Lively, entertaining, current cases make it enjoyable to learn the fundamentals of Property Law. Who keeps the $82,000 of abandoned drug money found in the gas tank of a vehicle sold by the U.S. to an innocent purchaser? Who is entitled to the engagement ring when a marriage doesn't take place? Is it really possible for a neighborhood group to gain title to a $3.3 million piece of land in New York City by adverse possession? What authority do US courts have over the ownership rights to sunken treasure found outside the territorial jurisdiction of any country? What are the special things to watch for when buying a condominium - or a time share estate? What about mortgages, easements, deeds, water rights, land use restrictions, landlord-tenant relationships, and environmental regulations? These, and many other important topics of basic Property Law are covered in memorable, recent cases included in this book. It turns out that Property Law is fascinating

A century of policy mistakes ruined America's cities and created an unprecedented housing crisis.

For many families, homelessness is no longer someone else's problem. It is right around the corner, a real threat in their own immediate future. Our housing crisis is the result of a long history of government policies, court cases, and political manipulation. While these disparate causes make up a tangled web, they have one surprising root: the attack on private property rights. For more than a century, government policies and court decisions have attacked, undermined, and eroded private property rights. Whether it be exclusionary zoning, eminent domain abuse, rent control, or excessive environmental regulations, the cumulative impact of these assaults on private property is that it's become increasingly difficult--or even impossible--to build adequate housing supplies to meet market demands. We are fast approaching a time when millions of typical Americans will, quite literally, have nowhere to live.

Nowhere to Live: The Hidden Story of America's Housing Crisis, takes readers through the history of how we got here. With stories going back to the Civil War, the early twentieth century, and the ill-fated urban renewal movement of the 1950s, Nowhere to Live reveals how the government layered mistake upon mistake to create the current crisis. It also provides a way out: not by government fiat, but through the restoration of private property rights.

The Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law: Property provides both a bird's eye overview of property law and an introduction to how property law affects larger concerns with individual autonomy, personhood, and economic organization. Written by two authorities on property law, this book gives students of property a coherent account of how property law works, with an emphasis on describing the central issues and policy debates. It is designed for law students who want a short and theoretically integrated treatment of the subject, as well as for lawyers who are interested in the conceptual foundations of the law of property.

In Homelessness, Liberty and Property, Terry Skolnik establishes a novel theory about the government's duties to end homelessness, maintain public property's value, and legitimize laws that regulate public space. In doing so, Skolnik provides new insight into how the property law system and the regulation of public space limit unhoused persons' freedom and political equality. The book deepens our understanding of how various areas of law, such as constitutional law, legal philosophy, criminal law, and property law, approach the reality of homelessness and advances original arguments to provide new justifications for the right to housing. Skolnik concludes by offering a set of concrete proposals for how the government can reduce the incidence of homelessness and treat unhoused persons with greater concern and respect. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available open access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.

Discover the timeless manifesto that ignited a revolution in economic thought.

Frederic Bastiat masterfully argues for the preservation of individual liberty and the limitation of government intervention. With piercing clarity, he exposes the inherent dangers of using law as a tool for plunder and coercion, urging readers to champion the principles of justice, freedom, and the rule of law.

Bastiat's significance in the realm of economics lies in his unparalleled ability to distill complex economic concepts into clear, accessible prose. A seminal work that remains as relevant today as it was in Bastiat's time, The Law is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the foundations of a just society and the perils of unchecked government power.

Nominated for the Heritage Toronto Book Award - Longlisted for the Toronto Book Awards - A Globe and Mail Book of the Year - A CBC Books Best Canadian Nonfiction of 2021

From plantation rebellion to prison labour's super-exploitation, Walcott examines the relationship between policing and property.

That a man can lose his life for passing a fake $20 bill when we know our economies are flush with fake money says something damning about the way we've organized society. Yet the intensity of the calls to abolish the police after George Floyd's death surprised almost everyone. What, exactly, does abolition mean? How did we get here? And what does property have to do with it? In On Property, Rinaldo Walcott explores the long shadow cast by slavery's afterlife and shows how present-day abolitionists continue the work of their forebears in service of an imaginative, creative philosophy that ensures freedom and equality for all. Thoughtful, wide-ranging, compassionate, and profound, On Property makes an urgent plea for a new ethics of care.

Why are we still arguing over the Parthenon Marbles? This book offers a fresh take on the history of those famous pieces of ancient sculpture removed from the Acropolis in Athens by Lord Elgin's men in the early 19th century. It explains how they became the cause célèbre of the larger debates around cultural heritage and restitution now taking place. The subject is one that is currently embroiling museums, governments, universities and the public at large.

Herman provides a balanced, thorough and critical account of the history of the Marbles, while considering the legalities of their initial removal and the ethics of their retention by the British Museum. It incorporates the views of curators, museum directors, lawyers, archaeologists, politicians and others in both London and Athens. It explains why this particular dispute has not been satisfactorily resolved, and suggests new ways of seeking resolution - for the Parthenon Marbles and for the many other cultural treasures held in museum collections outside their countries of origin.

