PROPERTY A SPRING 2017

COURSE PAGE

 

Professor Marc Fajer

         

Law Library Room G280

mfajer@law.miami.edu

 

 

Spring 2017 Regular Office Hours Complete

  Pre-Exam Office Hours 4/29-5/2 See Below

        

 

Course Materials:

       Paul Goldstein & Barton H. Thompson, Jr., Property Law:  Ownership, Use and Conservation (Second Edition)

       Linda H. Edwards, Estates in Land & Future Interests (Fourth Edition)

    Supplemental Course Materials (Posted Below)

 

  

Assistant: Tina Sutton

Law Library Room G287

tsutton@law.miami.edu

305-284-4241

Dean's Fellow: 

Daniel Gross

dgross@students.law.miami.edu

 

Thank You Daniel!!!

 

 

New on the Course Page:

 

(4/29) Info Memo #3 (Landlord-Tenant) (Final Version including write-up of Tempest Problem)

 

(4/23) Comments/Best Answers for Spring 2015 Exam (Complete except Problem 2B (= Rev. Prob. 1G))

 

 

Spring 2017 Final Exam Instructions

Spring 2017 Final Exam Detachable Syllabus

 

 

 

Prof's Pre-Exam Availability

 

Tue. 5/2: Office Hours 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. & 2-6 p.m.

I'll Respond to Reasonable E-Mail Qs Sent by 6 p.m. Tue. 5/2

Link to Review Session Slides

Link to Review Session Video

:

http://www.law.miami.edu/video?stream=20170501_ReviewSession_Fajer.mp4&title=Property+Review+Session

 

 

 

 

 

Primary Course Materials

Syllabus (Complete)

Assignment Sheet (Complete)

Supplemental Course Materials: Chapter 1

Supplemental Course Materials: Chapter 2 

Supplemental Course Materials: Chapter 3

Supplemental Course Materials: Chapter 4

Supplemental Course Materials: Chapter 5

Panel Assignments

 

 

Information Memos

 

Information Memo #1:  General Info & Logistics

Information Memo #2: Chapter 1 (Complete) (Coverage Outline; List of Relevant Old Exam Qds; Student Qs on Jacque & Shack; Write-up of DQ1.15, 1.19 e/f & 1.28; Comments & Best Answers for All Rev. Probs.)

Information Memo #3: Chapter 2 (Complete) (Coverage Outline; List of Relevant Old Exam Qs; Write-Up of DQ 2.01-2.06; NY Roommate Law: Text & Significance; Comments & Best Answers for All Rev. Probs.; Tempest Write-Up)

Information Memo #4: Chapter 4 (Complete) (Coverage Outline; List of Relevant Old Exam Qs; Prior Students Qs & My Responses; Miami Herald Article on Border Dispute; Comments & Best Answers for All Rev. Probs. )

Information Memo #5: Chapter 5 (Complete) (Coverage Outline; List of Relevant Old Exam Qs; Prior Students Qs & My Responses; Comments & Best Answers for All Rev. Probs.)

 

 

 

 

 

Power Point Slides (in Reverse Chronological Order)

 

Power Point Slides 4/24 (Rev. Prob. 5M cont'd; Pre-Test Logistics; What is Property?)

Power Point Slides 4/21 (Rev. Probs. 5O & 5M)

Power Point Slides 4/20 (Rev. Prob. 5D cont'd; Rev. Probs. 5K & 5L)

Power Point Slides 4/18 (Easements-by-Implication & by-Necessity cont'd & DuPont; Easements-by-Prescription, DQ5.08-5.11 & MacDonald; Rev. Prob. 5D)

 

Power Point Slides 4/17 (Implied Easements Generally & Intro to Sewage Pipe Hypo; Easements-by-Estoppel, Stoner, & DQ5.06-5.07; Easements-by-Implication & by-Necessity & Williams Island.

Power Point Slides 4/13 (Scope of Express Easements cont'd; Marcus Cable & DQ5.03; Petersen & DQ5.04-5.05; Intro to Implied Easements)

Power Point Slides 4/10 (Intro to Chapter 5 & Scope of Express Easements; Rev. Prob. 5A; Chevy Chase & DQ5.02)

Power Point Slides 4/6 (Rev. Prob. 4H; Boundary Disputes & DQ4.19-4.20; Policy Implications & DQ4.21)

Power Point Slides 4/4 (Course Selection & Stretch Run Advice; Adverse/Hostile, State of Mind & DQ4.18; Rev. Prob. 4E; Intro to DQ4.21, Devins, & 2011 Florida AP Statute)

Power Point Slides 4/3 (Rev. Prob. 4C; Continuous cont'd & DQ4.16; Adverse/Hostile/State of Mind & DQ4.17)

Power Point Slides 3/30 (Open & Notorious cont'd & DQ4.07 & 4.09; Exclusive & DQ4.10-4.13; Rev. Prob. 4D; Continuous & DQ4.14-4,15; Rev. Prob. 4G)

Power Point Slides 3/28 (Actual Use & DQ4.04-4.06; Review Problem 4A; Open & Notorious & DQ 4.07-4.08)

Power Point Slides 3/24 (Rule Against Perpetuities; DQW3.12 & 3.15; DQ4.02-4.03; Acual Use & DQ4.04)

