Real Estate Law / Edition 11

by Marianne M. Jennings

Overview

Discover the legal dynamics behind day-to-day transactions in today's real estate marketplace as Jennings's REAL ESTATE LAW, 12E uses engaging stories and intriguing examples to help you master principles of real estate law. Carefully chosen, reader-friendly cases provide dramatic facts to serve as memory tools in understanding legal concepts. You examine monumental changes in real estate law today as new cases, new laws and current trends bring the law of real estate ownership, transfer and development to life. Study a 30-year series of legal battles between a family that donated land for a city park and officials who want to hold a tennis tournament on the land, or review how Airbnbs have changed zoning laws. Whether you are a future or practicing real estate professional, you learn to recognize, prevent and resolve legal problems related to business and personal real estate law.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781305579910
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	01/01/2016
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	736
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Professor Marianne Jennings is an emeritus professor of legal and ethical studies in business from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University (ASU). She was named professor of the year in the College of Business in 1981, 1987, 2000 and 2010 and was the recipient of a Burlington Northern teaching excellence award in 1985. She served as director of the Joan and David Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics at ASU from 1995-1999. From 2006-2007, she served as the faculty director for the M.B.A. Executive Program. She took emeritus status in 2015, but continues to teach graduate courses in business ethics and ethical culture at ASU and other colleges around the country. She is also an instructor and mentor for Wiley s CPAExcel review course. Professor Jennings has authored hundreds of articles in academic, professional and trade journals. She was named one of the Top 100 Thought Leaders by Trust Across America in 2010. In 2012 she was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics by Ethisphere magazine. Her columns have been syndicated around the country, and her work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune, the New York Times, Washington Post and the Reader's Digest. She has been a commentator on business issues on All Things Considered for National Public Radio. She has appeared on CNBC, CBS This Morning, the Today Show and CBS Evening News. Professor Jennings earned her undergraduate degree in finance and her J. D. from Brigham Young University. She has done consulting work for law firms, government agencies, businesses and professional groups including Allstate, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Boeing, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Coca-Cola, Department of Energy, Department of Interior, Dial Corporation, DuPont, IBM, Institute of Internal Auditors, Mattel, Motorola, Southern California Edison, Pfizer and Toyota.

Table of Contents

PART I: THE NATURE OF REAL ESTATE AND REAL ESTATE INTERESTS. 1. Introduction and Sources of Real Estate Law. 2. Land Interests: Present and Future. 3. Extent of Real Estate Interests. 4. Nonpossessory Interests in Real Estate. 5. Fixtures. 6. Liens. 7. Describing Land Interests. PART II: REAL ESTATE OWNERSHIP. 8. Co-ownership of Real Estate. 9. The Landlord-Tenant Relationship. 10. Commercial Leases. 11. Real Estate Communities: Multiunit Interests and Owners' Associations. PART III: TRANSFERRING TITLE TO REAL ESTATE. 12. The Broker's Role in the Transfer of Real Estate. 13. The Purchase Contract. 14. Methods of Transfer and Conveyance in Real Estate. 15. Financing in the Transfer of Real Estate. 16. Closing the Deal. 17. Transferring Real Estate after Death: Wills, Estates, and Probate. PART IV: REAL ESTATE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 18. Zoning. 19. Constitutional Issues in Real Estate. 20. Environmental Regulation and Sustainability. 21. Legal Issues in Land and Economic Development. 22. Tax Aspects of Real Estate Ownership and Transfer.