The book sets out a way forward for this famously intractable dispute, one based on evidence of past practice, legal rules around the transfer of cultural objects and the role of museums in negotiating international exchanges.

State law has regulated condos in Jalisco since 1995, and is binding on both the condo administration and all owners. Would it surprise you to learn that many condos don't follow the Jalisco condo laws? This should concern you, because it exposes your condo to potential consequences down the road that could result in financial costs or decreased property values. MANY CONDOS: don't correctly collect condo fees; don't hold proper owners meetings; don't carry out proper votes at these meetings; or don't have a correct administrative structure. WHY DOES THIS PROBLEM EXIST? In most condos in Canada or the US, there's high compliance with provincial and state condo laws. The same does not occur in Mexico - especially amongst condos that are run by foreigners. The administration of these condos is often unaware of the details of the condo legislation - in some cases, the Board is unaware of the very existence of the law. If you're an owner, or if you're part of your condo's administration, you need to know what the law says, and what the proper procedures are. If you're considering buying a condo, you need the knowledge to find out if the condo is being run properly - before you buy into potential trouble. THE PROBLEM . . . The condo legislation is written in Spanish, and there's no high-quality translation designed for use by foreigner-run condo administrations. THE SOLUTION . . . This book contains the complete text of the Jalisco condo law translated into English. It's presented in a unique side-by-side format, with both Spanish and English paragraphs perfectly synchronised. You can always refer to the original Spanish at any time. As well as a high quality translation, there are in-line comments and notes to help clarify certain passages, issues, and legal terms. A few of the topics covered by the condo legislation, and contained in this translation: types of condominiums & how they're created; format of the condo by-laws; definition of common property; rights and duties of owners; repairs, maintenance, and improvement work; duties and authority of Administrator & Council (Board); types of owners meetings and their purpose; voting at each type of meeting - they differ significantly; fees: - their purpose and how they should be assessed - including a requirement for reserves; Late penalties for delinquent owners; disputes between owners; and debt collection & suing a delinquent owner. This book also contains translations of other legislation related to condo management and day-today operation: limitations on collecting debts, income tax & IVA, property auctions, injunctions, powers of attorney & proxies, legal signatures, obligations of neighbours, co-ownership, public registration of documents, legal entities, associations, and sanctions

In Colonial Lives of Property Brenna Bhandar examines how modern property law contributes to the formation of racial subjects in settler colonies and to the development of racial capitalism. Examining both historical cases and ongoing processes of settler colonialism in Canada, Australia, and Israel and Palestine, Bhandar shows how the colonial appropriation of indigenous lands depends upon ideologies of European racial superiority as well as upon legal narratives that equate civilized life with English concepts of property. In this way, property law legitimates and rationalizes settler colonial practices while it racializes those deemed unfit to own property. The solution to these enduring racial and economic inequities, Bhandar demonstrates, requires developing a new political imaginary of property in which freedom is connected to shared practices of use and community rather than individual possession.

Amid the shift towards neoliberalism and the privatization of resources, this book provides a radical new lens to view property and property theory.

Boldly challenging the conventional theories of property law that have shaped our understanding for centuries, leading expert Paddy Ireland explores the rise and growth of new intangible property forms; the nature of 'investment' and of property-as-capital; and the empirical realities of modern property.

Raising broader questions about ownership in society, the author ignites a powerful conversation about the increasingly unequal distribution of wealth, forcing us to confront that our current property system bears considerable responsibility for the current 'polycrisis.

This groundbreaking work will set the agenda for a new era in property theory.

Though the marine law of modern Europe had its foundations laid in the jurisprudence of the ancients, there is no certain evidence that either the Phoenicians, Carthaginians, or any of the states of Greece, formed any authoritative digest of naval law. -James Kent, Commentaries on American Law Volume III (1826) Commentaries on American Law Volume III (1860) by James Kent is the tenth edition and originally published in 1826, part of a four-volume set. All four volumes were adapted from the lectures Kent gave at Columbia Law School and are rich with historical references. The third volume contains eleven lectures which continue the discussion of personal property from volume two and begin discussion of real property. There is intriguing historical primary source information in the section on Indian rights and colonization. Considered by some as the principal interpretation of American law, this book is for those interested in the history and foundation of law.

It requires great experience, as well as the command of a perspicuous diction, to frame a law in such clear and precise terms as to secure it from ambiguous expressions, and from all doubt and criticisms upon its meaning. -James Kent, Commentaries on American Law Volume I (1826) Commentaries on American Law Volume IV (1860) by James Kent is the tenth edition and originally published in 1826, part of a four-volume set. All four volumes were adapted from the lectures Kent gave at Columbia Law School and are rich with historical references. The fourth volume contains fifteen lectures that continue the discussion of real property from volume three with a more specific focus on estates and wills. Also included is an index of court cases for easy referencing. Considered by some as the principal interpretation of American law, this book is for readers interested in learning more about the history and foundation of law.

