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Real Property Law Pathfinder - Scott Murray, MLIC Intern, Spring 2005

This bibliography is a list of selected materials available in the MLIC and on the Internet. If you do not find an item that is helpful for your research in this bibliography, consult the list of Library of Congress subject headings below relating to your real property topic. Once you find an appropriate heading, you can enter a subject heading search on the TU online catalog system.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SUBJECT HEADINGS

  • Foreclosure
  • Land Use
  • Landlord and Tenant
  • Mortgage loans - United States.
  • Property
  • Property Tax
  • Real Estate Business Law
  • Real Estate Investment
  • Real Estate - Law and Legislation
  • Real Property

  • Real Property And Taxation
  • Real Property - Bibliography
  • Real Property - Dictionaries
  • Real Property - Early Works To 1800
  • Real Property - Examinations
  • Real Property - Foreign Ownership
  • Real Property - Taxation
  • Real Property - United States Cases
  • Real Property - Valuation
  • Right of Property

Narrower Subject Headings

  • Abstracts of title
  • Acknowledgments
  • Adjoining landowners
  • Administration of estates
  • Adverse possession
  • Boundaries (Estates)
  • Commercial real estate
  • Commons
  • Condominiums
  • Consolidation of land holdings
  • Law and legislation
  • Dedication to public use
  • Ejectment
  • Estates (Law)
  • Executory interests
  • Farms
  • Forcible entry and detainer
  • Inclosures
  • Industrial real estate
  • Industrial sites
  • Inheritance and succession
  • Insurance, Title
  • Joint tenancy
  • Land companies
  • Land subdivision
  • Land tenure
  • Land trusts
  • Landlord and tenant
  • Leases
  • Liens
  • Partition
  • Perpetuities
  • Possession (Law)
  • Possessory interests in land
  • Prescription (Law)
  • Real covenants
  • Law and legislation
  • Real property, Exchange of
  • Remainders (Estates)
  • Rent
  • Residential real estate
  • Restraints on alienation
  • Right of way
  • Servitudes
  • Tax-sales
  • Torrens system
  • Trespass
  • Vendors and Purchasers
  • CALL NUMBERS

    A large collection of real property law books can be found within call numbers KF 560 through KF 705 on the first floor of the MLIC.

    AUDIOVISUAL RESOURCES

    Property Made Incredibly Easy! (sound recording) / by Professor William Kovacic. South Norwalk, CT : Nu-Wave Educational Systems, 1997. Law Library Reserve KF570.Z9 K69 1997.

    Property (sound recording) / by Julian C. Juergensmeyer. Eagan, MN : West Group, 2000. Law Library Reserve KF570.Z9 J84 2000.

    BOOKS AND TREATISES

    General / Introduction

    American Property Law Cases, History, Policy, and Practice / James L. Winokur. Charlottesville, Va. Michie Co. 1982. Law Library - First Floor KF569 .W45 1982

    American Law of Property: A Treatise on the Law of Property in the United States / Editor-in-chief: A. James Casner. Boston Little, Brown 1952. (7 volumes) Law Library - First Floor KF561 .A53 1952.

    Cases and Materials on American Property Law / by Sheldon F. Kurtz and Herbert Hovenkamp. St. Paul, Minn. : West Group, 1999. Law Library - First Floor KF560 .K87 1999.

    Cases and Materials on Real Estate Transfer, Finance, and Development / by Grant S. Nelson, Dale A. Whitman. St. Paul, MN West Pub. Co. 1987. 3rd ed. Law Library - First Floor KF694 .N34 1987

    Introduction to the Law of Real Property. Cornelius J. Moynihan. St. Paul, Minn. West Pub. Co. 2002. 3rd ed. (2nd edition available at Law Library First Floor and Law Library Reserve KF570 .M69 1987)

    Introduction to Property / Joseph William Singer. Gaithersburg, MD : Aspen Law & Business, 2001. Law Library - First Floor KF570.Z9 S56 2001.

    Fundamentals of Modern Property Law / by Edward H. Rabin, Roberta Rosenthal Kwall, Jeffrey L. Kwall. New York : Foundation Press, 2000. Law Library First Floor KF569 .R3 2000.