Power Point Slides 3/23 (Intro to Chapter 4 & DQ4.01; Shapira & DQ3.13-14;  Timing Issues; Wills & Intestacy; Revbiew Problems 3P-3R)

Power Point Slides 3/21  (Problem 3I cont'd; Unacceptable Conditions; Problem 3O; Shapira & DQ3.13)

Power Point Slides 3/20 (Review of Chapter 3 Terms/Concepts; Problems 3I & 3L-3N)

Power Point Slides 3/9 (Mahrenholz cont'd & DQ3.08-3.12; Problems 3J-3K)

Power Point Slides 3/7 (Problems 3C-3H; Defeasible Fees & Finite Estates; Mahrenholz & DQ3.05-3.07)

Power Point Slides 3/6 (Tempest Arguments B1 & B2; White v. Brown & DQ3.01-3.04; Vested v. Contingent Remainders; Problems 3A-3B)

Power Point Slides 3/3 (Intro to Chapter 3; Tempest Arguments A1 & A2)

Power Point Slides 3/2 (Review Problem 2J)

Power Point Slides 2/28 (Knudsen Reboot, NY Roommate Act & DQ2.17; Review Problem 2L(b); Significance of Non-Waivable IWH & DQ2.14)

Power Point Slides 2/27 (Constructive Eviction cont'd & DQ2.13; IWH, Javins & DQ2.14-2.16; Knudsen)(Knudsen Slides Revised 2/28)

Power Point Slides 2/23 (Rev Prob 2F; Habitability Issues, Barrash, Gurian & ConstructiveEviction)

Power Point Slides 2/21 (Right to Transfer (Cont'd) & DQ2.10-2.11;  Intro to XQIII; Rev. Prob. 2D)

Power Point Slides 2/20 (Intro to Tenant Selection & Anti-Discrimination Law; Sorenson & DQ2.07-2.09; Intro to Right to Transfer)

Power Point Slides 2/16 (Review Problems 1L & 1M)

Power Point Slides 2/14 (JMB, Permissible Regulation & DQ1.26, cont'd; Rev. Prob. 2A)

Power Point Slides 2/13 (Intro to XQIV; Intro to Rev. Prob. 2A; JMB, Schmid, & DQ1.24-1.28)

Power Point Slides 2/9 (Rev. Prob 1H cont'd; Rev Prob 1N; JMB & DQ1.24)

Power Point Slides 2/7 (Exclusion from Prroperty Open to the Public: Innkeeper's Rule, Civil Rights Statutes, Brooks & DQ1.20-1.23; Rev. Prob 1H)

Power Point Slides 2/6 (Florida MW Statutes Cont'd & DQ1.17-1.19 (a-d); Intro to XQI; Intro to Exclusion from Property  Open to Public)

Power Point Slides 2/2 (Review Probs. 1A & 1B; Intro to Florida MW Statutes & DQ1.16)

Power Point Slides 1/31 (Intro to Working with Statutes; Application of Shack: DQ1.15a & b; Rev. Prob. 1A

Power Point Slides 1/30 (Shack cont'd & DQ1.12-1.14; Intro to XQII)

Power Point Slides 1/26 (Shack cont'd & DQ1.07-1.11)

Power Point Slides 1/24 (Transition & Intro to Shack, DQ1.05-1.07; 1971)

Power Point Slides 1/23 (Operation of the Classroom; Jacque cont'd & DQ1.03-1.04)

Power Point Slides 1/17 (Intro to Subject Matter of Property; Second Semester Issues; Jacque, the Right to Exclude & DQ1.01-1.02)

 

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Exam Preparation Headquarters

 

 

Spring 2017 Final Exam Instructions

Spring 2017 Final Exam Detachable Syllabus

 

FAJER's 2016 EXAM TIPS WORKSHOP

        Power Point Slides        Link to Audio Feed in Sync with Slides

 

 

2014 FINAL EXAM 

          2014 Questions Addressing Material Not Covered in 2017:

                   Problem IIB (All = Eminent Domain)

                   Question IV (Part (a) = Wills/Intestacy)

       

   Exam Questions                        

Complete Comments & Best Student Answers

 

2015 FINAL EXAM

           2015 Questions Addressing Material Not Covered in 2017: 

                    Question I (Part (c) = Eminent Domain)

                    Problem IIC (All = Eminent Domain)

                    Problem IID (All = Wills/Intestacy)

                     Question IV (Roughly First Half = Wills/Intestacy)

                                        

        Exam Questions               

 

Partial Comments & Best Student Answers (All Except Problem 2B = Rev Prob. 1G))

 

 

2016 FINAL EXAM 

           2016 Question Addressing Material Not Covered in 2017: 

                        Question I (Part (a) = Eminent Domain)

 

        Exam Questions               

 

 

 

 

Complete Comments & Best Student Answers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BANK OF OLD EXAM QUESTIONS

 

EXAM QUESTION I (LAWYERING)                    Exam Questions   

      Complete Comments & Best Student Answers

 

EXAM QUESTION III (OPINION/DISSENT)          Exam Questions   

 

         Complete Comments & Best Student Answers

 

 

EXAM QUESTION IV (ISSUE-SPOTTER)            Exam Questions   

 

 

 

 

 Complete Comments & Best Student Answers