Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Examples & Explanations: Property, Sixth Edition, 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. Both authors have years of experience presenting material in a clear and compelling way.
With its rich pedagogy that features boldfaced legal terms and visual aids, Examples & Explanations: Property, Sixth Edition, fills a niche that is distinct from other books. Using a six-part topical organization, accomplished authors Barlow Burke and Joseph Snoe ensure that the rules and doctrines making up the first-year course on the law of property are well covered.
New to the Sixth Edition:
- Revised and rearranged coverage and examples to focus on major points and concepts and to clarify more obscure issues
- Simplified examples and questions to highlight the main issue
- A more structured development of Chain of Title problems inherent in recording systems
- An added discussion of Construction Industry of Sonoma County v. City of Petaluma in the exclusionary zoning section
- Incorporation of the Department of Justice's regulations and examples interpreting the Religious Land Use and Institutional Persons Act
- Expanded guidance on the Wireless Communication Facilities Act
- Reorganization of the chapter on Takings to emphasize how exceptions build on the Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City ad hoc factors
- Discussion on Muir v. Wisconsin in the Takings analysis (states' ability to conceptually merge parcels to defeat a Takings claim)
- Follow-ups on the effect (or lack thereof) of Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection
- Brief discussion of Marvin M. Brandt Revocable Trust v. United States in easement chapter (whether a railroad abandoning a strip of land held an easement or a fee simple determinable)
- Clarification and expansion of the discussion of landlord-tenant issues
Synopsis
Clear, informal, and even humorous, Examples & Explanations: Conflicts of Law, Fourth Edition, explores all topics covered in Conflicts courses, including personal jurisdiction and the Erie doctrine. It covers traditional and modern approaches to choice of law, proof of law, and enforcement of foreign country and sister state judgments. It provides up-to-date coverage of constitutional limits on personal jurisdiction, choice of law, and actions against sister states. Big-picture overviews and accurate statements of rules are reinforced with concrete examples and test-taking tips.
The powerful Examples & Explanations pedagogy works especially well for Conflict of Laws where students gain understanding of rules and policies by applying them to new fact patterns. Summaries of leading cases found in most casebooks and a modular organization allows easy adaptation to any course.
New to the Fourth Edition:
- Substantially revised personal jurisdiction chapters to add latest Supreme Court cases
- New material on full faith and credit and immunity of state governments to suit in sister states in response to recent Supreme Court decisions
- New material on proof of foreign country law in response to recent Supreme Court decision
- Additional material on state law proof of law that refers to new developments in state law
- New examples and explanations that apply most recent changes in law
- Continued coverage of same-sex marriage rights after Obergefell
Professors and students will benefit from:
- Big picture introductions that provide a helpful road map
- Accurate summaries of specific rules of law
- Clear identification of problem areas and legal uncertainties
- Strategies for answering difficult questions
- Examples that illustrate practical consequences of rules
- Explanations that discuss the application of recent Supreme Court decisions