    Powell on Real Property / by Richard R. Powell and Patrick J. Rohan. Published New York : M. Bender, 1968. 2nd edition. (One volume) Law Library - First Floor KF570 .P6

    Property : Examples and Explanations / Barlow Burke, Joseph A. Snoe. Gaithersburg, MD : Aspen Law & Business, 2001. Law Library - First Floor KF560 .B87 2001.

    Property / by Roger Bernhardt, Ann M. Burkhart. St. Paul, Minn. : West Group, 1998. Law Library - First Floor KF570.Z9 B46 1997.

    Real Property in a Nutshell / by Roger Bernhardt, Ann M. Burkhart. St. Paul, Minn. : West Group, 2000. Law Library Reserve KF570.Z9 B47 2000. (Earlier editions in Law Library First Floor KF570.Z9 B47)

    Survey of the Law of Property / by Chester H. Smith and Ralph E. Boyer. St. Paul : West Pub. Co., 1971. 2d ed. Law Library - First Floor KF570 .S54 1971.

    The Law of Personal Property / by Ray Andrews Brown. Chicago, IL: Callaghan, 1975. 3rd ed. by Walter B. Raushenbush. Law Library - First Floor KF705 .B73 1975.

    The Law of Property : An Introductory Survey. St. Paul, Minn. : West Group, 2001. Law Library - First Floor KF570 .S54 2001.

    The Law of Property / by William B. Stoebuck, Dale A. Whitman. St. Paul, Minn. : West Pub. Co., 2000. 3rd ed. Law Library Reserve KF570 .C86 2000.

    The Law of Real Property / by Richard R. Powell ; revision editor, Patrick J. Rohan. New York, NY : LEXIS Pub., 1949- . (10 volumes) Law Library - First Floor KF570 .P57

    The Law of Real Property / by Herbert Thorndike Tiffany. Wilmette, Ill. : Callaghan, 1939- . (6 volumes) Law Library - First Floor KF570 .T547.

    Real Estate Law / Marianne M. Jennings. Cincinnati, Ohio : West/Thomson Learning, 2002. Law Library - First Floor KF665 .J4 2002.

    Real Property Contracts

    Contracts and Conveyances of Real Property / Milton R. Friedman. New York City : Practising Law Institute, 1998-Law Library First Floor KF670 .F6436.

    Holtzschue on Real Estate Contracts / Karl B. Holtzschue. New York, NY : Practising Law Institute, 1994- . 2nd ed. Law Library - First Floor KF665.Z9 H582.

    Real Estate Sales Contracts From Preparation Through Closing / (by) Charles D. Gray (and) Joseph L. Steinberg. Published Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Prentice-Hall 1970. Law Library - First Floor KF665 .G72 1970.

    Real Property Ethics

    Markets and Ethics in U.S. Property Law / by Arthur F. McEvoy. Madison, Wis. : Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison,(1995). Law Library - First Floor KF5698.Z9 M338 1996.

    Real Property Future Interests

    A Concise Guide to the Nuts & Bolts of Estates and Future Interests / Andrew Beckerman-Rodau. Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, 2004. Law Library - First Floor KF575.Z9 B43 2004.

    Estates in Land and Future Interests in a Nutshell / by Lawrence W. Waggoner. St. Paul, MN West Pub. Co. 1993. 2nd ed. Law Library Reserve KF605 .W332 1993.

    Estates in Land and Future Interests: Problems and Answers / John Makdisi. Boston, MA: Little, Brown; 1995. 2nd ed. Law Library - First Floor KF605 .M24 1995

    Estates in Land and Future Interests: A Step-By-Step Guide. Linda H. Edwards. Aspen Publishers, Inc. 2nd ed. 2005. On Order.

    A Student's Guide to Estates in Land and Future Interests : Text, Examples, Problems and Answers / Robert Laurence, Pamela B. Minzner ; graphics by Carolyn E. Kennedy. New York, NY : M. Bender, 2000, 1993. 2nd ed. Law Library Reserve KF605 .L38 1993.

