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Property: Examples & Explanations is a study aid that offers clear textual introductions to legal terms and concepts in property law, followed by examples and explanations that test and apply the reader's understanding of the material covered.

Features:

• Eminently clear and readable text
• Examples and explanations enable students to test and apply their understanding of the material covered in each chapter
• Six-part topical organization matches the coverage of Dukeminier/Krier/Alexander/Schill (#1-selling casebook for Property) and corresponds to coverage in most first-year property courses
• Rich pedagogy includes boldfaced legal terms and visual aids, such as charts and diagrams, especially for common-law estates a topic that lends itself to diagrammatic presentation
• Cites principal cases used in most leading casebooks
• Skilled authorship: Burke is the author of the successful Real Estate E&E and numerous works for practitioners; Snoe has his own West health law casebook

New to the Fourth Edition:

• Overview, examples and explanations revised for greater clarity and effectiveness as needed
• Language in the text has been simplified where needed for even greater accessibility
• Expanded coverage of Fixtures
• Reinforcement of terminology in Estates in Land and in Future Interests
• Builds on trend in third edition of using illustrative examples in the overview of Future Interests and of Rule Against Perpetuities
• Rule Against Perpetuities chapter reorganized
• Restatement (Third) of Property proposals explained in the chapters on Estates in Land, Future Interests, and Rule Against Perpetuities chapters