Approaching the topic with a transactional approach that follows the actual lending cycle chronologically, often with hypothetical cases, law professors Bender (U. of Oregon School of Law), Hammond (The John Marshall Law School), Madison (Fordham U.), and Zinman (St John's U.) introduce the law of modern real estate financing in the United States. In addition to covering the fundamentals of land transfer and real estate finance, chapters cover commercial real estate leasing; real estate investment; and important issues such as cooperatives and planned communities, negotiations and arbitration, bankruptcy, and environmental liabilities. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Modern Real Estate Finance and Land Transfer: A Transactional Approach

Bender, Steven W.

Hammond, Celeste M.

Madison, Michael T.

Zinman, Robert M.

Business

Aspen Law & Business

This challenging yet accessible casebook examines the legal, business, and tax issues of real estate financing through a transactional and interdisciplinary approach. Written by scholar-practitioners, Modern Real Estate Finance and Land Transfer: A Transactional Approach, Fourth Edition, uses real-world examples to illustrate the lawyer’s role in both residential and commercial real estate transactions. Among the attributes that make this class-tested casebook a success: <ul>
<li> a sophisticated, yet teachable style </li> <li> thorough explanations of the increasingly complex legal, business, and tax issues surrounding real estate transactions </li> <li> the transactional and interdisciplinary approach demonstrates the general rules of law that govern a given real estate transaction, the rules’ underlying rationale or policy, and how (or whether) a rule can be superseded by the mutual consent of each party </li> <li> real-world examples that help foster practical skills required of attorneys in real estate firms and clear explanations that demonstrate rules of law that govern a real estate transaction </li> <li> questions and planning problems that allow students to examine issues in the context of relevant transactions or documents </li> <li> a topical and chronological organization that covers both real estate and real estate finance and follows the lending cycle in modern real estate financing </li> </ul>
 Special features of the Fourth Edition, completely updated to reflect changes in the law, include: <ul>
<li> bankruptcy reform law changes </li> <li> discussion of the popularization in recent years of “exotic” forms of financing, particularly in residential markets </li> <li> changes in the prepayment area </li> <li> treatment of the so-called mortgage meltdown in 2007 </li> <li> updated and substantially rewritten materials on the economics of real estate investments, selection of the ownership entity, and securitization </li> <li> new title insurance forms </li> <li> consideration of mold—the “new asbestos” </li> <li> an updated Teacher’s Manual </li> </ul>
 Modern Real Estate Finance and Land Transfer: A Transactional Approach, Fourth Edition, is the perfect casebook for professors who cover the complex financial and tax aspects of real estate law—whether in a basic real estate course and or an advanced seminar.

Mexico andthe United States exist in a symbiotic relationship: Mexico frequently providesthe United States with cheap labor, illegal goods, and, for criminal offenders,a refuge from the law. In turn, the U.S. offers Mexican laborers the Americandream: the possibility of a better livelihood through hard work. To supply eachother’s demands, Americans and Mexicans have to cross their shared border fromboth sides. Despite this relationship, U.S. immigration reform debates tend tobe security-focused and center on the idea of menacingMexicans heading north to steal abundant American resources. Further, Congresstends to approach reform unilaterally, without engaging with Mexico or otherfeeder countries, and, disturbingly, without acknowledging problematic southerncrossings that Americans routinely make into Mexico.In Run for the Border, Steven W. Benderoffers a framework for a more comprehensive border policy through a historicalanalysis of border crossings, both Mexico to U.S. and U.S. to Mexico. In contrastto recent reform proposals, this book urges reform as the product ofnegotiation and implementation by cross-border accord; reform that honors theshared economic and cultural legacy of the U.S. and Mexico. Covering everythingfrom the history of Anglo crossings into Mexico to escape law authorities, tovice tourism and retirement in Mexico, to today’s focus on Mexicanborder-crossing immigrants and drug traffickers, Bender takes lessons from thepast 150 years to argue for more explicit and compassionate cross-bordercooperation. Steeped inseveral disciplines, Run for the Borderis a blend of historical, cultural, and legal perspectives, as well as thosefrom literature and cinema, that reflect Bender’s cultural background and legalexpertise.

