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RESEARCH GUIDE FOR PROPERTY

Resources in Property, Landlord-Tenant, and Land Use LawGENERAL PROPERTY RESOURCES
Internet Resources
Course Reserve Materials
  • Cases and Text on Property, 5th Ed. Casner, et al.
  • Explanations and Examples: Property. 2nd Ed.
  • Estates in Land and Future Interests. 2nd Ed. Makdisi.
  • Intro. To the Law of Property, 2nd Ed. Moynihan.
  • Property Video. Oct. 20, 2000. Malaguti.
  • Property Video. Oct. 27, 2000. Malaguti.
  • Property Videos 2004-2006. Corsaro.
Hornbooks and Nutshells
  • Questions and Answers in Property.
  • Real Property in a Nutshell. Roger Bernhardt and Ann M. Burkhart. On reserve.
  • Estates in Land and Future Interests in a Nutshell. Lawrence W. Waggoner. On reserve.
  • The Law of Property. William Stoebuck and Dale A. Whitman. West Hornbook Series. On reserve.
  • Law of Future Interests. Lewis M. Simes. West Hornbook Series. On reserve.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
Internet Resources
Course Reserve Materials
  • Conveyancing Packet. Malaguti.
  • Examining and Evaluating Title to Real Property in Mass. Hovey, et al.
  • Mass. Conveyancer's Handbook with Forms, 3d ed. Mendler.
  • Real Estate Transactions. Burke.
  • Real Estate Transactions, 4th ed. Goldstein & Korngold.
  • Real Estate Transactions, Statutes, Forms, and Problems. Goldstein & Korngold.
  • Title Standards. Mass. Conveyancer Assoc.
  • Mass. Real Estate Law Sourcebook.
Treatises & Hornbooks
  • Real Estate Finance in a Nutshell. On reserve.
  • Real Estate Finance Law. West Hornbook Series. On reserve.
Practice Materials and Forms
  • Real Estate Law with Forms. Massachusetts Practice, Vols. 28 and 28A and 28B. On reserve.
  • Handling Residential Real Estate Transactions in Massachusetts. MCLE. On reserve.
  • Massachusetts Foreclosures. MCLE. On reserve.
Related Videos
  • “Buying a House.” MSLAW Presents: A Question of Law
    • Professor Anthony Copani moderates a discussion with Janet McLennan, a broker and owner of Century 21 McLennan & Company, Connie Sweabe, a mortgage originator with Fleet Mortgage Company, and MSLAW Professor Peter Malaguti.
LANDLORD-TENANT LAW
Internet Resources
Course Reserve Materials
  • American Law of Landlord and Tenant. Schoshinki.
  • How to Renegotiate Troubled Leases. Glazer.
  • Landlord and Tenant, 3 vols. Malaguti.
  • Legal Tactics: Self-Defense for Tenants in Mass. Duke.
  • Mass. Landlord Tenant Law. Warshaw.
  • Mass. Landlord Tenant Practice: Law and Forms.
  • Office and Retail Leasing. Lunder & Schuman.
  • Residential Landlord-Tenant Law: A Modern Mass. Guide. Lapatin & Lerman.
  • Residential Real Estate Basics. Dillingham.
Hornbooks & Nutshells
  • Landlord and Tenant Law Nutshell. 4th ed.
  • See the Landlord-Tenant chapters in the hornbooks and treatises for general property law above.
Practice Materials & Forms
  • Landlord and Tenant Law with Forms. Massachusetts Practice, Vols. 33, 33A and 34. On reserve.
  • Lease Drafting in Massachusetts. MCLE. On reserve.
Related Videos
  • “Landlord-Tenant Law.” MSLAW Presents: A Question of Law.
    • Professor Diane Sullivan moderates a discussion with Emil Ward, a practicing lawyer and author, Fairlie Dalton, an attorney at Neighborhood Legal Services in Lawrence, and MSLAW Professor Peter Malaguti.
LAND USE
Internet Resources
  • Cornell LII: Land Use
    • Gateway site to land use law, including links to federal and state laws and court decisions, government agencies and other internet sites.
  • Megalaw-Land Use & Zoning Law
    • Contains links to federal and state laws and court decisions, government agencies, and internet sites.
Course Reserve Materials
  • Handbook of Mass. Land Use and Planning Law. Bobrowski.
    • 2000 Supp.
  • Cases and Materials on Land use, 3d ed. Callies, et al.
Hornbooks & Nutshells
  • Land Use in a Nutshell. Robert R. Wright, and Morton Gitelman. On reserve.
  • Urban Planning and Land Development Control Law. Donald G. Hagman and Julian Congrad Juergensmeyer. West Hornbook Series. On reserve.
Practice Materials & Forms
    • Massachusetts Zoning Manual. MCLE. On reserve.

     

 


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