    Land Use

    Land Use Regulation : A Legal Analysis & Practical Application of Land Use Law / Peter W. Salsich, Jr. & Timothy J. Tryniecki. Chicago, Ill : Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, American Bar Association, 2003. 2nd ed. Law Library - First Floor KF5698 .S243 2003

    Land Wars : The Politics of Property and Community / John G. Francis ; Leslie Pickering Francis. Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2003. Law Library - First Floor HD108.6 .F736 2003

    The Property Tax, Land Use and Land Use Regulation / edited by Dick Netzer. Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : E. Elgar, 2003. Law Library - First Floor HJ4181 .P7624 2003.

    Unsettling the City : Urban Land and the Politics of Property / Nicholas Blomley. New York : Routledge, 2004. Law Library - First Floor HD1391 .B58 2004.

    Real Property - Mortgages

    Anatomy of a Mortgage : Understanding and Negotiating Commercial Real Estate Loans / R. Wilson Freyermuth. Chicago, Ill. : American Bar Association, Section of Real Property Probate and Trust Law, 2001.

    Cases and Materials on Real Estate Transfer, Finance, and Development / by Grant S. Nelson, Dale A. Whitman. St. Paul, MN West Pub. Co. 1987. 3rd ed. Law Library - First Floor KF694 .N34 1987

    Mortgage Loan Disclosure Handbook: A Step-by-Step Guide with Forms / by Kenneth F. Hall. New York, N.Y. C. Boardman Co. 1989- . Law Library - First Floor KF695 .H24

    Real Estate Mortgages / by Howard Levinton. Washington, D.C. : Tax Management, Inc., 1991- . Law Library - First Floor KF6289.A1 T35 no.66-4th. (loose-leaf)

    Real Estate Finance in a Nutshell / by Jon W. Bruce. St. Paul, MN : Thomson/West, 2004. 5th ed. Law Library Reserve KF695.Z9 B78 2004

    Real Property Rights

    Forfeiting Our Property Rights : Is Your Property Safe from Seizure? / Rep. Henry Hyde. Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute, 1995. Law Library - First Floor KF9747 .H933

    Property Rights : A Practical Guide to Freedom and Prosperity / Terry L. Anderson and Laura E. Huggins. Stanford, Calif. : Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, 2003. Law Library - First Floor HB701 .A544 2003.

    The Right to Private Property / Jeremy Waldron. Oxford (Oxfordshire) Clarendon 1988. Law Library - First Floor JC605 .W24 1988.

    Real Property Taxes

    The Property Tax, Land Use and Land Use Regulation / edited by Dick Netzer. Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : E. Elgar, 2003. Law Library - First Floor HJ4181 .P7624 2003.

    Tax Implications of Home Ownership / by Bruce Neil Edwards. Washington, D.C. : Tax Management, 2004- . Law Library - First Floor KF6289.A1 T35 no. 594-2nd. (loose-leaf)

    Tax Planning with Real Estate / Jerome Ostrov. New York, N.Y. : Practising Law Institute, 2001. Law Library - First Floor KF6540 .O88 2001. (loose-leaf)

    Taxation of Real Estate Transactions : An Overview / by James Edward. Maule. Washington, D.C. : Tax Management Inc., 1997- . Law Library - First Floor KF6289.A1 T35 no.590. (loose-leaf)

    Uniform Capitalization Rules : Inventory, Self-constructed Assets, Real Estate / by Richard Garrett, James E. Connor, Annette B. Smith. Washington, D.C. : Tax Management, 1995-2000s. Law Library - First Floor KF6289.A1 T35 no.576. (loose-leaf)

    Real Property Valuation

    Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation : ALI-ABA Course of Study. (Philadelphia, Pa.) : ALI-ABA Committee on Continuing Professional Education, 2004. Law Library - First Floor KF5599.A75 E4 2004.

    A Practical Guide to the Legal and Appraisal Aspects of Condemnation. / Sidney Z. Searles, editor. Philadelphia Joint Committee on Continuing Legal Education of the American Law Institute and the American Bar Association (1970? 1969). Law Library - First Floor KF5599 .P62 1969.

