Designed as an introductory coursebook for key areas of law, the Foundation Press University Textbook Series offers law students comprehensive scholarship of leading experts to deepen their knowledge and aid them in law school and throughout their legal careers. Bergin and Haskell's Preface to Estates in Land and Future Interests, 2d defines estates and future interests and traces their historical development in a highly readable fashion. Topics covered include conditions of survivorship, class gifts, powers of appointment, and the rule against perpetuities.

Proven effective, Estates in Land and Future Interests, Seventh Edition provides an accessible and systematic presentation of the classifications and rules of estates and future interests law. Clear explanations, along with comprehensive problem sets in each chapter, cover all of the rules as they are applied in practice. Students will master this complex area of Property Law by applying the rules and assigning classifications to the hypothetical problems in this practice-based workbook. New to the Seventh Edition: Endnotes with case support for most of the law in the text. Correction of ambivalencies and errors in the sixth edition. Features: Comprehensive problem sets for each chapter (600 problems total) with fully explained and analyzed answers in every chapter provide more effective learning than can hornbooks or other study guides. A skeletal, systematized account of the common law in its modern-day form. Dynamic learning philosophy helping students focus first on the classifications of estates and future interests, then on the rules governing these classifications, and then the Rule against Perpetuities. The book explains the rules and provides problems and answers that carefully lead students from one difficult step to the next, each step building on the ones that went before. Ideal for students in both first-year Property as well as Wills, Trusts, and Estates. Coverage of all the important rules as they are applied today with the goal of providing an integrated understanding in preference to a historical foundation.

The purchase of this ebook edition does not entitle you to receive access to the Connected eBook on CasebookConnect. You will need to purchase a new print book to get access to the full experience including: lifetime access to the online ebook with highlight, annotation, and search capabilities, plus an outline tool and other helpful resources. Accessible and effective, Estates in Land and Future Interests: A Step-by-Step Guide is a user-friendly method for mastering a challenging area of property law. Courtney Cahill, professor of law at Florida State University, joins this edition and contributes sections on posthumously conceived children, defeasible estates, and alternative reproductive technologies. This Sixth Edition highlights and clarifies key technical concepts in each chapter that can be confusing to many students. Sections at the end of most chapters reiterate specific terms and concepts that are indispensable to a thorough mastery of estates in land and future interests. Clear introductions, a host of visual aids, and a process approach untangle and demystify every new term and transaction. Problem sets, study questions, and practice exercises—all available electronically for easy practice—actively engage students in learning estates in land and future interests, step by step. Timely and innovative, Estates in Land and Future Interests features: Includes coverage of the statutory and common law relevant to estates in land and future interests Visual aids, text boxes, and smart teaching devices that illustrate and clarify estates in land and future interests—a potentially confounding topic within first year Property A useful flow chart throughout the book that identifies the state of the title after a particular conveyance—to link estates to the future interests that follow them. (For easy reference, the complete chart appears on the inside back cover of the book.) A process approach that describes transactions and analytical tasks as a sequence of manageable steps and stages Lucid and succinct treatment, in a clean and uncluttered page design Problem sets (with answers) and electronic practice exercises Study Questions, with expanded explanations A transparent organization that mirrors the coverage of estates and future interests in the leading property casebook A Glossary of Terms in the appendix, for locating legal terms easily and quickly New to the Sixth Edition: Sections on posthumously conceived children More information on defeasible estates Alternative reproductive technologies and estate law

A favorite classroom prep tool of successful students that is often recommended by professors, the Examples & Explanations (E&E) series provides an alternative perspective to help you understand your casebook and in-class lectures. Each E&E offers hypothetical questions complemented by detailed explanations that allow you to test your knowledge of the topics in your courses and compare your own analysis. Here’s why you need an E&E to help you study throughout the semester: Clear explanations of each class topic, in a conversational, funny style. Features hypotheticals similar to those presented in class, with corresponding analysis so you can use them during the semester to test your understanding, and again at exam time to help you review. It offers coverage that works with ALL the major casebooks, and suits any class on a given topic. The Examples & Explanations series has been ranked the most popular study aid among law students because it is equally as helpful from the first day of class through the final exam.

Providing visual learners with graphics and contextual learners with overviews, Edwards (law, Mercer University) demystifies estates and future interests, a notoriously difficult area of property law. She explains basic concepts in simple language and builds on these concepts with study questions, exercises, and a flow chart linking various estates to the future interests that follow them. The book can work with any property case book, but is designed to match the coverage and approach of Dukeminier and Krier's casebook, Property. This edition incorporates revisions to the law. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

An excellent introduction or refresher in the United States legal system for all,especially students and foreign audiences.

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