Restatement of the Law (2d) of Property—Landlord and Tenant

Restatement of the Law (2d) of Property – Landlord and Tenant serves as the beginning of a complete revision of the Restatement of the Law, Property, treating for the first time in the second edition, the landlord-tenant relationship. Topics include:

• Creation of the landlord-tenant relationship

• Tenants' rights

• Tenants' remedies

• Landlords' rights and remedies

• Transfer by landlord or tenant of interest in leased property

• Tort liability of landlord

• Federal bankruptcy proceedings

• Cross-references to the West Key Number System and annotations for locating additional law quickly

• General rules that are clearly and concisely stated for easy reference

• Possible limitations on the application of rules

• Comments that provide a scholarly and analytical discussion of particular rules