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Fall
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Property (Section 4
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Professor Donahue
Catalog Number: HLS-1004-4
4 credits (Fall
Term).
M., Tu., W., 3:20–4:40.
This course deals with characteristic arrangements under American law for
the inception and transfer of the right to control and exploit property. The
relationships of these arrangements to efficient resource use, the pattern of
wealth distribution, and other social concerns will be explored as they are
reflected in both judicial decision-making and legislative reform. Subject to
variations of emphasis, topics covered will include aspects of both
commercial and non-commercial transfers of land and other property, such as
sale contracts, mortgages, leases, conveyances, recording and other methods
of title assurance, and wills and trusts; and means of controlling private
land use by private arrangement (easements, covenants, servitudes) and by
public regulation (zoning, health and safety regulations, protection of
minority or economically disadvantaged groups, eminent domain, and taxes).
The historical categories and assumptions of American real property law will
be considered with a view to examining their relevance to modern social and
economic conditions.
Charles Donahue, Cases and
Materials on Property: An Introduction to the Concept and the Institution (tentative 4th ed. 2012) (multilithed) (based on Charles Donahue, Thomas E.
Kauper and Peter W. Martin, Cases and
Materials on Property: An Introduction to the Concept and the Institution
[3d ed. 1993].)
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11/15/12
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The President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Charles Donahue, Jr.
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