Contemporary Property - 6th Edition - Shelley Ross Saxer

Contemporary Property 6th Edition Shelley Ross Saxer ISBN 9798892099776

The Sixth Edition of Contemporary Property builds on the strengths of earlier editions by offering a fresh, practice-oriented perspective on property law. This edition grounds doctrinal instruction in real-world legal skills, helping students connect theory with practice.

Contemporary Property takes a holistic approach to the first-year Property course by framing property law as a series of contests—ongoing struggles over control of resources. The text examines how the legal system has emerged from, and continues to reflect, disputes between individuals and institutions over what constitutes property, who may own it, and what property rights entail. By organizing traditionally fragmented topics into a unified framework, the book presents property law as an integrated and coherent subject.

Drawing on the scholarship of Shelley Saxer, Andrea Boyack, Jamila Jefferson, and Kali Murray, Contemporary Property explores how contests over property have shaped concepts of possession and dispossession throughout U.S. legal history. These discussions range from the dispossession of Native American land to race-based chattel slavery, which treated Black people and their labor as property. The text demonstrates how property law both drives and responds to societal change—from the abolition of slavery to the emergence of new property forms such as cryptocurrency—and shows how transactional practice can serve as a flexible tool for addressing evolving property disputes.

The book also provides robust instructional support for Property Law professors, including:

• Updated cases addressing pressing contemporary issues such as affordable housing shortages, government-led segregation, homelessness, common interest communities, water law, same-sex marriage, cohabitation, bitcoin, intellectual property, the sharing economy, blockchain technology, and recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions affecting property rights;

• Complete coverage of topics tested on the NextGen Bar Exam;

• Practice Applications that develop lawyering skills aligned with doctrinal principles and NextGen bar assessments;

• Policy Applications that encourage focused discussion of emerging property issues;

• Case excerpts introduced with contextual explanations and followed by targeted questions and commentary to enhance student engagement;

• Bolded key terms to highlight essential legal concepts;

• Chapter Takeaways to clarify learning objectives and support student self-assessment; and

• A student-friendly “Estates Path” that guides learners through present and future estates, estate classification, the Rule Against Perpetuities, and the trust process.

Contemporary Property is accompanied by a comprehensive Teacher’s Manual designed to reduce preparation time and enhance instructional effectiveness. The authors—recipients of numerous teaching awards—have integrated proven pedagogical strategies into this resource. Available in a customizable electronic format, the Teacher’s Manual includes:

• Sample syllabi for four-, five-, and six-credit Property courses;

• An extensive set of PowerPoint slides with embedded video links;

• Case briefs for every principal case in the text;

• Answers to all exercises and problems; and

• Suggested hypotheticals for expanded classroom discussion.

Contemporary Property 6th Edition Shelley Ross Saxer ISBN 9798892099776, 979-8892099776 & 9798317703066

Authors
Shelley Ross Saxer
Andrea Boyack
Jamila E. Jefferson
Kali Murray