Dukeminier & Krier's Property [Connected eBook with Study Center]

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The 45th Edition of the legendary casebook continues its tradition to enlighten students with compelling cases and timely coverage of contemporary issues. Jesse Dukeminier and Jim Krier’s trademark wit, passion, and human interest perspective has made Property one of the best—and best loved—casebooks of all time. A unique blend of authority and good humor, you’ll find a moveable feast of visual interest, compelling cases, and timely coverage of contemporary issues. In the Eleventh Edition, the authors have created a thoughtful and thorough revision, true to the spirit of the classic property text.

New to this Edition: 

• Brand new chapter (Chapter 13) on property taxes as a tool of property regulation, featuring four new primary cases, historical materials, notes, and problems; there are many efforts around the country to reform property tax systems, and these materials—unique among property law casebooks—provide instructors with a way to address this pressing issue 
• Review Problems after every chapter, with model answers provided for students in a substantially expanded Appendix 
• Extensive coverage of the new Restatement (Fourth) of Property 
• New and recent major adverse possession case laying out the requirements of the doctrine clearly for students; new and recent gift causa mortis case involving suicide (Chapter 2) 
• New material and problems discussing effects of generative AI on intellectual property law; new primary case on the right of publicity for athletes whose avatars are used in video games; major new primary case involving trespass law, corner-crossing, and the relationship between private property and access to the public domain (Chapter 3) 
• Extensive discussion of new empirical research on landlord-tenant law reforms and housing policy (Chapter 7) 
• Revised section on the law of mortgages, including substantially bulked up discussion of mortgage regulation; new case on the post-2008 life of government sponsored entities operating in mortgage markets (Chapter 8) 
• New primary case on title insurance and discussion of the most frequently litigated issues arising therefrom (Chapter 9) 
• New materials on suggested changes to nuisance law in the proposed Restatement (Fourth) of Property; section on cases involving “non-physically invasive nuisances”; discussion of the interaction between nuisance and zoning (Chapter 10) 
• New materials on conservation easements, common interest communities, “stale covenants,” state laws limiting the scope of covenants, and condo construction (Chapter 11) 
• Revised section on the history of zoning; materials on the “quiet revolution” in land use in the 1970s; substantial engagement with the burgeoning economic literature on the effects of zoning—the most serious such discussion in any property law casebook; new section on recent zoning reforms around the country, including a primary case about a state constitutional challenge to zoning reforms (Chapter 12)

Professors and students will benefit from: 

• A dynamic casebook, encompassing cases, text, questions, problems, visual illustrations, and examples. 
• Modular organization. 
• Inclusive coverage running the full range of property topics, including in-depth treatments of estates and future interests, servitudes, and land-use controls. 
• An accessible “economic lens” as a tool for thinking critically about property law. 
• Extensive research into the backstories of many primary cases.