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 | ||
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| 170.01 |
4
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Final Exam
Class participation
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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
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| Course Areas of Practice |
Law, Democracy, and Society
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