Principles of property law / Herbert Hovenkamp, Ben V. & Dorothy Wilie Professor of Law, University of Iowa; Sheldon F. Kurtz, David H. Vernon Professor of Law and Professor of Surgery, University of Iowa; Thomas P. Gallanis, Associate Dean for Research and Allan D. Vestal Chair in Law, University of Iowa.

"Abridged version of ... The law of property, an introductory survey (6th ed. 2014)" --Preface.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Personal property : rights of some possesors -- Bailments -- Gifts, including bank accounts -- Rights of possessors of lad, including adverse possession -- Classifying possessory estates -- Classifying future interests -- Special rules governing future interests -- Marital and concurrent estates -- Landlord and tenant law -- Servitudes : easements, covenants, equitable servitudes -- Nuisance -- Legislative control over land use : zoning, the takings clause, and housing discrimination -- Cooperatives, condominiums and homeowners associations -- Seller and buyer : the land sale contract -- The evolution of the modern deed -- Conveyancing by deed -- Assurance of title.