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The Self-Help Guide to the Law - J. D. Teller, Esq.
THE SELF-HELP GUIDE TO THE LAW
Property Law and Landlord-Tenant Relations for Non-Lawyers
THE SELF-HELP
GUIDE TO THE LAW
Property Law and Landlord-Tenant Relations for Non-Lawyers
J. D. Teller, Esq.
The Self-Help Guide to the Law
Property Law and Landlord-Tenant Relations for Non-Lawyers
J. D. Teller, Esq.
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Self-Help Guides to the Law™
Self-Help Guides to the Law™ explain the law in clear, concise terms to a popular audience of non-lawyers. Summarizing the key areas of the law with which readers are most likely to come into contact, the Guides broadly outline the statutes and cases that govern landlord-tenant relations, personal injury, contracts, family law, criminal law and constitutional law and procedure.
With detailed references to sources for readers wishing to delve deeper, the Guides are ideal for readers wishing to better understand their legal rights and responsibilities, regardless of whether they ultimately opt to hire a lawyer.
In addition to The Self-Help Guide to the Law: Contracts, Landlord-Tenant Relations, Marriage, Divorce, Personal Injury, Negligence, Constitutional Rights and Criminal Law for Non-Lawyers, readers may acquire the following individual titles:
-The Self-Help Guide to the Law: Property Law and Landlord-Tenant Relations for Non-Lawyers
-The Self-Help Guide to the Law: Contracts for Non-Lawyers
-The Self-Help Guide to the Law: Negligence and Personal Injury Law for Non-Lawyers
-The Self-Help Guide to the Law: Know Your Constitutional Rights
-The Self-Help Guide to the Law: Criminal Law and Procedure for Non-Lawyers
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With a focus on international and comparative law, the JuraLaw™ imprint publishes monographs exploring public and private international law and overviews of the laws of various nations.
Summary Contents
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Landlord / Tenant Law
Chapter 2. The Acquisition of Unowned Property
Chapter 3. Personal Property
Chapter 4. Conveyances and Acquiring Title
Chapter 5. The Integrity of the Land
Appendices
Table of Contents
Abbreviations
Chapter 1. Landlord / Tenant Law
I. Introduction
A. Leasehold Estates
B. Three Kinds of Leaseholds
II. Discriminatory Preferences and Religious Liberty Issues
A. The Evolution of Regulations on Landlords
B. Modern Statutes and Religious Liberty
III. Tenant’s Rights and Remedies
A. Introduction
B. Legal Possession
C. Actual Possession
D. The Covenant of Quiet Enjoyment & Constructive Eviction
E. The Implied Warranty of Habitability
F. Illegal Leases
IV. Duration of the Tenancy and Use of the Premises
A. Duration of the Tenancy
B. Restrictions on the Uses of the Premises
C. The Duty of Continuous Operations
V. Fixtures
A. Common Law
B. Modern Law
VI. Lessor’s Remedies Against Defaulting Tenants
A. Termination of the Lease
B. Eviction
C. Damages
D. Limits on the Lessor’s Actions
VII. Assignments and Subleases
A. Introduction
B. Determining Whether a Sublease or an Assignment has been Created
C. Privity
D. Landlord’s Rights
Chapter 2. The Acquisition of Unowned Property
I. The Acquisition of Wild Animals and Unowned Property
A. The Acquisition of Unowned Personal Property
B. First Occupancy Theory
II. Acquisition of Volatile Minerals (Oil and Gas)
III. Acquisition by Conquest
Chapter 3. Personal Property
I. Bailment
A. Overview
B. Conditions under which the Bailee becomes Liable to the Bailor:
C. Burden of Providing Negligence
II. Findings
A. Introduction to the Findings Law
B. Lost Items
C. Mislaid Items
D. Treasure Trove
E. Imbedded Property
F. Constructive Possession
G. Abandoned items
H. Trespassing Finders
I. Legislation Regulating Findings
III. Prior (Unauthorized) Possession
A. Majority Approach
B. Minority Approach
IV. Adverse Possession
A. Meeting the Statute of Limitations
B. Two Approaches to Good Faith
C. Elements of Adverse Possession
V. Accession
A. Introduction
B. Elements
C. The True Owner’s Remedies
VI. Bona Fide Purchase
A. Overview
B. Elements of Bona Fide Purchase:
C. Caveat Emptor
VII. Gifts
A. Classes
B. Elements
Chapter 4. Conveyances and Acquiring Title
I. Financing Arrangements
A. Introduction
B. Mortgages
C. Installment Land Contracts
II. Merchantable Title
A. Introduction
B. The Implied Warranty of Merchantable Title
C. Two Remedies for Breach of the Implied Warranty of Merchantable Title
III. Equitable Conversion and Risk of Loss
A. The Doctrine of Equitable Conversion
B. The Three Approaches to the Effect of the Risk of Loss
IV. The Modern Deed
A. Introduction
B. Construing Deeds
V. The Recording System
A. Introduction
B. Four Approaches to Recordings
C. Two Systems for Searching for Records on One’s Property:
D. Records of Easements
Chapter 5. The Integrity of the Land
I. Trespass and Nuisance; Support of Land
A. Trespass and Nuisance
B. Burdens of Proof
C. Public and Private Nuisances
II. Zoning
A. Introduction
B. Constitutionality
III. Takings
A. Introduction
B. Actual Takings
C. Regulatory Takings
Appendices
Thematic Index
Table of Cases
Glossary
Abbreviations