    Real Estate Valuation in Condemnation--2d / Sidney Z. Searles, chairman. New York Practising Law Institute 1970. Law Library - First Floor KF5599.Z9 R32 1970.

    Real Estate Appraisal Desk Book / by Robert W. Winstead. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Prentice-Hall 1968. Law Library - First Floor HD1387 .W45 1968.

    Splitting Up Is Hard to Do : Advanced Valuation Issues in Divorce and Other Litigation Disputes / by Yassar Karam, Linda Trugman. Lewisville, TX : AICPA, 2003. Law Library - First Floor KF535 .K37 2003.

    Valuation Under the Law of Eminent Domain. Charlottesville, Va. Michie Co. 1953. 2d ed. Law Library - First Floor KF5599 .O63 1953 v.2

    DICTIONARIES

    Dictionary of Real Estate Terms (computer file) / Jack P. Friedman, Jack C. Harris, J. Bruce Lindeman. Published Hauppauge, NY : Barron's Educational Series, 2000. (Electronic Book available through TU online catalog).

    ELECTRONIC DATABASES

    LexisNexis: This database provides various real property resources including Cases, Statutes & Legislative Materials, Law Reviews & Journals, Legal News, Public Records, Treatises & Analytical Materials , General News & Information, and other information. For additional information about LexisNexis resources, consult the online directory or the LexisNexis Directory of Online Services (call no. Ready Ref KF 242.A1 D57) located at the reference desk. The following is the path of links to real estate resources in LexisNexis: Search Tab Area of Law by Topic Real Estate

    Westlaw Databases: Real property materials can be found in Westlaw Databases. A few databases are listed below. For other databases in Westlaw, consult the online directory or the Westlaw Database Directory (call no. Ready Ref KF 242.A1 S47) located at the reference desk. You can use the identifier to the right of the database name to retrieve information from those particular databases.

    • Westlaw Topical Highlights Real Property - WTH-RP
    • Real Property - Law Reviews, Texts and Bar Journals - RP-TP
    • Real Property Texts and Periodicals - RP-Texts
    • Multistate Real Property Cases - MRP-CS
    • Individual State Real Property Cases - XXXP-CS
    • All State and General Real Property Forms - RPFORM-ALL

    ENCYCLOPEDIAS

    Encyclopedia of Real Estate Terms : Based on American and English Practice, with Terms from the Commonwealth as well as the Civil Law, Scots and French Law / Damien Abbott. London ; Washington, DC : Delta Alpha Publishing, 2000. Law Library Reference HD1365 .A23 2000.

    HANDBOOKS

    Asset Forfeiture Office Personal Property Manual. Arlington, Va. : U.S. Dept. of Justice, United States Marshals Service, Asset Forfeiture Office, 1999- . Law Gov Docs-First Floor J 25.8: As7

    Handbook of the Law of Real Property. St. Paul, MN: West Pub. Co., 1954. 2d ed. Law Library - First Floor KF570.Z9 B86 1954 .

    A Practical Guide to Real Estate Practice / Joshua Stein. Philadelphia, Pa.: American Law Institute-American Bar Association Committee on Continuing Professional Education, 2001. Law Library - First Floor KF665 .S83 2001.

    INTERNET RESOURCES

    Cornell University's Legal Information Institute Overview of Real Property http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/real_property.html

    FindLaw® for Legal Professionals: Property Law & Real Estate http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/33property/sites.html

    LLRX - ResearchWire: Discoveries in Real Estate http://www.llrx.com/columns/realestate.htm

    MegaLaw.com® - Lawyer's Window to the Web: Real Property Law http://www.megalaw.com/top/property.php

    United States Department of Housing and Urban Development http://www.hud.gov/

    The Virtual Chase: Teaching Legal Professionals How To Do Research - Real Estate Law http://www.virtualchase.com/resources/real_estate.shtml

    JOURNALS

    Listed below are journals relating to real property law. Those listed with an "*" are available online thru the TU online catalog. You can also find articles on real property using legal periodical indexes such as LegalTrac online, Index to Legal Periodicals (available in print near the 2nd floor law library reference desk), or Current Law Index (also available in print near the 2nd floor law library reference desk ). When using these periodical indexes, use one of the subject headings listed at the beginning of this pathfinder. The subject headings may help you to find good articles.