Run for the Border: Vice and Virtue in U.S.-Mexico Border Crossings (Citizenship and Migration in the Americas, 10)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

NYU Press

One of the quintessential goals of the American Dream is to own land and a home, a place to raise one’s family and prove one’s prosperity. Particularly for immigrant families, home ownership is a way to assimilate into American culture and community. However, Latinos, who make up the country’s largest minority population, have largely been unable to gain this level of inclusion. Instead, they are forced to cling to the fringes of property rights and ownership through overcrowded rentals, transitory living arrangements, and, at best, home acquisitions through subprime lenders.In Tierra y Libertad, Steven W. Bender traces the history of Latinos’ struggle for adequate housing opportunities, from the nineteenth century to today’s anti-immigrant policies and national mortgage crisis. Spanning southwest to northeast, rural to urban, Bender analyzes the legal hurdles that prevent better housing opportunities and offers ways to approach sweeping legal reform. Tierra y Libertad combines historical, cultural, legal, and personal perspectives to document the Latino community’s ongoing struggle to make America home.

Tierra y Libertad: Land, Liberty, and Latino Housing (Citizenship and Migration in the Americas, 8)

Although the origin of the term “greaser” is debated, its derogatory meaning never has been. From silent movies like The Greaser’s Revenge (1914) and The Girl and the Greaser (1913) with villainous title characters, to John Steinbeck's portrayals of Latinos as lazy, drunken, and shiftless in his 1935 novel Tortilla Flat, to the image of violent, criminal, drug-using gang members of East LA, negative stereotypes of Latinos/as have been plentiful in American popular culture far before Latinos/as became the most populous minority group in the U.S. In Greasers and Gringos, Steven W. Bender examines and surveys these stereotypes and their evolution, paying close attention to the role of mass media in their perpetuation. Focusing on the intersection between stereotypes and the law, Bender reveals how these negative images have contributed significantly to the often unfair treatment of Latino/as under American law by the American legal system. He looks at the way demeaning constructions of Latinos/as influence their legal treatment by police, prosecutors, juries, teachers, voters, and vigilantes. He also shows how, by internalizing negative social images, Latinos/as and other subordinated groups view themselves and each other as inferior. Although fighting against cultural stereotypes can be a daunting task, Bender reminds us that, while hard to break, they do not have to be permanent. Greasers and Gringos begins the charge of debunking existing stereotypes and implores all Americans to re-imagine Latinos/as as legal and social equals.

Greasers and Gringos: Latinos, Law, and the American Imagination (Critical America, 8)

Legal History

Although the origin of the term “greaser” is debated, its derogatory meaning never has been. From silent movies like The Greaser’s Revenge (1914) and The Girl and the Greaser (1913) with villainous title characters, to John Steinbeck's portrayals of Latinos as lazy, drunken, and shiftless in his 1935 novel Tortilla Flat, to the image of violent, criminal, drug-using gang members of East LA, negative stereotypes of Latinos/as have been plentiful in American popular culture far before Latinos/as became the most populous minority group in the U.S. In Greasers and Gringos, Steven W. Bender examines and surveys these stereotypes and their evolution, paying close attention to the role of mass media in their perpetuation. Focusing on the intersection between stereotypes and the law, Bender reveals how these negative images have contributed significantly to the often unfair treatment of Latino/as under American law by the American legal system. He looks at the way demeaning constructions of Latinos/as influence their legal treatment by police, prosecutors, juries, teachers, voters, and vigilantes. He also shows how, by internalizing negative social images, Latinos/as and other subordinated groups view themselves and each other as inferior. Although fighting against cultural stereotypes can be a daunting task, Bender reminds us that, while hard to break, they do not have to be permanent. Greasers and Gringos begins the charge of debunking existing stereotypes and implores all Americans to re-imagine Latinos/as as legal and social equals.

