Estates in Land and Future Interests: A Step-by-Step Guide, Third Edition

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This concise text offers a proven-effective method for teaching the complex terminology and relationships of estates and future interests. Through helpful pedagogy, clear presentation, and a building-block approach, Edwards simplifies—without oversimplifying—the process of analyzing the classifications and relational transactions of estates in land and future interests.

Updated and honed in its Third Edition, Estates in Land and Future Interests: A Step-by-Step Guide, features:

• graphics, text boxes, and dynamic pedagogy to illustrate and clarify basic estates and future interests concepts and relationships
• a central flow chart on the inside back cover of the book that identifies the state of the title after a particular conveyance and which can be used throughout the book to link estates to the future interests that follow them
• a building-block approach that breaks analytical tasks into their constituent parts
• lucid and succinct text supported by a clean and uncluttered page design
• problem sets with answers, study questions, and practice exercises
• a logical organization that tracks the coverage in Dukeminier/Krier
• Glossary of terms clearly defined in the appendix
• Teacher’s Manual and PowerPoint slides

Few supplemental texts offer as much teaching support as this step-by-step guide, which comes with its own Teacher’s Manual and PowerPoint slides. Your students will thank you for adopting the Third Edition.

Chapter 1. Introduction to the Study of Estates and Future Interests
Chapter 2. Possessory Estates
Chapter 3. Limitations Added to Possessory Estates
Chapter 4. Future Interests Retained by the Grantor
Chapter 5. Estates Followed by Remainders
Chapter 6. Estates Followed by Executory Interests
Chapter 7. Accounting for Additional Future Interests, Class Gifts, and Subsequent Divesting
Chapter 8. Shifting and Springing Executory Interests
Chapter 9. Review of Future Interests in a Second Grantee and the Estates They Follow
Chapter 10. What Is the State of the Title?
Chapter 11. Post-Conveyance Factual Developments
Chapter 12. More Efforts to Further Alienability
Chapter 13. The Infamous Rule Against Perpetuities
Chapter 14. Applying the Rule Against Perpetuities
Chapter 15. Relief from the Rule Against Perpetuities
Chapter 16. Putting It All Together

Appendix A: An Alternative Outline of Estates and Future Interests
Appendix B: Vocabulary
Appendix C: Answers to Study Questions and Practice Exercises
Appendix D: Practice Exercises for Use in Class
Appendix E: Collection of Outlines and Summary Boxes

Index