Neighbor Law: Fences, Trees, Boundaries & Noise

This is a great book for people who need to know where they stand when dealing with neighbor issues regarding property. It tells you your rights, gives good examples, and advises when you need to involve an attorney. However, there's a better book out there in the NOLO series if you need to know more about dog law across cities and states.

I read the book cover to cover within days of receiving it. I have a difficult neighbor and this book really opened my eyes to my rights and responsibilities. This book should be required reading for ALL home owners!

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.

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.

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.