Research Catalog

Title

Property : principles and policies / by Thomas W. Merrill, Henry E. Smith.

Author

Merrill, Thomas W.

Publication

New York : Foundation Press ; [St. Paul, Minn.] : Thomson/West, 2007.

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Details

Additional Authors

Smith, Henry E.

Description

xlv, 1396 p. : ill.; 27 cm.

Summary

"This revised casebook is designed for a "building block" property course that serves as a student's foundation for the rest of law school and beyond. Avoiding the typical hodge-podge of issues, the book presents material in an integrated way, starting with the central role of exclusive in rem rights in property, and systematically developing elaborations, exceptions, and counterfoils to this idea using vivid cases, both old and new. Timely issues in intellectual property, mortgages, and regulatory takings, as well as traditional topics like equity and restitution, are given expansive treatment. The emphasis throughout is on fundamental principles and policy questions."--Publisher's website.

Series Statement

University casebook series

Uniform Title

University casebook series

Subjects

• Casebooks (Law)
• Property > United States

Genre/Form

Casebooks (Law)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

What is property? -- Original acquisition -- Values subject to ownership -- Owner sovereignty and its limits -- The forms of ownership -- Entity property -- Security interests -- Title records and the transfer of property -- The law of neighbors -- Property as an instrument of social policy -- Government forbearance -- Takings.

ISBN

9781599410111 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2007274153

OCLC

• 123912752
• SCSB-10420792

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library