Part Ⅰ．An Introduction to Some Fundamentals 1
Chapter 1．First Possession:Acquisition of Property by Discovery,Capture,and Creation 3
Summary of ContentsContents 13
List of Illustrations 29
Preface to the Fifth Edition 33
From the Preface to the First Edition 35
Chapter 2．Subsequent Possession:Acquisition of Property by Find,Adverse Possession,and Gift 107
Part Ⅱ．The System of Estates(Leaseholds Aside) 195
Chapter 3．Possessory Estates 197
Chapter 4．Future Interests 269
Chapter 5．Co-ownership and Marital Interests 339
Part Ⅲ．Leaseholds:The Law of Landlord and Tenant 443
Chapter 6．Tradition,Tension,and Change in Landlord-Tenant Law 445
Part Ⅳ．Transfers of Land 557
Chapter 7．The Land Transaction 559
Chapter 8．Title Assurance 661
Part Ⅴ．Land Use Controls 745
Chapter 9．Judicial Land Use Controls:The Law of Nuisance 747
Chapter 10．Private Land Use Controls:The Law of Servitudes 781
Chapter 11．Legislative Land Use Controls:The Law of Zoning 951
Chapter 12．Eminent Domain and the Problem of Regulatory Takings 1093
Table of Cases 1239
Author Index 1249
Subject Index 1255