دانلود کتاب The Glannon Guide to Property

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Front Matter
Editorial Advisors
Title Page
Copyright Page
About Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S.
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: A Very Short Introduction
Chapter 2: Finders of Personal Property
A. The General Rule
B. The Public/Private Place Distinction
C. Mislaid Property
D. Abandoned Property
E. Treasure Trove
F. The Closer: Other Factors
Chapter 3: Bailments
A. The Nature of Bailments
B. Whom Does the Bailment Benefit?
C. The Bailee’s Standard of Care
D. The Closer: Divisible Bailments — The Problem of Contents
Chapter 4: Gifts of Personal Property
A. The Basic Elements
B. Physical Delivery
C. Constructive and Symbolic Deliveries
D. Acceptance
E. Gift Causa Mortis
F. The Closer: Gifts of Future Interests
Chapter 5: Intellectual Property
A. Patents
B. Copyrights
C. Trademarks
D. Trade Secrets
E. Misappropriation
F. Right of Publicity
G. The Closer: Distinguishing among the IP Categories
Chapter 6: Adverse Possession of Real Property
A. The Basic Concept: Wrongful Possession
B. Standard Elements and Policies
C. Adverse Possession and Record Title
D. Color of Title and Constructive Adverse Possession
E. Open and Notorious Possession
F. Hostile and Adverse Possession
G. Exclusive Possession
H. Continuous Possession and Tacking
I. Disability Provisions
J. The Closer: State of Mind
Chapter 7: Adverse Possession of Personal Property
A. Adverse Possession Elements
B. Discovery Rule
C. Demand and Refusal Rule
D. The Closer: True Owner Obtains Possession Extrajudicially
Chapter 8: Fee Simple Estates
A. Some Basic Principles
B. Creation of Fee Simple at Common Law: Words of Inheritance
C. Creation under Modern Statutes: Presumption of Fee Simple
D. Rebutting the Presumption of Fee Simple
E. The Closer: Dying without Heirs
Chapter 9: Defeasible Estates
A. The Nature of Defeasible Estates
B. What Language Makes an Estate Defeasible?
C. The Fee Simple Determinable
D. The Fee Simple Subject to Condition Subsequent
E. The Fee Simple Subject to Executory Limitation
F. The Closer: Distinguishing Cutting Short an Estate and the Natural Expiration of an Estate
Chapter 10: Life Estates
A. The Nature of the Life Estate
B. Legal and Equitable Life Estates
C. The Doctrine of Waste
D. The Closer: Continuing an Ongoing Activity
Chapter 11: Reversions and Remainders
A. Distinguishing Reversions and Remainders
B. Types of Remainders
C. Distinction between the Contingent Remainder and the Vested Remainder Subject to Complete Divestment
D. Alternative Contingent Remainders
E. The Closer: Stripping the Share of a Deceased Grantee
Chapter 12: Executory Interests
A. The History of Executory Interests
B. Active Trusts
C. Distinction between Springing and Shifting Executory Interests
D. The Divesting Effect of Executory Interests
E. The Closer: Taking Away a Trust Beneficiary’s Interest
Chapter 13: Rule against Perpetuities
A. Background to the Rule
B. Future Interests That Are Subject to the Rule
C. The Basic Concept: An Event That May Take Place Far in the Future
D. The Concept of Measuring Lives
E. Class Gifts: The Problem of the Afterborn Person
F. Statutory and Judicial Reforms
G. The Closer: Who Graduates from High School?
Chapter 14: Cotenants
A. Right to Shared Possession
B. Ouster
C. Tenancy in Common
D. Joint Tenancy
E. The Closer: Tracing Cotenancy Interests through the Generations
Chapter 15: Marital Property
A. Tenancy by the Entirety
B. Death
C. Divorce
D. Community Property
