Contents I. PRIVATE PROPERTY 1. Sovereignty 2. Property in Animals 3. Property in Land II. ESTATES AND THE LANDLORD-TENANT ESTATE 4. The Estate Concept 5. Freehold Estates 6. Landlord and Tenant at Common Law 7. Current Controversy over Landlord-Tenant Law: Toward a Warranty of Habitability III. HOUSING AS A PUBLIC UTILITY 8. Rent Control 9. Future Interests 10. Equitable Estates 11. Gifts and Wills IV. LAND IN COMMERCE 12 Buying a House 13 Financing the Land Transaction V. SHARED USE 14 Concurrent Estates 15 Land Use Regulation by Private Agreement 16 Land Use Regulation by Government 17 Old Property 18 New Property