Civil Law Property

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This course entails an in-depth study of Book II of the Louisiana Civil Code (Civil Law Property). Students will master a variety of civilian property concepts, including division and classification of things, navigable waters, dedication ownership and the modes of acquiring ownership (voluntary transfer, occupancy, accession, and acquisitive prescription), real actions (possessory, petitory, boundary, as well as revendicatory), co-ownership, personal and predial servitudes, and building restrictions, usufruct, and prescription. The relevant articles of the Louisiana Civil Code and Revised Statutes, the jurisprudence, and secondary commentary interpreting the code articles, and their French (or Spanish) predecessors when necessary are studied in the course.