Neighbor Law: Fences, Trees, Boundaries and Noise (Neighbor Law, 4th Ed)

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Summary: The Book Every Homeowner Should Own
Review: Excellent informative book covering topics that every homeowner will eventually have to deal with. A must have!

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Summary: From zoning and nuisance scenarios to starting a petition
Review: From handling water issues and overhanging trees to problems with neighboring businesses and vague boundary lines, professional attorney Cora Jordan's Neighbor Law provides an updated edition of a classic title which outlines neighbor rights and responsibilities, from zoning and nuisance scenarios to starting a petition. Excellent, practical advice.

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Summary: Neighbor laws can cause problems.....
Review: Good book and well written. Could have used more info on how laws cause problems in the first instance. As an attorney, I am consulted by property owners who want to remove trees without fear of tree-preservation laws. I cannot advise clients to ignore laws (though tree laws often seem easy to ignore). I can tell clients what a lot of people do: they don't plant any trees that are protected by tree laws. And any tree protected in tree laws that is still small enough to be legally killed, is killed.

Tree laws can be amended, so that every tree is a potential risk that a property owner will be restricted by government in the future alteration of his property. Tree laws make treeless property the safest route.

Tree laws kill trees, as every libertarian knows. And rightfully so, because tree laws violate private property rights by "socializing" trees. All freedom is founded on private property.

The joke about the endangered species act is that if a property owner sees an endangered species on his property he should "shoot, shovel and shut up." Under tree-preservation laws it is "chop, chip and chill."

Tree laws illustrate the fatal conceit of socialism and its unintended consequences. Tree-huggers must have fallen out of a stupid tree and hit every branch on the way down. If public officials were any more stupid, they'd have to be watered weekly. If their antidisestablishmentarianism continues then more "protected" trees will die.

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Summary: Neighbor laws can cause problems.....
Review: Good book and well written. Could have used more info on how laws cause problems in the first instance. As an attorney, I am consulted by property owners who want to remove trees without fear of tree-preservation laws. I cannot advise clients to ignore laws (though tree laws often seem easy to ignore). I can tell clients what a lot of people do: they don't plant any trees that are protected by tree laws. And any tree protected in tree laws that is still small enough to be legally killed, is killed.

Tree laws can be amended, so that every tree is a potential risk that a property owner will be restricted by government in the future alteration of his property. Tree laws make treeless property the safest route.

Tree laws kill trees, as every libertarian knows. And rightfully so, because tree laws violate private property rights by "socializing" trees. All freedom is founded on private property.

The joke about the endangered species act is that if a property owner sees an endangered species on his property he should "shoot, shovel and shut up." Under tree-preservation laws it is "chop, chip and chill."

Tree laws illustrate the fatal conceit of socialism and its unintended consequences. Tree-huggers must have fallen out of a stupid tree and hit every branch on the way down. If public officials were any more stupid, they'd have to be watered weekly. If their antidisestablishmentarianism continues then more "protected" trees will die.

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Summary: You Can Choose Your Home, But Not Your Neighbors !!!!
Review: If you don't know the ins and outs of on how do deal with neighbors who think they have more rights than you on YOUR property, this book will set you and your neighbor straight.

As a homeowner with a neighbor who is "asocial" (and thieving) who believes he can do whatever he wants, this book helped me to understand the terms to decipher the local zoning laws and how to use the legal system to keep my trespassing neighbor in check.

The author writes with a clear and understandable style while explaining the possible variant and potentially confusing local zoning laws.

Crazy, selfish, bull-headed, antisocial, uncaring, disrespectful, ignorant or sneaky neighbors in reality do exist. Wishfull thinking won't help you change the neighbor problem, but this book can help guide you (and your neighbor) back to reality...................

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Summary: Neighborhood Law Development since 1932
Review: Neighborhood law and principle as such can be traced since the decision of the House of Lords in Donoghue v Stevenson (1932).In the present book by Cora jordan though civil remedies of Law of Torts can be precisely located but precise evolutionary meaning of Neighborhood law has been meticulously concealed by the Author.
Lord Atkin defined not only neighbor in the terms of law but he also traced the evolutionary meaning and relevance of this term. It can be located that the meaning, rights and duties of a neighbor are well settled since then i.e,1932.
The present book could have been more elegantly presented had the Author kept in view the new dimensions of rights and duties.
Though it can not be said that the neighborhood law is an archaic concept but a textbook like the present one by Cora Jordan requires enumeration of twentyfirst century rights, duties and consequential remedies. Even today, it can be noted that many of the rights have not required the shape of the so called enforceable rights, whereby a remedy could be sought by a neighbor.In such circumstances the age old maxim "ubi jus ibi remedium" still becomes relevant. Apart from these inconsistencies this book is worth reading. The remedies discussed in the book are all relevant and more so this book can be used as a generalised tort book. The effort of the Author is commendable.

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Summary: You Can Choose Your Home, But Not Your Neighbors !!!!
Review: Nolo Press covers law for the rest of us. Easy to read, covers topics that are relevant, clearly makes its points. Possibly best for readers in California. Odds are, a book from Nolo Press is worth buying. This is no exception.

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Summary: Great book
Review: Nolo Press covers law for the rest of us. Easy to read, covers topics that are relevant, clearly makes its points. Possibly best for readers in California. Odds are, a book from Nolo Press is worth buying. This is no exception.

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Summary: WHO DID THE PROOF READING!!!!!!
Review: YOU MAKE REFERENCE TO FICK v. NELSON (1950) THERE IS NO SUCH CASE. WHO DID YOUR PROOF READING? THERE IS A FICK v. NILSON (1950). HOW FRUSTRATING DO YOU THINK A PERSON WOULD GET LOOKING FOR A CASE THAT DOESN'T EXIST?