse topics by highlighting the overarching themes that join them together. It is essential reading for any property student, and can be used in conjunction with any leading property casebook. The Second Edition features new cutting-edge property topics including a recent Supreme Court case interpreting the Takings Clause, and disputes around hydrofracking and short-term rentals (like Airbnb). It has been edited to account for changes to marital property following new constitutional law on same-sex marriage. It now includes references to the Sprankling & Coletta casebook, as well as updated citations to the most recent editions of the leading casebooks.

This concise work discusses most rules covered in real property casebooks. The text is divided into three sections. Part One provides an overview of property interests by covering lost v. mislaid v. abandoned property, adverse possession, gifts, common law estates, future interests, landlord-tenant law, concurrent ownership, marital property rights, easements, profits, licenses, real covenants, and equitable servitudes. Part Two covers conveyancing, including real estate brokers, contracts of sale, deeds, recording, title insurance, and mortgages. Part Three covers a variety of property rights and liabilities, including airspace, water rights, the right to support, agreed boundaries, fixtures, trespass, nuisance, and land use regulation.

This title is a comprehensive, one-volume introduction to the modern law of real property. Each chapter begins with an overview of rules and concepts, followed by a series of problems and exercises designed to demonstrate how the rules and concepts apply in real situations. Each problem is followed by a comprehensive analysis of the legal issues raised, including citations of the relevant cases and statutes. This edition has been fully updated to reflect current developments.

This study aid presents eight examinations pertaining to property rules and their application. The book contains 200 objective questions; all are actual final exam questions being released for the first time. Each exam consists of 25 objective problems and includes tear-out answer sheets to simulate exam conditions. The accompanying answers and detailed analysis foster a better understanding of each rule and how to apply it.