E. The Closer: Treatment of Real Property Held by Both Spouses at Divorce
Chapter 16: Leasehold Estates
A. Nature of Leasehold Estates
B. Tenancy for Years
C. Periodic Tenancy
D. Tenancy at Will
E. Tenancy at Sufferance
F. The Closer: Keeping Straight the Leasehold Estates
Chapter 17: Quiet Enjoyment and Condition of Leased Premises
A. Creation of Covenant of Quiet Enjoyment
B. Identity of Wrongdoer
C. Actual Eviction
D. Constructive Eviction
E. Condition of Premises: Caveat Emptor
F. Implied Warranty of Habitability
G. The Closer: Review of the Tenant’s Options
Chapter 18: Landlord’s Remedies
A. Tenant’s Default
B. Tenant’s Abandonment
C. Collection of Rent
D. Mitigation of Damages
E. Eviction Procedures
F. The Closer: Destruction of Improvements by Casualty
Chapter 19: Subleases and Assignments
A. Nature of Sublease
B. Nature of Assignment
C. Distinction between Sublease and Assignment
D. Lease Restrictions
E. The Closer: Rent Liability after Multiple Assignments
Chapter 20: Real Estate Contracts of Sale
A. Statute of Frauds
B. Part Performance and Equitable Estoppel
C. Equitable Conversion and Risk of Loss
D. Property Quality and Seller’s Duty to Disclose Defects
E. Marketable Title
F. The Closer: Contract to Sell Adversely Possessed Land
Chapter 21: Deeds
A. Covenants of Title
B. Quitclaim Deeds
C. Delivery
D. Defects in Deeds
E. The Closer: Estoppel by Deed
Chapter 22: Mortgages
A. The Nature of the Mortgage
B. Mortgage Theories: Does the Lender Have Title or a Lien?
C. Deficiency or Surplus after Foreclosure
D. The Closer: Borrower’s Transfer of Mortgaged Property
Chapter 23: Recording System
A. How Recording Acts Modify the Common Law
B. Types of Recording Acts
C. The Meaning of Notice
D. Unrecorded Interests Noticeable from Inspection of Land
E. Payment of Value
F. The Closer: Chain of Title Problems
Chapter 24: Easements: Creation
A. Appurtenant Easements and Easements in Gross
B. Affirmative Easements, Negative Easements, and Profits
C. Granting an Easement to a Third Party
D. Easements Implied from Prior Use
E. Easements by Necessity
F. Prescriptive Easements
G. The Closer: Planning for Access When Subdividing a Parcel
Chapter 25: Easements: Scope and Termination
A. The Scope of Easements
B. Transfers of Easements
C. Duration of Easements
D. The Closer: Easement Rights of New Owners
Chapter 26: Covenants: Creation
A. Traditional Real Covenant
B. Horizontal Privity of Estate
C. Rise of the Equitable Servitude
D. Intent that Covenant Runs
E. Negative and Affirmative Covenants
F. Touch and Concern Requirement
G. Vertical Privity of Estate
H. The Closer: Reciprocal Negative Easement
Chapter 27: Covenants: Scope and Termination
A. Interpretation of Covenants
B. Residential Use Restrictions
C. Change of Circumstances and Abandonment
D. The Closer: Single-Family Use
Chapter 28: Nuisance
A. The Classic Perspective: Substantial Harm
B. Modern Balancing of Utilities
C. Nuisance Immunity
D. Nuisance Per Se
E. The ‘‘Coming to the Nuisance’’ Defense
F. The Closer: Priority in Time
Chapter 29: Zoning
A. The Constitutionality of Zoning
B. The Separation of Land Uses
C. Zoning Ordinance Amendments
D. Nonconforming Uses
E. Variances
F. Special Exceptions and Special Permits
G. Performance Zoning
H. The Closer: A New, Tough Tree Ordinance
Chapter 30: Eminent Domain
A. Public Use Requirement
B. State-law Restrictions
C. Just Compensation
D. The Closer: Stopping the Stadium
Chapter 31: Takings
A. Regulatory Takings
B. Physical Invasions
C. Exactions
D. Judicial Takings
E. The Closer: Transferable Development Rights
Chapter 32: Closing Closers: Some Practice Questions
Index