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Casebooks, Study Aids & Guides for Law School Courses & Bar Exams

This LibGuide highlights current editions of BLS Library's casebooks, study aids & guides for law school courses & bar exams.

Casebooks: Property

Property Casebooks - General:

Dukeminier & Krier's Property: Concise Edition by Gregory S. Alexander, Lior Jacob Strahilevitz & David N. Schleicher
Publication Date: 4th ed. c2024

In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - CIRCULATES FOR 1 DAY - EBC. 1 digital copy available. Registration required for first time use.
Property by Jesse Dukeminier, James E. Krier, Gregory S. Alexander, Michael H. Schill & Lior Jacob Strahilevitz
Call Number: KF560 .D8 2022 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 10th ed. c2022

+ Older ed. also available on Reserve:

Property by Jesse Dukeminier, James E. Krier, Gregory S. Alexande, Michael S. Schill & Lior Jacob Strahilevitz
Call Number: KF560 .D8 2018 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 9th ed. c2018

Textbook adopted by Prof. Dana Brakman Reiser in spring 2025.
Property Law: Rules, Policies, and Practices by Joseph William Singer; Bethany R. Berger; Nestor M. Davidson; Eduardo Moises Penalver
Call Number: KF560 .S56 2022 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 8th ed. c2022
Property: Principles and Policies by Thomas Merrill, Henry Smith & Maureen Brady
Call Number: KF560 .M47 2022 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 4th ed. [2022]
Open Source Property by Stephen Clowney, James Grimmelmann, Michael Grynberg, Jeremy Sheff & Rebecca Tushnet.
Publication Date: Copyright 2015-16

Note: BLS Prof. Christopher Beauchamp provides students with a customized version of this casebook through his BLSConnect Canvas course page for Property.

Property Casebooks - Estates in Land & Future Interests:

Estates in Land and Future Interests: A Step-by-Step Guide by Linda H. Edwards & Courtney Cahill
Call Number: KF577 .E39 2022 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 6th ed. c2022
Unlocking Estates in Land and Future Interests by Michael V. Hernandez
Call Number: KF577 .H47 2014 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 2014

Casebook: Real Estate Transactions

Real Estate Transactions: Problems, Cases, and Materials by Robin Paul Malloy & James Charles Smith
Call Number: KF665.A4 M35 2017 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 5th ed. 2017

Treatises & Hornbooks: Property

Treatises:

Powell on Real Property (treatise) by Michael Allan Wolf general ed.; Revisions by contributing practitioners & law professors from across the nation; Originally by Richard R. Powell
Publication Date: Updated quarterly, through Sept. 2025 (Release No. 192)

In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - LEXIS/NEXIS. Enter your Lexis username/password.
Thompson on Real Property (treatise) by David A. Thomas, editor-in-chief
Publication Date: Updated two times per year, current through Sept. 2025 (Release No. 2025S)

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Property (Aspen treatise series) by Joseph William Singer & Nestor M. Davidson
Call Number: KF570.Z9 S564 2022 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 6th ed. c2022

Hornbooks:

Principles and Possibilities in Common Law: Torts, Contracts and Property (Concise Hornbook Series) by Shawn Bayern
Call Number: KF394 .B39 2023 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 2023
Moynihan's Introduction to the Law of Real Property: An Historical Background of the Common Law of Real Property and Its Modern Application (Hornbook series) by Sheldon Kurtz
Call Number: KF570 .M696 2022 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 8th ed. c2022
The Law of Property (Hornbook series) by Dale Whitman, Ann M. Burkhart, R. Wilson Freyermuth & Troy A. Rule
Call Number: KF570 .C86 2019 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 4th ed. [2019]
The Law of Property: An Introductory Survey (Hornbook series) by Sheldon F. Kurtz, Thomas P. Gallanis & Herbert Hovenkamp
Call Number: KF570 .S657 2018 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 7th ed. [2018]
Principles of Property Law (Concise Hornbook series) by Herbert Hovenkamp, Sheldon Kurtz & Thomas Gallanis
Call Number: KF570 .S65 2016 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 7th ed. [2016]

CALI Lessons

Study Aids Containing Multiple-Choice Questions & Short-Answer Questions: Property

Property (CrunchTime study guide series) by Steven L. Emanuel
Publication Date: 6th ed. 2024

Access through Aspen Learning Library.
Preface states that this CrunchTime study guide is designed "to be used in the last few weeks (or even less) before your final exams." Includes: flow charts; checklists; "Exam Tips"; short-answer questions; and multiple-choice questions.
The Glannon Guide to Property: Learning Property Through Multiple-Choice Questions and Analysis by James Charles Smith
Call Number: KF561 .S627 2023 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 5th ed. [2023]

Access through Aspen Learning Library. In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - ASPEN.
1 print copy also is available on Reserve.
Property (Emanuel Law Outlines series) by Steven L. Emanuel
Publication Date: 10th ed. 2023

Access through Aspen Learning Library. In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - ASPEN.
Includes: Casebook Correlation Chart; Capsule Summary (of key concepts); short-answer questions (at the end of almost every chapter); "Exam Tips"; and checklists.
Questions & Answers: Property: Multiple-Choice and Short-Answer Questions and Answers by Donald Kochan & John Nagle
Call Number: KF570 .N34 2022 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 3rd ed. [2022]
Property: Multiple Choice Exams and Analysis (Exam Pro Objective series) by Peter Wendel
Call Number: KF570.Z9 W46 2007 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 2nd ed. [2007]

Additional Study Aids: Property

Community Property in a Nutshell by Jo Carrillo
Call Number: KF526 .M46 2025 (Main)

Publication Date: 5th ed. 2025

Excerpt from Preface: "An updated roadmap to the law of the nine U.S. jurisdictions that maintain a community property system. Those states are Arizona, California, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin. Also included, where relevant, is information about community property option states."
BLS Library provides 1 digital copy (which circulates for 2 hours) + 1 print copy (in the Main collection).
Property (Gilbert Law Summaries) by James Krier & James Stern
Call Number: KF561 .D84 2025 (Reserve)

Publication Date: 19th ed. 2025
Property (Examples & Explanations series) by D. Barlow Burke & Joseph A. Snoe
Publication Date: 7th ed. 2023

Access through Aspen Learning Library. In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - ASPEN.
Understanding Property Law by John G. Sprankling
Publication Date: 5th ed. 2023 (On Reserve)
Acing Property: A Checklist Approach To Solving Property Problems by Colleen E. Medill
Call Number: KF560 .M43 2022 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 3rd ed. [2022]
A Student's Guide to Estates in Land and Future Interests: Text, Examples, Problems, and Answers by Owen L. Anderson
Call Number: (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 4th ed. 2020
The Law of Property (Concepts and Insights series) by Christopher Serkin
Call Number: KF570 .S47 2016 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 2nd ed. c2016
Real Property in a Nutshell by Roger Bernhardt & Ann M. Burkhart
Call Number: KF570.Z9 B43 2016 (On Reserve)

Publication Date: 7th ed. 2016

BLS Library provides 1 digital copy (which circulates for 2 hours like a Reserve book) + 1 print copy on Reserve.
Property (Gilbert Law Summaries) by James Krier
Call Number: KF561 .D84 2013 (Main)

Publication Date: 18th ed. 2013

Format: Outline.

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