Property, Third Edition, is an extremely accessible student
treatise written by Professor Joseph William Singer, the well-known and
highly regarded author of the popular casebook, Property Law: Rules, Policies, and Practices.
This overview of property law addresses both classic and
contemporary topics covered in the first-year property course in a
straightforward format and offers clear explanations of property law
through textual treatment, with numerous examples, as well as analytical
discussion of key cases and issues followed by hypotheticals.
Exceptional in its coverage and accessibility, this property law treatise:
- Clearly explains both classic and contemporary property rules and
doctrine through a textual treatment, describing complicated property
laws in a lively, contemporary manner.
- Features margin notes to easily direct students to key concepts and ideas within the text.
- Includes numerous examples including modern case examples to help students understand the law.
- Prepares students for class and for exams by modeling correct
answers to hard cases in which the law is unclear. By reading short
summaries of the strongest arguments on both sides, students learn
real-world skills for analyzing problems.
- Emphasizes
disagreements among states about the applicable rules of property law,
with explanations on why states adopt different rules.