Property: A Contemporary Approach

by John G. Sprankling, Raymond Coletta

This casebook is designed to introduce property law to 21st century law students. It covers the standard property topics with a blend of familiar and modern cases selected to appeal to today's students. It also includes sections on intellectual property and environmental law.

Genres: Law, School

1024 pages, Hardcover

First published May 2, 2012

Reviews

[Jess Dull]

I actually really appreciate how this textbook is organized. Pray your prof uses this textbook for Property.

[Alexis Burns · Rating 5 out of 5]

The most comprehensible law textbook ever. 100/10

[Lucy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall a solid textbook and I think I understand property a bit more… I think

[Aden · Rating 4 out of 5]

fav textbook this yr. will hear the phrase “look at the blue boxes” 4 the rest of my life. everyone pray for me in a month when grades come out

[Alyssa Lee Lakey · Rating 3 out of 5]

For what I paid for these books and the time I spent hunched over reading them, you better believe I'm adding them to my good reads. Not the worst of all my law books, easier to read but felt like it was missing more in-depth material

[Cory Knipp · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was honestly a great read. This book made me think about how property rights can be assigned. Do we give property to those who have it first? What if the property means more to one person than another? What if the property can be better utilized by someone else? All of these questions get brought up in cases where a court has to decide how to split up property rights.

To make it more interesting, property rights are not all or nothing. Our property rights are often more limited than we think. Property rights are not absolute and can be they can be divided. Think about the property rights shared by a landlord and a tenant. Think about the property rights shared by a landowner, and those who walk on an easement through their property. Think about the property rights of a landowner whose lease has a restrictive covenant. All of these examples show that property rights are often shared, and how to share those rights efficiently or justly isn't always as clear as we first thought.

This class benally named "Property" was much more interesting and impactful than I would have first imagined.

[Emma Schoenherr · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a very comprehensive textbook. It really walked the reader through the basic concepts at the beginning of each chapter. I also really appreciated the graphics and the photos of the properties discussed in cases. These were very needed as it's hard to conceptualize some of these properties just from the text. Overall, well organized and comprehensive but can't give it more than 2 stars because it's property.

[Emma Wallace · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one gets 3 stars because I rented it for $12

[Calli · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read Fifth edition. Really comprehensive!

[martina essert · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was honestly the best textbook I have had in law school thus far. It broke down a complicated topic into understandable units, and the blurbs were extremely helpful! No notes.

[Trevor Middleton · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good primer on Property Law with interesting cases and judicial opinions.

[Emma Rath · Rating 4 out of 5]

Honestly, for law textbook,s this was great. It was laid out nicely, easy to comprehend and broke down concepts well.

[Rosie Crivello · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this casebook. The chapter summaries were much appreciated and the practice problems/hypos helped a lot with putting concepts into practice.

[Karli · Rating 2 out of 5]

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[Sarah Ingles · Rating 5 out of 5]

Helpful in navigating the first semester of law school