Reappraisals in the Law of Property

John V. Orth is the William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina School of Law. His many books on subjects in law include How Many Judges Does It Take to Make a Supreme Court? And Other Essays on Law and the Constitution (University Press of Kansas, 2006) and The Judicial Power of the United States: The Eleventh Amendment in American History (Oxford University Press, 1991).

Preface; Introduction; Part I Getting Down to Cases; Chapter 1 Finding: Asking the Wrong Question; Chapter 2 The Rule in Shelley's Case: Staying Too Long; Chapter 3 Joint Tenancy: Accounting for Continuity; Chapter 4 Tenancy by the Entirely: Adapting to Change; Chapter 5 Leases: Misled by a Simile; Chapter 6 The Burden of an Easement: Playing a Word Game; Chapter 7 Covenants of Habitability: Doing the Right Thing; Chapter 8 Escheat: Picking Up the Pieces; Part II Driving Forces; Chapter 9 Intention: The Law of Unintended Consequences; Chapter 10 Competition: The Race to the Bottom; Chapter 11 Fiction: Pious Fraud; Chapter 12 Labels: Argumentative Jargon; Chapter 13 Second Thoughts: Full Enlightenment?; Chapter 14 Afterword;