Understanding property law / John Sprankling, Distinguished Professor of Law, University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law.
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Title
Understanding property law / John Sprankling, Distinguished Professor of Law, University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law.
Published
Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2017]
Call Number
KF561 .S67 2017
Edition
Fourth edition.
ISBN
9781522105572 (alk. paper)
1522105573 (alk. paper)
1522105573 (alk. paper)
Description
xviii, 791 pages ; 26 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)960940360
Summary
"[This book features]...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; [and] discussion of the policy and historical underpinnings of property law doctrines."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface
xvii
ch. 1
What Is "Property"?
3
1.01.
"Unanswerable" Question?
3
1.02.
Property and Law
4
1.03.
Defining Property: What Types of "Rights" Among People?
6
1.04.
Defining Property: Rights in What "Things"?
10
ch. 2
Jurisprudential Foundations of Property Law
13
2.01.
Why Recognize Private Property?
13
2.02.
First Occupancy (aka First Possession)
15
2.03.
Labor-Desert Theory
17
2.04.
Utilitarianism: Traditional Theory
18
2.05.
Utilitarianism: Law and Economics Approach
20
2.06.
Liberty or Civic Republican Theory
22
2.07.
Personhood Theory
23
ch. 3
Property Rights in Wild Animals
25
3.01.
Origin of Property Rights
25
3.02.
Capture Rule In General
26
3.03.
Evaluation of the Capture Rule
30
3.04.
Rights of Landowners
31
3.05.
Regulation by Government
32
ch. 4
Finders of Personal Property
35
4.01.
Finders as Owners
35
4.02.
Who Is a "Finder"?
36
4.03.
Categories of "Found" Property
37
4.04.
Rights of Finder against Original Owner
39
4.05.
Rights of Finder against Third Persons Generally
41
4.06.
Rights of Finder against Landowner
42
4.07.
Statutes Defining Rights of Finders
45
ch. 5
Gifts of Personal Property
47
5.01.
Gifts in Context
47
5.02.
What Is a Gift?
48
5.03.
Gifts Inter Vivos
48
5.04.
Gifts Causa Mortis
55
5.05.
Restrictions on Donor's Autonomy
56
ch. 6
Intellectual Property
57
6.01.
Introduction
58
6.02.
Copyrights
59
6.03.
Patents
64
6.04.
Trademarks
69
6.05.
Trade Secrets
73
6.06.
Rights in News: International News Service v. Associated Press
74
6.07.
Rights of Publicity
75
6.08.
Rights in Domain Names
76
6.09.
Moral Rights of Artists
77
ch. 7
Other Personal Property Rules
79
7.01.
Accession
80
7.02.
Adverse Possession of Personal Property
81
7.03.
Bailments
83
7.04.
Bona Fide Purchasers
86
7.05.
Property Rights in Body Parts
88
7.06.
Trespass to Chattels
95
ch. 8
History of the Estates in Land System
97
8.01.
Estates System
98
8.02.
Defining "Estate" and "Future Interest"
98
8.03.
Property Law in Feudal England
98
8.04.
Property Law in Post-Feudal England
103
8.05.
Estates in Land in the Early United States
106
8.06.
Trends in Modern Law Governing Estates in Land
108
ch. 9
Present Estates
111
9.01.
Byzantine System
112
9.02.
Creation of Estates
112
9.03.
Classifying Estates
113
9.04.
Estates: Freehold or Nonfreehold?
113
9.05.
Basic Categories of Freehold Estates
114
9.06.
Freehold Estates: Absolute or Defeasible?
123
9.07.
Freehold Estates: Legal or Equitable?
130
9.08.
Restrictions on Transfer: Rule Against Restraints on Alienation
131
9.09.
Restriction on Use: Waste
132
ch. 10
Concurrent Ownership
135
10.01.
Nature of Concurrent Ownership
136
10.02.
Types of Concurrent Estates
136
10.03.
Rights and Duties of Cotenants
145
10.04.
Termination of Concurrent Estates
149
ch. 11
Marital Property
153
11.01.
Gender and Marital Property
154
11.02.
Traditional Common Law System
154
11.03.
Modern Common Law System
157
11.04.
Community Property System
164
11.05.
Conflict between the Systems: The Problem of Migrating Couples
167
11.06.
