Bruce Kennedy Associate Professor of Law Office:  LC2008D Campus Phone: 419.530.2118 Fax Number: 419.530.4447 E-Mail: Bruce.Kennedy@utoledo.edu Secretary:  Joan Easler 419.530.2871

Fall 2008

Property I

Course Readings for the First Week

Tentative Course Syllabus

On Studying Law and Briefing Cases (.ppt)

Personal Property – Acquisition of Original Title - Cases (.ppt)

Personal Property – Property Rights & Lost/Mislaid Property (.ppt)

Personal Property – Bailments (.ppt)

Personal Property – Adverse Possession – Basic Elements (.ppt)

Personal Property – Adverse Possession – Redmond v NJ Historical Society

Estates – Unit 1 – Introduction (.ppt)

Estates – Unit 1a – A Note on Death Transfers (.ppt)

Estates – Unit 2 – Key Concepts and the FSA (.ppt)

Estates – Unit 3 – Defeasible Fee Simple Estates (.ppt)

Estates – Unit 4 – Defeasible Estates – Constructional Preferences (.ppt)

Estates – Unit 5 – Fee Tail (.ppt)

Legislation

Course Readings for the First Week

Tentative Course Syllabus

Statutory Interpretation - History – Early Period (.ppt)

Statutory Interpretation - History – Postmodern Period - Decline of Foundationalism (.ppt)

Statutory Interpretation – Text – A Taxonomy of Uncertainty (.ppt)

Prior to joining the faculty, Professor Kennedy held positions at the Cornell and Georgetown law libraries. While in Washington, he testified before Congress and federal agencies on a wide range of information policy matters.

Professor Kennedy has been active in a number of professional organizations including the American Association of Law Libraries. He previously served as Director of the Law Library

In addition, Professor Kennedy has published in the fields of privacy law and information policy. For six years, Professor Kennedy was a member of and principal draftsman for the AALL Citation Formats Committee which is designing uniform citation standards for citing legal materials in printed and digital formats.

Recent publications include: