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Author
Title
The law of property / by Christopher Serkin.
Published
New York : Foundation Press, 2013.
Call Number
KF570 .S47 2013
ISBN
9781609300623 (pbk.)
1609300629 (pbk.)
1609300629 (pbk.)
Description
viii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)813006123
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Record Appears in
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
v
Introduction
1
pt. I
The Origins Of Private Property
5
ch. 1
Fundamentals
6
A.
What Is Property?
6
B.
Why Have Property?
9
C.
Why Not Have Property?
20
D.
Reasoning Through Property Problems
23
ch. 2
First in Time
25
A.
Capture
26
B.
Creation
33
C.
Justifications for First-in-Time
40
D.
Property in the Person
41
ch. 3
Chain of Title
47
A.
Acquisition by Find
47
B.
Gifts
52
C.
Adverse Possession
56
pt. II
Dividing Property
67
ch. 4
Estates and Future Interests
68
A.
History
68
B.
The System
70
C.
Managing Relationships Between the Parties
73
D.
Limits on the Forms of Ownership
81
ch. 5
Concurrent Interests
86
A.
The Forms of Co-ownership
86
B.
Managing Relationships Between the Parties
91
ch. 6
Marital Property
98
A.
Community and Separate Property Systems
98
B.
Rights to Marital Property at Divorce
101
C.
Same-sex Marriage
108
ch. 7
Leaseholds
110
A.
Types of Leases
110
B.
Obligations Running With Leases
113
C.
Restrictions on Landlords
123
ch. 8
Land Transfers
134
A.
The Land Sale Transaction: An Overview
134
B.
Recordation
138
C.
Mortgages
141
D.
Mortgage Markets and the Problem of Securitization
145
pt. III
Servitudes
155
ch. 9
Easements
156
A.
Terminology
156
B.
Creating Easements
157
C.
Remedies: Property and Liability Rules
170
D.
Modifications: Terminating or Expanding the Scope of an Easement
173
E.
Negative Easements
178
ch. 10
Covenants
183
A.
The Evolution of Covenants
183
B.
Racially Restrictive Covenants
190
C.
Subdivisions and Homeowners Associations
192
D.
Terminating or Modifying Covenants
196
pt. IV
Land Use Controls
201
ch. 11
Nuisance
202
A.
The Doctrine: An Overview
203
B.
A Closer Look
205
C.
Public Nuisance, and the Leading Edge of Nuisance Law
214
ch. 12
Land Use Regulations
217
A.
Historical Evolution
217
B.
The Function of Zoning
222
C.
The Mechanics of Zoning
226
D.
Legal Limits of Zoning
230
E.
Affordable Housing and Impacts on the Poor
237
ch. 13
The Takings Clause and Eminent Domain
241
A.
The Public Use Doctrine
241
B.
Justifications for Eminent Domain
245
C.
Compensation
247
D.
Legal Reforms
251
ch. 14
Regulatory Takings
254
A.
The Penn Central Test
256
B.
The Per Se Takings Rules
261
C.
Scholarly Accounts
268
D.
Judicial Takings and the Public Trust
275
Conclusion
281
Table of Cases
283
Index
287