Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface to the Fifth Edition
From the Preface to the First Edition
Acknowledgments
Part I.An Introduction to Some Fundamentals
Chapter 1.First Possession:Acquisition of Property by Discovery,Capture,and
Creation
Chapter 2.Subsequent Possession:Acquisition of Property by Find,Aderse
Possession,and Gift
Part II.The System of Estates
Chapter 3.Possessory Estates
Chapter 4.Future Interests
Chapter 5.Co-ownership and Marital Interests
Part III.Leaseholds:The Law of Landlord and Tenant
Chapter 6.Tradition,Tension,and Change in Landlord-Tenant Law
Part IV.Transfers of Land
Chapter 7.The Land Transaction
Chapter 8.Title Assurance
Part V.Land Use Controls
Chapter 9.Judicial Land Use Controls:The Law of Nuisance
Chapter 10.Private Land Use Controls:The Law of Servitudes
Chapter 11.Legislative Land Use Controls:The Law of Zoning
Chapter 12.Eminent Domain and the Problem of Regulatory Takings
Table of Cases
Author Index
Subject Index