When you purchase a new version of this casebook from the LIFT Program, you receive 1-year FREE digital access to the corresponding Examples &amp; Explanations in your course area. Now available in an interactive study center, Examples &amp; Explanations offer hypothetical questions complemented by detailed explanations that allow you to test your knowledge of the topics covered in class. Starting July 1, 2017, if your new casebook purchase does not come with an access code on the inside cover of the book, please contact Wolters Kluwer customer service. The email address and phone number for customer service are on the copyright page, found within the first few pages, of your casebook. Modern Real Estate Finance and Land Transfer—sophisticated, yet teachable—explains the increasingly complex legal, business, and tax issues surrounding real estate transactions with discussion relevant to both commercial and residential situations. Through a transactional and interdisciplinary approach, students learn the general rules of law, their underlying rationale or policy, and how (or whether) a rule can be superseded by the mutual consent. Real-world examples help foster practical skills required of attorneys in real estate firms, and the text is appropriate for both the basic Real Estate course and advanced seminar. Topical and chronological organization features coverage of both Real Estate and Real Estate Finance and follows the lending cycle in modern financing. Questions and planning problems help students examine issues in the context of relevant transactions and documents. The authors are scholar-practitioners who skillfully the mix practical skills and theory students will need in today’s competitive legal markets. The Fifth Edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect changes in the law since 2008, including case law and statutory responses to the mortgage crisis in residential real estate; foreclosure defense strategies; policy implications of the mortgage crisis, including the role of lawyers; the expanded role of ADR in real estate transactions; and securitization in light of the mortgage crisis Features: <ul>
<li>
sophisticated, yet teachable—thoroughly explains complex legal, business, and tax issues in real estate transactions</li> <li>
transactional, interdisciplinary approach <ul>
<li>teaches the general rules of law</li> <li>shows underlying rationale or policy</li> <li>explores how (or whether) a rule can be superseded by mutual consent</li> </ul>
</li> </ul>
<ul>
<li>real-world examples and accessible explanations </li> <li>
topical and chronological organization <ul>
<li>coverage of both Real Estate and Real Estate Finance</li> <li>follows lending cycle in modern real estate financing</li> </ul>
</li> <li>appropriate for both basic Real Estate course and advanced seminar
</li> <li>relevant Questions and planning problems </li> <li>written by scholar-practitioners who blend practical skills with theory</li> <li>suited to both commercial and residential real estate transactions</li> </ul>
Thoroughly updated, the revised Fifth Edition presents changes in the law since 2008: <ul>
<li>case law and statutory responses to the mortgage crisis in residential real estate</li> <li>foreclosure defense strategies </li> <li>
policy implications of the mortgage crisis, including the role of lawyers</li> <li>the expanded role of ADR in real estate transactions</li> <li>
securitization in light of the mortgage crisis</li>
</ul>

Wolters Kluwer/Law & Business

About the Author Francisco Valdes is Professor of Law and Dean's Distinguished Scholar at University of Miami School of Law. Considered the “father” of LatCrit, he is the author of numerous law review articles and the co-editor of an acclaimed collection of essays on the history of Critical Race Theory, entitled Crossroads, Directions, and a New Critical Race Theory (Temple University Press 2002).Steven W. Bender is Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Planning and Strategic Initiatives at Seattle University School of Law. He is the author of Mea Culpa: Lessons on Law and Regret from US History (NYU Press, 2015), Run for the Border: Vice and Virtue in U.S.-Mexico Border Crossings (NYU Press, 2012), Tierra y Libertad: Land, Liberty, and Latino Housing (NYU Press, 2010), and Greasers and Gringos: Latinos, Law, and the American Imagination (NYU Press, 2003). Product Description Examines LatCrit’s emergence as a scholarly and activist community within and beyond the US legal academyEmerging from the US legal academy in 1995, LatCrit theory is a genre of critical outsider jurisprudence―a vital hub of contemporary scholarship that includes Feminist Legal Theory and Critical Race Theory, among other critical schools of legal knowledge. Its basic goals have been: (1) to develop a critical, activist, and inter-disciplinary discourse on law and society affecting Latinas/os/x, and (2) to foster both the development of coalitional theory and practice as well as the accessibility of this knowledge to agents of social and legal transformative change.This slim volume tells the story of LatCrit’s growth and influence as a scholarly and activist community. Francisco Valdes and Steven W. Bender offer a living example of how critical outsider academics can organize long-term collective action, both in law and society, that will help those similarly inclined to better organize themselves. Part roadmap, part historical record, and part a path forward, LatCrit: From Critical Legal Theory to Academic Activismshows that with coalition, collaboration, and community, social transformation can take root. Review "A must-read. Whether you have never read LatCrit literature or are an aficionado, there is much to savor in its transnational and multidimensional approach. The book reflects and celebrates LatCrit’s twenty-five-year commitment to theory, community, pedagogy, and praxis, reinforcing the importance of community building and intellectual evolution." -- Adrien K. Wing, Associate Dean and Bessie Dutton Murray Professor at the University of Iowa College of Law"Many have been waiting for just such a comprehensive history of the emergence and flourishing of LatCrit. Built into the legal writings is the collective development of an intellectual movement spurring academic activism." -- Mary Romero, Professor Emerita in Justice & Social Inquiry, Arizona State University"Valdes and Bender have performed an amazing service; not only have they summarized and amplified the mission of Critical Race Theory in its expression as LatCrit, but they have provided access to a methodology of grounded and engaged scholarship. This is significant work." -- Gerald Torres, Professor of Environmental Justice, Yale School of the Environment and Yale Law School