Attempts to Avoid the Systems: Premarital Agreements
168
11.07.
Future of Marital Property Law?: Uniform Marital Property Act
168
11.08.
Same-Sex Marriage
169
11.09.
Rights of Unmarried Couples
169
ch. 12
Introduction to Future Interests
173
12.01.
Future Interests in Context
173
12.02.
What Is a Future Interest?
174
12.03.
Why Create a Future Interest?
174
12.04.
Types of Future Interests
175
12.05.
Classifying Future Interests: An Overview
177
12.06.
Common Law Approach to Future Interests
178
12.07.
Modern Future Interest Legislation
179
12.08.
Contemporary Relevance of Future Interests
179
ch. 13
Future Interests Held by the Transferor
181
13.01.
Three Future Interests
181
13.02.
Types of Future Interests
182
13.03.
Transfer of Interest
184
13.04.
Other Rights of Interest Holder
184
13.05.
Modern Reforms
185
ch. 14
Future Interests Held by the Transferee
187
14.01.
Intricate Common Law Maze
188
14.02.
Classifying Future Interests Held by the Transferee
189
14.03.
Remainders
190
14.04.
Executory Interests
197
14.05.
Consequences of the Distinction between Remainders and Executory Interests
200
14.06.
Creation of Interests
201
14.07.
Transfer of Interests
201
14.08.
Other Rights of Interest Holders
202
14.09.
Four Special Restrictions on Contingent Future Interests Held by Transferees
204
14.10.
Rule Against Perpetuities: At Common Law
205
14.11.
Rule Against Perpetuities: Modern Reforms
216
14.12.
Doctrine of Worthier Title
219
14.13.
Rule in Shelley's Case
221
14.14.
Destructibility of Contingent Remainders
222
ch. 15
Introduction to Landlord-Tenant Law
223
15.01.
Landlord-Tenant Law in Context
224
15.02.
What Is a Leasehold Estate?
224
15.03.
Leasehold Estate Distinguished from Nonpossessory Interests
225
15.04.
Historical Evolution of Landlord-Tenant Law
226
15.05.
Categories of Leasehold Estates
228
15.06.
Modern Revolution in Landlord-Tenant Law
235
ch. 16
Creation of the Tenancy
241
16.01.
Lease
242
16.02.
Selection of Tenants
244
16.03.
Tenant's Duty to Pay Rent
248
16.04.
Landlord's Duty to Deliver Possession
253
16.05.
Tenant's Duty to Occupy
255
ch. 17
Condition of Leased Premises
257
17.01.
"Let the Tenant Beware"?
258
17.02.
Common Law Foundation
259
17.03.
Problem of Substandard Housing
262
17.04.
Constructive Eviction
263
17.05.
Illegal Lease Doctrine
269
17.06.
Implied Warranty of Habitability: New Common Law
269
17.07.
Statutory Warranty of Habitability
277
17.08.
Landlord Liability for Personal Injury
278
17.09.
Fixtures
281
ch. 18
Transfer of Leasehold Interest
283
18.01.
Transfers in General
284
18.02.
Distinguishing between Assignment and Sublease
284
18.03.
Assignment
286
18.04.
Sublease
289
18.05.
Should the Assignment-Sublease Distinction Be Abolished?
291
18.06.
Tenant's Right to Assign or Sublease
291
18.07.
Transfers by Landlord
298
ch. 19
Termination of the Tenancy
299
19.01.
Struggle for Possession
300
19.02.
Surrender
301
19.03.
Abandonment
301
19.04.
Landlord's Right to Terminate Lease
309
19.05.
Self-Help Eviction
314
19.06.
Ejectment
317
19.07.
Summary Eviction Proceedings
318
ch. 20
Sales Contract
321
20.01.
Anatomy of a Sales Transaction
322
20.02.
Role of the Attorney
325
20.03.
Role of the Real Estate Broker
326
20.04.
Requirements for Valid Contract
328
20.05.
Typical Sales Contract
334
20.06.
Contract Provisions on Title
335
20.07.
Contract Provisions on Financing
341
20.08.
Closing the Transaction
343
20.09.
Remedies for Breach of Contract
344
ch. 21
Condition of the Property
349
21.01.
"Let the Buyer Beware"?
349
21.02.
