The Law of Property (Hornbook Series and Other Textbooks) (Hardcover)

~ (Author), Whitman (Author), Stoebuck (Author), Dale A. Whitman (Author), Roger A. Law of Property Cunningham (Author)

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Reliable source on property laws surveys estates in land—present, future, and concurrent; comparable interests in personality; landlord and tenant law; and rights against neighbors and other third persons. Also examines easements and profits; running covenants; governmental controls on land use; land contracts; conveyances; titles; and recording systems.

About the Author

Teaches property and real estate finance law at the J. Reuben Clark School of Law, Brigham Young University. He received his LL.B from Duke University School of Law and his B.E.S. from Brigham Young University.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 987 pages
• Publisher: West Publishing Company; 3rd edition (January 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0314228705
• ISBN-13: 978-0314228703
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.7 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #209,500 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Missed Its Target Audience..., May 17, 2006

By	C. Minelli "Law Student / History Geek" (Chicago, Illinois USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Undeniably, Professor Stoebuck is one of the brightest scholars around in Property law, but this book misses its mark for what it was intended for. West's Hornbook series are designed to be used by first year law students learning the law, non-legal scholars who need a quick reference for whatever they are working on, or the practicing attorney who doesn't have the time or money to use one of West's multi-volume practicioner series treatises.

This volume is tremendous in the area of land use law, which is about 60-75% of what a first year law student will spend their property class discussing. However, Professor Stoebuck's hornbook does not cover any of the fundamentals of property law that any One-L will encounter on their exam (and, consequently, the multi-state bar exam). For example, Professor Stoebuck does not mention personal property at all - gifts, purchases, discovering property, rules of finders, and the rule of capture - and he discusses intellectual property even less.

The scope of the book (real estate and land use) is useful to the practicing attorney, but they are likely to already know a great deal about the subject matter, especially if they specialize. Here, I would recommend One-Ls and non-lawyers skip this book and instead purchase Lexis-Nexis's "Understanding Property Law" by John G. Sprankling or Joseph Singler's "Introduction to Property." Both of those treatises are as comprehensive and scholarly as Stoebuck's book, but they cover more subjects that are useful to those unfamiliar with the law.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Heavily detailed, but useful for Property students, August 16, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Law of Property (Hornbook Series Student Edition) (Hardcover)

ALthough this text contains about 10x what the average 1L will need for a Property exam, it was a very helpful guide through a very difficult subject. It will remain on my shelf just in case I change the very core of my being and someday become a real estate lawyer. Students of Property: this is the ONLY text that will help you outside of the classroom.

4 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource for a difficult area of the law, June 4, 2000

By	Chitown Reader (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Law of Property (Hornbook Series Student Edition) (Hardcover)

This is an excellent treatise covering the major areas and topics of property law. It is sighted often by leading casebooks, including Singer's Property Law. I highly recommend this book to law students as the other secondary sources in this area of law are woefully lacking.