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Best Property Supplement?
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 11:57 am
by Royal
What's the general consensus re: best property supplement? I'm using the Singer casebook. Thanks.
Re: Best Property Supplement?
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 2:08 pm
by uzpakalis
http://top-law-schools.com/forums/viewt ... =3&t=26949
I used E & E (throughout the year) + crunchtime (closer to finals)
You may also want a book so that you can drill system of estates problems, I used this one
http://www.amazon.com/Possessory-Estate ... 142&sr=8-3
Re: Best Property Supplement?
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 2:13 pm
by 09042014
Property E&E was legit garbage.
Re: Best Property Supplement?
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 2:14 pm
by uzpakalis
Desert Fox wrote:Property E&E was legit garbage.
def not as good as others...
Re: Best Property Supplement?
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 3:08 pm
by phonepro
my professor recommended this:
http://www.amazon.com/Property-Treatise ... 445&sr=8-3
which is more like a student treatise. anyone use it?
Re: Best Property Supplement?
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 3:35 pm
by Amy wineBerry
I have the same casebook and my professor recommended Singer's Property supplement and Estates in Land and Future Interests which is a problems and answers workbook by Makdisi. No idea how these work together, but these are his recommendation. I'm comparing Singer's property supplement with Understanding Property at the moment.
Re: Best Property Supplement?
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 4:02 pm
by sethc
Hmm.. Prop is one of those classes that seem like a wild card when it comes to supplements. I've never heard a consensus on 1-2 books. Are you in Prop1 or Prop2? To be up front, Prop1 for me used the Rabin textbook & Prop2 (currently in) uses the Dukeminier 7th ed.(sp?). That'll give you a better grasp on my tips.
If it's Prop1 then you DEFINITELY need the "Estates in Land & Future Interests" or better known as "the green book" around here (where I go). I finished Prop1 and that book essentially taught me FIs clearly, which I struggled bad to learn from class/text. If you consider buying it, let me know - I bought mine new & don't need it anymore. It's got some writing in it, though.
But, beyond that I've been having some great success with the Nutshell series in both Prop1&2. It's pretty condensed, small and handy, and explains stuff in a very 1L-friendly way, in my opinion. Plus $35 isn't that bad considering other supplement prices. I know a lot of people that swore by the E&E and still do, but I have only briefly looked at it and decided not to "switch gears" like that mid-semester.
Good luck!