Property: Examples & Explanations (Examples & Explanations Series) [Paperback]

D. Barlow Burke (Author), Joseph A. Snoe (Author), Barlow Burke (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 615 pages
• Publisher: Aspen Publishers (March 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735519692
• ISBN-13: 978-0735519695
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #407,250 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AMAZING!!, June 25, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Property: Examples & Explanations (Examples & Explanations Series) (Paperback)

I am a Harvard law student and I went CRAZY preparing for exams. (as did everyone else) but a wise 3L gave me some advice that saved my life. Here is goes: Use Gilbert's on Prop to learn the black letter law of the cases you will be studying. Then use West Group's High Court Summaries to figure out in simpler terms your case. Read your cases. After you learn each subject, do the problems in Examples and Explanations to really apply your knowledge. Just working through each of the examples and seeing the subtle "shadings" of the law was enormously helpful. I know a lot of people get frusterated by this book because the examples can be difficult, but I found them to be harder than my exams which made testing a breeze. After using E & E, you may have lost sight of the forest for all the trees... So for the week before the exam, the nutshell guide should become your bible. It is clear, concise, and presents difficult but very clarifying examples of applications of laws after each law you learn. It was the perfect compact tool to "bring you back into the forest." I got an A in property (am VERY proud of myself) and it was patly because of this book. I highly suggest you buy.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Make sure you're getting the new edition, June 5, 2005

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Kimber (Indianapolis, IN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Property: Examples & Explanations (Examples & Explanations Series) (Paperback)

The two editions appear to be tied together in Amazon's database. Reviews given to one appear in both places. In my opinion, the Second Edition (ISBN 0735539790) resolves a lot of the criticisms that I have heard and read about the first edition. Let the reviews scare you away from the old edition, but give the new one a look. It's worth it.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A great disappointment., April 24, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Property: Examples & Explanations (Examples & Explanations Series) (Paperback)

Don't waste your money on the first edition; get the Gilbert's outline instead. Then, if you have questions, just ask your prof.

Compared to the Examples & Explanations for Contracts (Blum), Torts (Glannon), and the astounding Civil Procedure (Glannon), this book was a big let-down. Either Aspen needs to have some student reviewers, or the editors at Aspen need to get their act together and compare what is in the book with a commercial outline.

In our study group, we randomly turned to two examples & explanations. In one case, the authors said that they differed on the outcome, but only gave one authors opinion (Implied Warranty of Habitability, chp 20, example #10). In another (on Dower, Chp 14., example 1), the answer is flat-out wrong.

I do like that the chapters are short, and not intimidating, but the explanations have to be beefed up and well-developed. They are not in this book, and I cannot recommend anyone purchase it. I'm not wasting any time using it in preparation for finals.