Real Estate Law, 7th Edition

Product Details

Clear, concise, and current, Real Estate Law, delivers the latest information on private and public law transactions. Providing a solid survey of real estate law in a generic--rather than state-specific--format, it combines text, short case summaries, longer teaching cases, and practical applications to help students recognize important issues. Chapters build on each other to tell the "story" of real estate law. Combining practical legal examples with theory, the text does an excellent job of illustrating the principles of law. In addition, it helps readers recognize when an attorney should be consulted. Continuing to emphasize ethical issues, the new edition integrates coverage of public policy issues that relate to real estate law. Insightful exhibits help students understand key concepts, and an excellent assortment of cases challenges readers to apply legal principles to practical situations. Ideal for majors and non-majors alike, the seventh edition prepares students for the next era in real estate law. 671pp.

Features:

• In addition to numerous in-text examples, insightful "A Case In Point" features in each chapter provide real-life illustrations of legal principles in action.
• Throughout the text, the authors have integrated ethical issues as they relate to real estate law, provoking thought and lively classroom discussion.
• Providing excellent illustrations of legal principles covered in the text, longer excerpted teaching cases offer insights into the development of the law and the impact of legal theories on everyday real estate transactions, enabling students to apply legal principles to practical situations.
• The chapters build on each other to tell the "story" of a particular real estate transaction.

New To This Edition:

• To help students study more effectively from the text, chapter objectives are included at the beginning of each chapter.
• New "Ethical and Public Policy Issues" features in each chapter offer insightful, in-depth discussions on key issues relating to real estate law.
• Enabling you to custom-create lively classroom presentations, PowerPoint? slides have been revised to tie more directly to chapter content.

Table of Contents:

• Part I: THE LEGAL SYSTEM AND THE NATURE OF REAL PROPERTY.
• 1. Introduction to the Legal System.
• 2. The Nature of Property.
• 3. The Scope of Real Property.
• 7. The Real Estate Contract.
  
• Part II: THE REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
• 5. Types of Ownership.
• 6. The Search for Real Estate.
• 7. The Real Estate Contract.
• 8. Title and Insurance.
• 9. Financing the Real Estate Purchase.
• 10. Closing and Taxation; Other Methods of Acquisition.
• 11. Landlord and Tenant.
• Part III: LAND USE AND REGULATION.
• 12. Rights and Duties of Landowners and Occupants.
• 13. Legal Planning and Regulation of Land Use.
• 14. Environmental Law and Regulation.
• Appendices.