170.01 Property

A study of the law of property, its objectives and its institutions. This course investigates how property rights and institutions affect resources, prosperity, fairness, freedom, community, and the sometimes conflicting interests of individuals, groups, and governments, in specific applications such as land, possessions, energy, environmental resources, ideas, music, the family, and the self. The course examines doctrines such as acquisition, exclusion, transfer, estates and future interests, covenants and easements, trespass and nuisance, zoning, landlord-tenant and housing law, and compensation for government takings of property.

Fall 2021

Course Number Course Credits Evaluation Method Instructor
170.01
4
Final Exam
Class participation
Barak D. Richman
Sakai site: https://sakai.duke.edu/portal/site/LAW.170.01.F21
Email list: LAW.170.01.F21@sakai.duke.edu
Course
Degree Requirements
JD 1L
IntlLLM NY Bar
IntlLLM-SJD-EXC elective
IntlLLM Environ Cert
Course Areas of Practice
Law, Democracy, and Society