Property is often seen as fundamentally inegalitarian, leading many to believe that a world without property would be a more equal one. Property Law in the Society of Equals challenges this view, demonstrating instead that property is essential for a society of equals. Property, as the legal realization of the idea of yours and mine, creates the conditions for us to relate to each other on equal terms.

This conception of property allows for an examination of many of its core doctrines, including trespass and nuisance law, the law of acquisition, possession, and transfer, the law of leases, and the law of servitudes. It also reveals the distinctive place of property within private law more generally, and how to think about novel or controversial cases of property rights. Moreover, the idea that property is fundamentally egalitarian generates a radical critique of our present systems of property. It shows that various forms of public law regulation of property - including the right to housing and public housing itself - are justified by the same principles that underlie the need for property in the first place.

Property Law in the Society of Equals offers a thorough and insightful account of a fundamental legal subject matter, and a compelling call for the reform of property on more egalitarian lines.

Unsurpassed in authority, reliability and accuracy; the 2021-2022 edition has been fully revised and updated to incorporate all relevant legislation for property and equity and trusts law courses. Blackstone's Statutes on Property Law is an abridged collection of legislation carefully reviewed and selected by Meryl Thomas.

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Humankind coexists with every other living thing. People drink the same water, breathe the same air, and share the same land as other animals. Yet, property law reflects a general assumption that only people can own land. The effects of this presumption are disastrous for wildlife and humans alike. The alarm bells ringing about biodiversity loss are growing louder, and the possibility of mass extinction is real. Anthropocentric property is a key driver of biodiversity loss, a silent killer of species worldwide. But as law and sustainability scholar Karen Bradshaw shows, if excluding animals from a legal right to own land is causing their destruction, extending the legal right to own property to wildlife may prove its salvation. Wildlife as Property Owners advocates for folding animals into our existing system of property law, giving them the opportunity to own land just as humans do--to the betterment of all.

Amid the shift towards neoliberalism and the privatization of resources, this book provides a radical new lens to view property and property theory.

Boldly challenging the conventional theories of property law that have shaped our understanding for centuries, leading expert Paddy Ireland explores the rise and growth of new intangible property forms; the nature of 'investment' and of property-as-capital; and the empirical realities of modern property.

Raising broader questions about ownership in society, the author ignites a powerful conversation about the increasingly unequal distribution of wealth, forcing us to confront that our current property system bears considerable responsibility for the current 'polycrisis.

This groundbreaking work will set the agenda for a new era in property theory.

The Code Napoleon regards marriage as only a civil contract, and allows divorces not only for several reasonable causes...but also without cause, and founded merely upon mutual consent, according to the usage of the ancient Romans. -James Kent, Commentaries on American Law Volume II (1826) Commentaries on American Law Volume II (1860) by James Kent is the tenth edition and originally published in 1826, part of a four-volume set. This series was adapted from the lectures Kent gave at Columbia Law School both as a professor and beyond. The second volume includes sixteen lectures that primarily focus on the rights of persons of all ages, as well as marriage, divorce, and personal property. These topics, along with a section on aliens and natives, make this a text that transcends time. Considered by some as the principal interpretation of American law, it is a book for readers interested in learning more about the foundation of jurisprudence.

Discover the timeless manifesto that ignited a revolution in economic thought.

Frederic Bastiat masterfully argues for the preservation of individual liberty and the limitation of government intervention. With piercing clarity, he exposes the inherent dangers of using law as a tool for plunder and coercion, urging readers to champion the principles of justice, freedom, and the rule of law.

Bastiat's significance in the realm of economics lies in his unparalleled ability to distill complex economic concepts into clear, accessible prose. A seminal work that remains as relevant today as it was in Bastiat's time, The Law is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the foundations of a just society and the perils of unchecked government power.

CrunchTime(R) Your Exam Study Partner, Sixth Edition, by Steve Emanuel focuses on those topics that are important in today's Property courses and includes an abundance of short-answer questions and answers as well as exam tips. This edition has been updated to reflect changes in the law, in casebooks, and topics tested on exams.

Students will benefit from:

• A Capsule Summary that explains the major topics and issues in Property
• Flow Charts and Checklists that illustrate principles and concepts
• Multiple-choice Questions with answers that build exam-taking skills and confidence
• Practice Questions and answers feature includes a series of short-answer questions and sample answers to help you test your knowledge of Property
• Exam Tips alert you to issues and commonly used fact patterns found on exams

The value attached to Gaius's powers of theoretical exposition, and to the admirable clearness and method which made his Institutions the basis of all future teaching in Roman law, must have been great... -A. H. J. Greenidge, Introduction, The Institutes of Gaius (1904) The Institutes of Gaius (1904) written by Gaius in AD 161, is considered an authoritative text on private Roman law beginning in the second century and for the three centuries that followed. This fourth edition was originally translated from Latin by Edward Poste and was revised by E. A. Whittuck with a historical introduction by A. H. J. Greenidge. The book is divided into four sections: the first, the status of persons; the second and third, property rights; and the fourth, procedural actions. This timeless text is an essential read for those interested in understanding the foundation and history of law.