Spring 2025
Professor(s):
Kellen Zale (FACULTY)
Credits: 4
Course Areas: 1st Year - Section B
Time: 9:00a-10:30a TTH 10:30a-12:00p W Location: 102B
Course Outline: This course covers the basics 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 land use, environmental law, intellectual property, and commercial law.
***As noted on the course syllabus, e-books are an electronic source and thus are not permitted during the final exam; therefore, students should ensure that they do not purchase an e-book only version of the casebook or required supplement book.***
Course Syllabus: Syllabus
Course Notes: (Face-to-Face) The UH registration system instruction mode for this course is listed in parenthesis. For this instruction mode, instructors and students are expected to normally be physically present in the classroom. If the course has a final examination, it will be in a classroom requiring your physical presence. Other assessment, such as a mid-term exam, may also be in a classroom. Whether this instructor will offer “remote presence” (starting a zoom meeting from the podium computer to enable student remote access on an occasional basis) for part or all of the semester is not known, but students should not rely on an expectation that remote presence will be available.
Prerequisites:
First Day Assignments: Dukeminier et al.: Pages 1-22 (skip notes 5 and 6 on the top of pg. 22, which are not assigned; however, read Problems 1 and 2 on the bottom of pg. 22, which are assigned)
Final Exam Schedule: 5/2/2025 9-12pm
This course will have:
Exam:
Paper:
Satisfies Senior Upper Level Writing Requirement: No
Experiential Course Type: No
Bar Course: No
DistanceEd ABA: No
Pass-Fail Student Election: Unavailable (Required Course)
Course Materials
Book(s) Required
Course Materials: Dukeminier, Krier, et al., Property Concise Edition (3rd ed.) (ISBN: 9781543826319). Edwards, Estates in Land and Future Interests: A Step-by-step Guide (6th ed.) (ISBN: 9781543826371).
The required textbooks have multiple editions which are not interchangeable, so please ensure you procure a hard copy (NOT digital-only) of the specific edition required.
E-books are an electronic source and thus are not permitted during the final exam; therefore, students should ensure that they do NOT purchase an e-book/digital only version of the required textbooks.
