Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is "property"? -- Jurisprudential foundations of property law -- Property rights in wild animals -- Finders of personal property -- Gifts of personal property -- Intellectual property -- Other personal property rules -- History of estates in land system -- Present estates -- Concurrent ownership -- Marital property -- Introduction to future interests -- Future interests held by the transferor -- Future interests held by the transferee -- Introduction to landlord-tenant law -- Creation of the tenancy -- Condition of leased premises -- Transfer of leasehold interest -- Termination of the tenancy -- The sales contract -- Condition of the property -- The mortgage -- The deed -- Fundamentals of land title -- The recording system -- Methods of title assurance -- Adverse possession -- Transfer of property at death -- Nuisance -- Trespass -- Surface, subsurface, and airspace rights -- Easements -- Real covenants -- Equitable servitudes -- Condominiums and other common interest communities -- Fundamentals of zoning -- Tools for zoning flexibility -- Modern land use controversies -- Eminent domain -- Land use regulation and the takings clause.