First Week Reading Assignments

First Readings for Spring 2025

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Dates for Spring 2025

  •  The form for submitting assignments will be activated on Monday, December 9, 2024.
    • Assignments will begin to be posted Monday, December 9, 2024.
  • The form for submitting assignments will be deactivated on Monday, February 3, 2025.
    • Assignments will be removed on Monday, February 3, 2025.

Property (LAWS 509 §002)

Instructor Name(s)

Davis

Textbook Information

Singer, Berger, Davidson, & Peñalver, Property Law: Rules, Policies, and Practices (Aspen 8th Ed. 2022) (New or Used)

General Assignment Information

Dear students,

I hope you have had a restful break.  For our first class, please prepare the following:

Text xxxi – liii (A Guide to the Book and How to Brief A Case)

On Monday, we’ll discuss course logistics and how to learn the wide-ranging and fascinating area of law that is property.  On Wednesday and Thursday we will discuss Unit 1A:

Trespass—Exclusion v. Access Text 3–4; State v. Shack, 4–9; Commonwealth v. Magadini, 9–14; Notes and Questions, 14–22; Martin v. City of Boise, 86–92; Notes and Questions, 92–93; Problems pg. 23

Ahead of Monday, please also email me 1) your preferred name and 2) a brief fun fact or tidbit about yourself that you’d like to share. 

See you Monday!

~Prof D