| Part I: Property, Justifications and Competition |
| 1 | Introduction to the Course | |
| 2 | Background | |
| 3 | First Possession and Conquest | |
| 4 | First Possession and Labor | |
| 5 | Competition versus Property Including Corporations | |
| 6 | Courts, Policy and Flexibility | First 3-page paper due |
| Part II: Property, Fairness and Access |
| 7 | Security of Property and Adverse Possession | |
| 8 | Public Policy Limits on Trespass | |
| 9 | Public Accommodations, Antidiscrimination and Access Rights | |
| 10 | Public Trust and Private Property | |
| 11 | Fair Use of Property, Support Easements and Nuisance | |
| Part III: Property, Planning and Public Regulation |
| 12 | Land-use Planning and Zoning | |
| 13 | Land-use Planning, Limits to Zoning and Environmental Regulation | |
| 14 | Property, Slavery, Race and Discrimination | |
| 15 | Property and Sex-based Discrimination | Second 3-page paper due |
| 16 | Property and Economic Discrimination | |
| 17 | Property, Sovereignty and Takings | |
| Part IV: Property, Land-use and Private Restraints |
| 18 | Servitudes, Licenses and Easements | |
| 19 | Covenants | |
| 20 | Common Ownership and Housing | |
| Part V: Comparative Law of Property and Land Use and International Development Policy |
| 21 | Redressing the Legacy of Apartheid in South Africa: Rural Land Restitution | |
| 22 | Urban Dilemmas: Land Invasions, Housing Rights and Evictions | Third 3-page paper due |
| 23 | Contestation over Property Rights in India | |
| 24 | Development Displacement, Contests over Land and Housing Rights | |
| 25 | International Development Policy Prescriptions of Property | |
| Part VI: Conclusion |
| 26 | Summing Up; Questions | Final paper due on the last day of the course |