LatCrit: From Critical Legal Theory to Academic Activism

Valdes, Francisco

Legal Education

In Mea Culpa, Steven W. Bender examines how the United States’ collective shame about its past has shaped the evolution of law and behavior. We regret slavery and segregationist Jim Crow laws. We eventually apologize, while ignoring other oppressions, and our legal response to regret often fails to be transformative for the affected groups. By examining policies and practices that have affected the lives of groups that have been historically marginalized and oppressed, Bender is able to draw persuasive connections between shame and its eventual legal manifestations. Analyzing the United States’ historical response to its own atrocities, Bender identifies and develops a definitive moral compass that guides us away from the policies and practices that lead to societal regret.
Mea Culpa challenges its readers. In a different era, might we have been slave owners or proprietors of a racially segregated establishment? It’s easy to judge immorality in the hindsight of history, but what current practices and policies will later generations regret?
More than a historical survey, this volume offers a framework for resolving some of the most contentious social problems of our time. Drawing on his background as a legal scholar, Bender tackles immigration, the death penalty, the war on terror, reproductive rights, welfare, wage inequity, homelessness, mass incarceration, and same-sex marriage. Ultimately, he argues, it is the dehumanization of human beings that allows for practices to occur that will later be marked as regrettable. And all of us have a stake in standing on the side of history that resists dehumanization.

Mea Culpa: Lessons on Law and Regret from U.S. History

History

Americas

Everyday Law for Latino/as

Now the most populous minority group in the United States, Latino/as increasingly need guidance on the everyday issues that affect their economic livelihood, their freedom, and their equal rights to dignity and opportunity. This comprehensive guide is organized around the three flashpoints that contribute to the unique legal treatment of Latino/as-immigration status, language regulation, and racial/ethnic discrimination. These points are examined in the venues of everyday life for Latino/as-from discrimination in housing to discrimination and language regulation in the workplace and lack of protection for immigrant labor, to classrooms where the bilingual education debate rages, to the voting booth and the criminal justice system where Latino/as confront racial profiling and language barriers.

Everyday Law for Latino/as (The Everyday Law Series)

Aldana, Raquel

Carrasco, Gilbert Paul

Avila, Joaquin G.

Ethics & Professional Responsibility

Routledge

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Modern Real Estate Finance and Land Transfer: A Transactional Approach

Modern Real Estate Finance and Land Transfer: A Transactional Approach

Run for the Border: Vice and Virtue in U.S.-Mexico Border Crossings (Citizenship and Migration in the Americas, 10)

Tierra y Libertad: Land, Liberty, and Latino Housing (Citizenship and Migration in the Americas, 8)

Greasers and Gringos: Latinos, Law, and the American Imagination (Critical America, 8)

Greasers and Gringos: Latinos, Law, and the American Imagination (Critical America, 8)

Modern Real Estate Finance and Land Transfer: A Transactional Approach

LatCrit: From Critical Legal Theory to Academic Activism

Mea Culpa: Lessons on Law and Regret from U.S. History

Everyday Law for Latino/as (The Everyday Law Series)