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:
- James Grimmelmann, 2016-17 (.pdf format):
- Steven L. Winter (Wayne State University), January 2021 (.docx format):
- 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
- 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)