This title utilizes the CasebookPlus™ platform. Learn more at Faculty-CasebookPlus.com.

This casebook is designed to introduce property law to 21st-century law students. It presents the core concepts of property law in a streamlined format that is clear and easy to understand, while maintaining the intellectual challenge of the subject. The book covers the standard property topics with a blend of familiar and modern cases selected to appeal to today's students. As with other books in the Interactive Casebook Series, the accompanying electronic version allows students immediate access to the full text of cited cases, statutes, articles, and other materials in the Westlaw database. Other features include:

  • Over 200 photographs, maps, diagrams, original documents, and audio clips in the ebook that help students understand the case materials.
  • Expanded coverage of race and social justice issues, including excerpts from Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., Shelley v. Kraemer, and Southern Burlington County NAACP v. Township of Mount Laurel.
  • Optional chapters on intellectual property law and environmental law.
  • Over 300 multiple-choice questions in the ebook written by the authors to support formative assessment.
  • A comprehensive teacher's manual that provides specific suggestions for how to teach the material, including hypotheticals, experiential exercises, sample questions, and techniques to explore policy issues, together with a complete set of PowerPoint slides.

This title utilizes the CasebookPlus™ platform. Anchored by faculty-authored self-assessments, CasebookPlus allows students to test their understanding of core concepts as they are learning them in class with quizzes keyed to each chapter, subject area review quizzes, and helpful explanations. Learn more at Faculty-CasebookPlus.com.


Imprint: West Academic Publishing
Series: Interactive Casebook Series
Publication Date: 06/16/2021

John G. Sprankling, University of Pacific School of Law

Raymond R. Coletta, University of Pacific School of Law

CasebookPlus™

This title is available in our CasebookPlus format. CasebookPlus provides support beyond your classroom lectures and materials by offering additional digital resources to you and your students. Anchored by faculty-authored formative self-assessments keyed to our most popular casebooks, CasebookPlus allows students to test their understanding of core concepts as they are learning them in class – on their own, outside of the classroom, with no extra work on your part. CasebookPlus combines three important elements:

  • A new print or digital casebook
  • Access to a downloadable eBook with the ability to highlight and add notes
  • 12-month access to a digital Learning Library complete with:
Multiple-choice self-assessment questions, including:
  • Chapter questions keyed to the casebook
  • Black Letter Law questions (available in select subjects)
  • Subject area review questions for end of semester use
Essay and short answer questions with sample answers and expert commentary, in 1L and select upper-level subjects

Leading digital study aids, an outline starter, and audio lectures in select subjects

Students can still utilize CasebookPlus digital resources if they’ve purchased a used book or are renting their text by purchasing the Learning Library at westacademic.com.

With CasebookPlus, you can customize your students’ learning experience and monitor their performance. The quiz editor allows you to create your own custom quiz set, suppress specific quiz questions or quiz sets, and time-release quiz questions. Additionally, the flexible, customized reporting capability helps you evaluate your students’ understanding of the material and can also help your school demonstrate compliance with the new ABA Assessment and Learning Outcomes standards.

Expanded coverage of race and social justice issues, including excerpts from Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., Shelley v. Kraemer, and Southern Burlington County NAACP v. Township of Mount Laurel.

Learn more about this series.