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Major Treatises by Topic

This guide lists major legal treatises, handbooks, hornbooks and guides by topic. It also lists important current awareness and reporting services for each topic.

Real Property

This section pertains to real property (i.e., land).  There is a separate section for intellectual property.

Multi-Volume Treatises

Ebooks and Online Resources accessible to Case Law Users Only.

John  A. Borron, Jr., The Law of Future Interests (3d ed., 2002-date).
Online: Westlaw. (4 volumes).

Michael T. Madison, Jeffry R. Dwyer, & Steven W. Bender, The Law of Real Estate Financing: With Tax Analysis, Planning, and Forms (Rev. ed., 1994-date).
Online: Westlaw. (2 volumes).

Richard R. Powell & Michael Allan Wolf, Powell on Real Property (1949-date).
Online: Lexis.

Julius L. Sackman et al., Nichols on Eminent Domain
Online: Lexis

Single-Volume Treatises/Hornbooks

Current Awareness & Looseleaf Services

Ebooks and Online Resources accessible to Case Law Users Only.

ABA Real Estate & Property Law. Online: ABA Law