Seller's Duty to Disclose Defects
350
21.03.
Broker's Duty to Disclose Defects
356
21.04.
Builder's Implied Warranty of Quality
357
21.05.
Risk of Loss before Conveyance
359
ch. 22
Mortgage
363
22.01.
Role of Security for Debt
364
22.02.
What Is a Mortgage?
365
22.03.
Evolution of the Mortgage
366
22.04.
Creation of a Mortgage
367
22.05.
Secured Obligation
369
22.06.
Priority of the Mortgage
371
22.07.
Transfer of the Mortgage
372
22.08.
Discharge of the Mortgage
374
22.09.
Foreclosure of the Mortgage
374
22.10.
Rights after Foreclosure
379
22.11.
Other Security Devices
383
ch. 23
Deed
387
23.01.
Deed in Context
388
23.02.
Evolution of the Deed
388
23.03.
Types of Deeds
389
23.04.
Requirements for Valid Deed
391
23.05.
Interpretation of Deeds
402
23.06.
Recordation of Deeds
403
23.07.
Effect of Forgery
403
23.08.
Effect of Fraud
404
23.09.
Estoppel by Deed
405
ch. 24
Fundamentals of Land Title
407
24.01.
Problem of Conflicting Title Claims
408
24.02.
General Rule: First in Time Prevails
409
24.03.
First Exception to General Rule: Subsequent Bona Fide Purchaser Prevails
409
24.04.
Who Is a Bona Fide Purchaser? Notice Jurisdictions a
410
24.05.
Who Is a Bona Fide Purchaser?: Race-Notice Jurisdictions
414
24.06.
What Constitutes Notice?
415
24.07.
Second Exception to General Rule: The "Shelter Rule"
419
24.08.
Special Rule for Race Jurisdictions: First Purchaser for Value to Record Prevails
419
24.09.
Why Protect the Bona Fide Purchaser?
420
ch. 25
Recording System
423
25.01.
Recording System in Context
423
25.02.
Purposes of the Recording System
424
25.03.
Anatomy of the Recording System
425
25.04.
Procedure for Recording Documents
426
25.05.
Procedure for Searching Title
427
25.06.
Recorded Documents That Provide Notice
431
25.07.
Recorded Documents That Do Not Provide Notice
431
25.08.
Effect of Marketable Title Acts
439
25.09.
Technology and the Future of the Recording System
440
ch. 26
Methods of Title Assurance
443
26.01.
Title Assurance in Context
444
26.02.
Covenants of Title
444
26.03.
Title Opinions and Abstracts
453
26.04.
Title Insurance Policies
454
26.05.
Registration of Title
462
ch. 27
Adverse Possession
465
27.01.
"Title by Theft"?
466
27.02.
Evolution of Adverse Possession
466
27.03.
Requirements for Adverse Possession
467
27.04.
Procedural Aspects of Adverse Possession
477
27.05.
Special Restrictions on Adverse Possession
477
27.06.
Policy Rationales for Adverse Possession
479
ch. 28
Transfer of Property at Death
483
28.01.
Death And Property
484
28.02.
Will
484
28.03.
Trust
487
28.04.
Intestate Succession
493
28.05.
Escheat
496
ch. 29
Nuisance
499
29.01.
"An Impenetrable Jungle"?
500
29.02.
What Is a Private Nuisance?
501
29.03.
Evolution of Nuisance Law
503
29.04.
Elements of Private Nuisance
504
29.05.
Defenses to Liability for Private Nuisance
509
29.06.
Remedies for Private Nuisance
510
29.07.
Public Nuisance
514
ch. 30
Trespass
517
30.01.
Right to Exclude
517
30.02.
What Is a Trespass?
519
30.03.
Trespass and Rights of Migrant Farmworkers
521
30.04.
Trespass and Freedom of Speech
522
30.05.
Trespass and Beach Access
524
30.06.
Encroachments
525
30.07.
Good Faith Improvers
526
ch. 31
Surface, Subsurface, and Airspace Rights
529
31.01.
Attributes of Ownership
529
31.02.
Water Rights
530
31.03.
Public Trust Doctrine
534
31.04.
Right to Support
535
31.05.
Boundary Line Doctrines
537
31.06.
Subsurface Rights
538
31.07.
