LibGuides: Landlord/Tenant: Study Aids & CALI Lessons

Study Aids

Digital Study Aids
Print Study Aids

Study Aids are designed to help law students learn doctrinal law as it is taught in the core law school curriculum. Law Students can access these digital study aids through West Academic and Wolters Kluwer. Each study aid reproduces the formatting and design of its print counterpart. For more information about study aids in general, check out our Study Aid Finder. The Property section in the Study Aid Finder has several Property study aids that include Landlord/Tenant issues.

Landlord and Tenant Law in a Nutshell by David S. Hill and Carol N. Brown
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Publication Date: 4-30-2018
This book is a comprehensive guide that provides an expert explanation of the rules that govern the legal relations between landlords and tenants. It describes the exceptions to these rules and explores the underlying reasons for them. The book also reviews the creation, duration, and termination of several types of tenancies; termination of leases before expiration; repairs and improvements; transfers; extensions, renewals, and purchase options; rent and security; and insurance and taxes.
Examples and Explanations for Property by Barlow Burke; Joseph Snoe
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ISBN: 9781543809725
Publication Date: 2019-03-13
Examples & Explanations: Property, Sixth Edition, is a study aid that offers clear textual introductions to legal terms and concepts in property law, followed by examples and explanations that test and apply the reader's understanding of the material covered.

See Chapter 15 for landlord-tenant issues.

Study Aids are designed to help law students learn doctrinal law as it is taught in the core law school curriculum. For most study aids, the law library collects the print and digital versions. For more information about study aids in general, check out our Study Aid Finder.

Landlord and Tenant Law by David S. Hill; Carol Necole Brown
Call Number: KF590.Z9 H45 2011
ISBN: 0314225935
Publication Date: 2010-11-09
This comprehensive guide provides expert explanations of the rules that govern the legal relations between landlords and tenants. It describes exceptions to these rules and explores the underlying reasons for them. The text also reviews the creation, duration, and termination of several types of tenancies; terminating leases before expiration; repairs and improvements; transfers; extensions, renewals, and purchase options; rent and security; and insurance and taxes.
Examples and Explanations for Property by Barlow Burke; Joseph Snoe
ISBN: 9781543809725
Publication Date: 2019-03-13
Examples & Explanations: Property, Sixth Edition, is a study aid that offers clear textual introductions to legal terms and concepts in property law, followed by examples and explanations that test and apply the reader's understanding of the material covered.

See Chapter 15 for landlord-tenant issues.

CALI Lessons

Interactive lessons on the law of Landlord/Tenant law from the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI). Each lesson includes a mix of background information and questions.

CALI Lessons on Landlord and Tenant Law
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The list of lessons below is not at all exhaustive, but should give a sense of what CALI has available on Landlord/Tenant law.

Landlord and Tenant: An Introductory Lesson
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This lesson provides an introductory overview of landlord-tenant law, including: the historical origins of non-freehold estates; basic vocabulary of landlord-tenant law; including the concept of rent; the significance of leases as a mechanism for gaining the right to use and possess land; and the conveyance and contract theories of landlord-tenant law as alternative approaches for fashioning legal rules.
Landlord and Tenant: Statute of Frauds
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This lesson addresses the application of the statute of frauds to leases of real property. Topics include the conveyance and contract provisions of the statute; the contents of the lease document that are required to comply with the statute of frauds; the effect upon the parties when a tenant takes possession under an invalid oral arrangement; the doctrine of part performance; and the statutory exception for short-term leases.
Landlord and Tenant: Tenancy for Years
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This lesson in landlord-tenant law covers the tenancy for years, also known as the estate for years, term for years, or term of years.
Landlord and Tenant: Periodic Tenancy
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This lesson in landlord-tenant law addresses the periodic tenancy, also known as the periodic estate. Topics include creation of the periodic tenancy by express agreement, creation by implication, and termination of the periodic tenancy by notice. Hybrid transactions, which combine elements of the periodic tenancy and the term of years, are also considered. A sample essay exam question is included.