New Comprehensive Guide to Estates, Future Interests, and Powers of Appointment

Thomas P. Gallanis (N. William Hines Professor of Law, University of Iowa School of Law) and Lawrence W. Waggoner (Lewis M. Simes Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School) recently published their book entitled Estates, Future Interests and Powers of Appointment in a Nutshell (West Law School 4th ed. 2010). The Publisher’s description is below:

This comprehensive guide provides an overview of the rules and principles of estates and future interests, including concurrent estates, marital estates (including the modern elective share), and powers of appointment. It includes new innovations from the Restatement 3d of Property, modernizing the law of future interests and dramatically changing the Rule Against Perpetuities. The book also has exercises, with answers at the back. Valuable for students in first-year Property and upper-year courses in trusts and estates.