Airspace Rights: How High?
541
ch. 32
Easements
543
32.01.
Easement in Context
544
32.02.
What Is an Easement?
546
32.03.
Express Easements
548
32.04.
Easements Implied from Prior Existing Use
550
32.05.
Easements by Necessity
553
32.06.
Prescriptive Easements
557
32.07.
Irrevocable Licenses or "Easements by Estoppel"
561
32.08.
Other Types of Easements
563
32.09.
Scope of Easements
564
32.10.
Transfer of Easements
566
32.11.
Termination of Easements
567
32.12.
Negative Easements
569
32.13.
Licenses
571
32.14.
Profits a Prendre
572
ch. 33
Real Covenants
573
33.01.
Birth of Private Land Use Planning
574
33.02.
What Is a Real Covenant?
575
33.03.
Policy Implications of Private Land Use Restrictions
576
33.04.
Creation of a Real Covenant
577
33.05.
Termination of Real Covenants
588
33.06.
Remedies for Breach of Real Covenants
589
33.07.
Scholarly Perspectives on Real Covenants
590
33.08.
Restatement (Third) of Property: Servitudes
591
ch. 34
Equitable Servitudes
593
34.01.
Equitable Servitude in Context
594
34.02.
What Is an Equitable Servitude?
595
34.03.
Evolution of the Equitable Servitude
596
34.04.
Creation of an Equitable Servitude
597
34.05.
Special Problem: Equitable Servitudes and the Subdivision
601
34.06.
Termination of Equitable Servitudes
604
34.07.
Remedies for Breach of Equitable Servitudes
610
34.08.
Restatement (Third) of Property: Servitudes
610
ch. 35
Condominiums and Other Common Interest Communities
613
35.01.
New Model of Home Ownership
613
35.02.
Types of Common Interest Communities
615
35.03.
Restrictive Covenants and the Common Interest Community
616
35.04.
Owners Association
623
ch. 36
Fundamentals of Zoning
627
36.01.
Land Use Revolution
627
36.02.
What Is "Zoning"?
628
36.03.
Birth of Zoning
629
36.04.
Sample Zoning Ordinance
631
36.05.
Constitutionality of Zoning
633
36.06.
Zoning and the Nonconforming Use
636
36.07.
Zoning and Vested Rights
639
ch. 37
Tools for Zoning Flexibility
641
37.01.
Modern Approach to Zoning
642
37.02.
Zoning Amendments
643
37.03.
Variances
648
37.04.
Special Exceptions (aka Conditional or Special Uses)
651
37.05.
New Zoning Tools
653
37.06.
Subdivision Process
655
ch. 38
Modern Land Use Controversies
657
38.01.
From "Zoning" to Land Use Regulation
658
38.02.
Zoning and the Constitutional Framework
659
38.03.
"Family" Zoning
662
38.04.
Exclusionary Zoning
667
38.05.
Aesthetic Zoning
672
38.06.
Growth Control and Zoning
675
38.07.
Environmental Regulation
676
ch. 39
Eminent Domain
681
39.01.
Eminent Domain in Context
681
39.02.
Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment: "Nor Shall Private Property Be Taken for Public Use, without Just Compensation"
682
39.03.
"Nor Shall Private Property..."
684
39.04.
"... Be Taken..."
684
39.05.
"... For Public Use..."
685
39.06.
"... Without Just Compensation"
690
39.07.
Eminent Domain Procedure
693
ch. 40
Land Use Regulation and the Takings Clause
695
40.01.
Takings Problem
696
40.02.
Foundation Era of Regulatory Takings: 1776-1922
698
40.03.
Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon Revolution and Its Aftermath: 1922-1978
700
40.04.
Overview of the Modern Era in Regulatory Takings: 1978-Present
704
40.05.
Basic Modern Standard for Regulatory Takings: Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City (1978)
706
40.06.
Special Rule for Permanent Physical Occupations: Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corp. (1982)
711
40.07.
Special Rule for Loss of All Economically Beneficial or Productive Use: Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council (1992)
714
40.08.
Special Rule for Exactions: The Nollan-Dolan Duo (1987/1994)
719
40.09.
Temporary Takings
723
40.10.
Judicial Takings?
723
40.11.
Remedies for Regulatory Takings
724
Table of Cases
727
Index
761