Herbert Hovenkamp (Ben V. & Dorothy Willie Professor of Law, University of Iowa); Sheldon F. Kurtz (David H. Vernon Professor of Law and Professor of Medicine, University of Iowa); Thomas P. Gallanis (N. William Hines Chair in Law, professor of history, University of Iowa)
Abridged version of: The law of property : an introductory survey. Sixth edition, 2014. Cf. Preface, page v.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Personal property: rights of some possessors -- Bailments -- Gifts, including bank accounts -- Rights of possessors of land, including adverse possession -- Classifying possessory estates -- Classifying future interests -- Special rules governing future interests -- Marital and concurrent estates -- Landlord and tenant law -- Servitudes: easements, covenants, equitable servitudes -- Nuisance -- Legislative control over land use--zoning, the takings clause, and housing discrimination -- Cooperatives, condominiums and homeowners associations -- Seller and buyer: the land sale contract -- The evolution of the modern deed -- Conveyancing by deed -- Assurance of title