Admired for generations, his landmark casebook features:

• a dynamic yet traditional pedagogy that includes cases, text, questions, problems, visual illustrations, and vibrant examples
• a flexible, modular organization that allows the book to easily adapt to a range of syllabi and course credit hours
• comprehensive coverage that encompasses the full range of property topics , with in-depth treatments of estates and future interests, servitudes, and land-use controls
• cartoons and photographs that present humorous asides and visual commentary at appropriate intervals within the text
• an accessible and unobtrusive "economic lens" for critically thinking about property issues

Updated throughout, the Seventh Edition provides:

• major changes to the proposed new Restatement (Third) of Property--highlighted, to simplify the system of estates and future interests
• additional visual aids and problems in the estates and future interests chapters
• a fresh look at marital property law, including the recent gay marriage case from the Iowa Supreme Court
• simplified coverage of servitudes, particularly covenants and equitable servitudes
• new signposts in every chapter that link topics in the casebook to sources on the website
• recent developments in the law governing the landlord-tenant relationship in government-assisted housing
• a timely view of the mortgage crisis and changes in real estate financing
• streamlined coverage of zoning flexibility
• a new case and material on Religious Land Use and the Institutionalized Persons Act
• updates in land use regulation, environmental law, climate change, and "smart growth"
• icons added throughout the text to indicate which materials have online counterparts on the companion website,
  
  

An iconic book with a contemporary feel, Property, Seventh Edition, resonates with the late Jesse Dukeminier's original wit and wisdom. New co-authors Gregory Alexander and Michael Schill keep it fresh, sharp, and up to date with this thoughtful and thorough revision.