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Spring 2017

5408 Property - VETTER- 11869

Professor(s): Greg Vetter (FACULTY)

Credits: 4

Course Areas: 1st Year - Section C 

Time: 10:30a-12:00p  MWTH  Location: 240  TUII

Course Outline: This course covers the doctrines, underpinnings and policy of property law. We will examine what makes property rights distinctive; how property rights are created, transferred, and destroyed; and what the powers and duties of property owners are. This course will serve as a foundation for a variety of upper-division courses, including intellectual property, real estate transactions, environmental law, land use, and trusts and estates.

Course Syllabus: please see:
http://www.law.uh.edu/faculty/gvetter/classes/PropertySpring2017/Property_Spring2017.htm

Course Notes:   please see:
http://www.law.uh.edu/faculty/gvetter/classes/PropertySpring2017/Property_Spring2017.htm

Prerequisites: No  

First Day Assignments: please see:
http://www.law.uh.edu/faculty/gvetter/classes/PropertySpring2017/Property_Spring2017.htm

Final Exam Schedule: 05/08 9am - 1pm  240 BLB  213 BLB  

This course will have:
Exam: open materials exam during the scheduled exam time
Paper: No


Satisfies Senior Upper Level Writing Requirement: No

Experiential Course Type:

Bar Course: No

DistanceEd ABA:

Pass-Fail Student Election:

Course Materials

Special Case

The course will use an open source casebook that is available free of charge. See the course web page above for the link to the book.