Adopters are encouraged to build their own casebook from the modules below, selecting and editing to suit their pedagogical needs and priorities. Alternatively, adopters may select an “off-the-rack” build of a complete casebook prepared by the Editors or other adopters, available on this page. Teacher’s manuals and slides are available on our password-protected instructors page. Please email the editors from your institutional email account to request a password.

Please note: this page contains links to the most current versions of Open Source Property modules and casebook builds. Previous versions are preserved on our archives page.

Complete Casebook Builds

• Jeremy Sheff, January 2022
  • .docx format (128 MB)
  • .pdf format (18.7 MB)
  • Royalty-free print-on-demand paperback:
    • Volume 1
    • Volume 2
• James Grimmelmann, 2016-17 (.pdf format):
  • Part 1 (19.9 MB)
  • Part 2 (4.7 MB)
  • Part 3 (1.8 MB)
  • Part 4 (16.5 MB)
• Steven L. Winter (Wayne State University), January 2021 (.docx format):
  • Part 1 (12.9 MB)
  • Part 2 (12.5 MB)
• Deidré Keller (Ohio Northern University), 2017-18
  • .pdf format (4.7 MB)
• Matthew Sag (Loyola University Chicago), 2017-18
  • .docx format (34 MB)

Modules

• Advanced Estates and Future Interests
  • Contact: Jeremy Sheff
  • .docx format (204 KB)
  • .pdf format (410 KB)
• Adverse Possession
  • Contact: Michael Grynberg
  • .docx format (280 KB)
  • .pdf format (463 KB)
• Allocation
  • Contact: Jeremy Sheff
  • .docx format (9.9 MB)
  • .pdf format (1.3 MB)
• Bailments and Liens
  • (Contact: James Grimmelmann)
  • .docx format (55 KB)
  • .pdf format (260 KB)
• Common-Interest Communities
  • (Contact: Jeremy Sheff)
  • .docx format (64 KB)
  • .pdf format (253 KB)
• Co-Ownership
  • (Contact: Rebecca Tushnet)
  • .docx format (407 KB)
  • .pdf format (864 KB)
• Covenants
  • (Contact: Jeremy Sheff)
  • .docx format (1.3 MB)
  • .pdf format (599 KB)
• Easements
  • (Contact: Michael Grynberg)
  • .docx format (314 KB)
  • .pdf format (398 KB)
• Estates and Future Interests
  • (Contact: Jeremy Sheff)
  • .docx format (537 KB)
  • .pdf format (325 KB)
• Foreclosures and the Mortgage Crisis
  • (Contact: Rebecca Tushnet)
  • .docx format (138 KB)
  • .pdf format (656 KB)
• Found and Stolen Property
  • (Contact: James Grimmelmann)
  • .docx format (53 KB)
  • .pdf format (235 KB)
• Gifts
  • (Contact: Rebecca Tushnet)
  • .docx format (67 KB)
  • .pdf format (313 KB)
• Good-Faith Purchasers
  • (Contact: James Grimmelmann)
  • .docx format (43 KB)
  • .pdf format (206 KB)
• Human Remains
  • (Contact: Jeremy Sheff)
  • .docx format (154 KB)
  • .pdf format (116 KB)
• Intangible Property
  • (Contact: James Grimmelmann)
  • .docx format (76 KB)
  • .pdf format (377 KB)
• Intellectual Property
  • (Contact: James Grimmelmann)
  • .docx format (313 KB)
  • .pdf format (497 KB)
• Land Transactions
  • (Contact: James Grimmelmann)
  • .docx format (170 KB)
  • .pdf format (320 KB)
• Leasing Real Property
  • (Contact: Stephen Clowney)
  • .docx format (2.2 MB)
  • .pdf format (1.6 MB)
• Marketability
  • (Contact: Jeremy Sheff)
  • .docx format (40 KB)
  • .pdf format (179 KB)
• Nuisance
  • (Contact: Michael Grynberg)
  • .docx format (208 KB)
  • .pdf format (450 KB)
• Ownership
  • (Contact: Jeremy Sheff)
  • .docx format (572 KB)
  • .pdf format (452 KB)
• Property in Persons
  • (Contact: Rebecca Tushnet)
  • .docx format (1.4 MB)
  • .pdf format (477 KB)
• Property Torts and Crimes
  • (Contact: James Grimmelmann)
  • .docx format (57 KB)
  • .pdf format (145 KB)
• Recording Acts
  • (Contact: James Grimmelmann)
  • .docx format (55 KB)
  • .pdf format (273 KB)
• Redlining
  • (Contact: Jeremy Sheff)
  • .docx format (4 MB)
  • .pdf format (790 KB)
• Subject Matter
  • (Contact: Jeremy Sheff)
  • .docx format (36 KB)
  • .pdf format (167 KB)
• Takings
  • (Contact: Michael Grynberg)
  • .docx format (398 KB)
  • .pdf format (1 MB)
• Trusts and Corporations
  • (Contact: James Grimmelmann)
  • .docx format (141 KB)
  • .pdf format (349 KB)
• Wills and Intestacy
  • (Contact: James Grimmelmann)
  • .docx format (101 KB)
  • .pdf format (212 KB)
• Zoning–Standard Treatment
  • (Contact: Rebecca Tushnet)
  • .docx format (15.4 MB)
  • .pdf format (1.2 MB)
• Zoning–Extended Treatment (.docx format, 31.7 MB)
  
  • (Contact: Rebecca Tushnet)