Utah Real Property Law, 2010 Edition, Updated with 2011 Supplement features definitive analysis and explores every aspect of Utah real property law, making this comprehensive work the authoritative treatise on the subject. Professors Thomas and Backman detail many of the broad principles of real property law while focusing on issues that are of unique interest to Utah practitioners.
The companion CD-ROM features the same content as the book, plus the full text of the statutes, administrative rules, and cases cited throughout the treatise. Material from the Utah Code Annotated, Utah Administrative Code, Code of Federal Regulations, and the United States Code Service are featured in inter-linked and searchable infobases, allowing you to navigate from the text to the cited case or statute and back again instantly.
Backman, James H.
James H. Backman is a
professor of law at the J.
Reuben Clark Law School at
Brigham Young University in
Provo, Utah. He has been a
professor since May 1974.
Mr. Backman's principal areas
of teaching are in property and
real estate finance. He has also
taught banking and public
lands/natural resources. Mr.
Backman also administers the
legal externship programs for
law students and has
developed several creative pro
bono projects under the law
school's LawHelp program.
Mr. Backman graduated from
Harvard University with a B.A.
magna cum laude in German
Literature in 1969 and
received his J.D. degree from
the University of Utah College
of Law in 1972.
David A. Thomas
David A. Thomas is the Rex E. Lee Endowed Chair and Professor of Law Emeritus at Brigham Young University's J. Reuben Clark Law School, where he taught from 1974-2010. He earned his J.D. at Duke University Law School, and following graduation, served a federal judicial clerkship and practiced law in Salt Lake City, before joining the faculty at BYU. As a teacher of both property and civil procedure courses, he has effectively combined theory and practice in conducting real property transactions and dispute resolution. He is a member of the real property sections of the ABA and Utah State Bar, where he has served on a variety of committees and been the reporter on significant legislation. Professor Thomas has published extensively on real property, civil procedure, and common law legal history topics.