    The Appraisal Journal.* Chicago : American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers. MLIC online catalog.

    The Practical Real Estate Lawyer's Manual. Philadelphia, PA American Law Institute-American Bar Association Committee on Continuing Professional Education. No. 1 (1987)- to date Law Library - First Floor KF366.A3 P62

    Probate and Property : the Magazine of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the American Bar Association. Published Chicago, IL : American Bar Association, (1987-) Law First Floor Periodicals K16 .R26

    Proceedings. American Bar Association. Section of Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law. Chicago, Ill. American Bar Center. Law Library - First Floor KF325.1466 .P66

    Real Estate Law Journal. Boston, MA: Warren, Gorham & Lamont. Vol. 1 (Summer 1972) - Vol. 25 (Spring 1997) Law First Floor Periodicals. Law Library - First Floor K18 .E243.

    Real Estate Review.* Boston, Mass. : Warren, Gorham and Lamont. Vol. 1 (1971) - Vol. 14 (1991). Law First Floor Periodicals. K18 .E245. Also available online through MLIC online catalog.

    Real Property, Probate and Trust Journal. Chicago : American Bar Association Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law. Vol. 1 (Spring 1966) - to date. Law First Floor Periodicals. K18 .E246.

    Survey of Real Estate Trends.* Washington, DC : FDIC, Division of Research and Statistics. MLIC online catalog.

    OKLAHOMA REAL PROPERTY LAW - BOOKS AND RESOURCES

    Advanced Real Estate Law in Oklahoma / by Dale L. Astle ... (et al.). Published Eau Claire, WI : National Business Institute, 1995. Law Okla. Coll.-2nd Floor KFO1326.A75A2825

    Basic Real Estate Law in Oklahoma / by Joseph A. McCormick ... (et al.) . Published Eau Claire, WI National Business Institute 1990. Law Okla. Coll.-2nd Floor KFO1326.A75 B27 1990

    The Changing "Landscape" of Oklahoma Real Property Practice. Oklahoma City, Okla. : OBA, Dept. of Continuing Legal Education, 2002. Law Okla. Coll.-2nd Floor KFO1326.A75 C47 2002.

    Emerging Topics in Real Estate Law. OBA Real Property Section. Oklahoma City, Okla. : OBA, Dept. of Continuing Legal Education, 2003. Law Okla. Coll.-2nd Floor KFO1326.A75 E44 2003.

    Foreclosure and Repossession in Oklahoma / by Bradley K. Beasley . Eau Claire, WI National Business Institute 1990. Law Okla. Coll.-2nd Floor KFO1330.5.F6 F66 1990

    How to Examine Title to Real Property in Oklahoma / Linda G. Morrissey ... (et al.) Eau Claire, WI Professional Education Systems, Inc. 1989. Law Okla. Coll.-2nd Floor KFO1314.A1 H68 1989.

    Keys to Success in a Real Estate Transaction in Oklahoma / by David D. Kennedy. Eau Claire, WI National Business Institute 1993. Law Okla. Coll.-2nd Floor KFO1326.A75 K355 1993 .

    Mortgage Foreclosure Law. Oklahoma City, Okla. : OBA, Dept. of Continuing Legal Education, 2000. Law Okla. Coll.-2nd Floor KFO1330.5.F6 M67 2000.

    Planning and Development of New Additions. OBA Real Property Law Section. Oklahoma City, Okla. : OBA, Dept. of Continuing Legal Education, 2001. Law Okla. Coll.-2nd Floor KFO1326.A75 P56 2001.

    OKLAHOMA REAL PROPERTY LAW - PERIODICALS

    Oklahoma Bar Association Real Property Lawyer. Published Oklahoma City, OK Oklahoma Bar Association. Law Library Reserve K12 .A879 Spring 1994- .

    Report. Oklahoma Bar Association (1939- ). Real Property Section. Tulsa, OK University of Tulsa College of Law. Law Okla. Coll.-2nd Floor KFO1312 .A2