203 sec. 001 - Property (Fall 2025)
Instructor: Diana DiGennaro (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only)
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Units: 4
Grading Designation: Graded
Mode of Instruction: In-Person
Meeting:
WThF 11:20 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: Law 170
From August 20, 2025
To November 21, 2025
Course End: November 21, 2025
Enrollment info:
Enrolled: 0
Waitlisted: 0
Enroll Limit: 39
As of: 04/04 07:13 AM
This course introduces students to Property Law. It views property as a core legal and social institution whose definition poses fundamental questions about efficiency, fairness, wealth distribution, and the tension between public and private rights. What does it mean to own or transfer property? What rights do non-owners have? How may the government permissibly regulate or take property? In grappling with these questions, the course will introduce students to the black-letter law in a range of doctrinal areas, from adverse possession to servitudes, zoning to landlord-tenant law. Simultaneously, the course will provide opportunities to practice the skill of written legal analysis. Finally, the course also emphasizes the larger dynamics implicated by property law.
Enrollment is limited to 39 students, and students must apply to take the class. If demand exceeds capacity, then I will admit students who, for one reason or another, have struggled with law school. That reason could be related to demands external to school, the pressures of law school, past academic or personal experiences, or one of many other reasons. The application is available here: https://forms.gle/34zrRs3v9CsFZKrGA. I accept students on a rolling basis; you may apply as soon as the schedule of classes is released.
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Exam Notes: (F) In-class Final Exam
(Subject to change by faculty member only through the first two weeks of instruction)
Exam Length: 4 hours
Course Category: Private Law and Theory
This course is listed in the following sub-categories:
Race and Law
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Books:
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- Property Law: Rules, Policies, and Practices [Connected eBook with Study Center]
Joseph William Singer, Bethany R. Berger, Nestor M. Davidson, Eduardo Moises Penalver
Edition: 8th Edition
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer
ISBN: 9781543838534
e-Book Available: Unknown
Price: To Be Determined