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This is volume one of a two-volume open-source property casebook, particularly for use in a first-year U.S. Property law course. This casebook introduces you to the depth and breadth of property law. We hope that you will enjoy your foray into property law and expect you will find it as fascinating as we do. We designed this casebook to encourage analyzing property law issues from various viewpoints, including those of planners and litigators. This volume examines fundamental concepts of property law, including possession, relativity of title, and allocation of property rights. The chapters in this volume include the topics of the rule of capture, found property, bailments, gifts, adverse possession, concurrent ownership, marital interests, homestead, estates in land, future interests, easements, licenses, servitudes, homeowners' associations, condominiums, and cooperatives.