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Dale Whitman
Visiting Professor of Law 
University of Florida Law School
You can e-mail me at whitmand@law.ufl.edu
or phone me at  273-0962

 

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Property: Spring semester 2008

Announcement: Final Exam on April 30, 8:30 am in Room 355 ABCD
Pre-exam Question and Answer Session: Monday, April 28, 10:00 am, Room 355B

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Click for Class Handouts
Click for Class Slides
Click for old examination questions
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Land Use Planning Law: Spring semester 2008

Announcement: Final Exam on April 23, 1:00 pm in Room 285 B and C.
Pre-exam Question and Answer Session: Monday, April 21, 4:00pm, Room 359

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Click for Class Slides
Click for old examination questions
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Historical Background of Property Law

History of the Inns of Court (the original "law schools", and still the chambers and training grounds for barristers)
Modern photos of "Legal London," including the Law Courts, the Inns of Court, the Temple Church (which appears in "The DaVinci Code"), and the Law Society
Rosslyn Chapel near Endinburgh, built by descendants of the Knights Templar, and traditionally the origin of freemansonry; the Chapel appears in the final scene of "The DaVinci Code."

Note on the slides of London
The modern photos are 950 x 713 resolution, to fill nearly completely most computer screens. I took them during the winter and spring 2004.  They are in the public domain, and you are welcome to copy them or use them for any purpose. The versions posted here are about 0.7 megapixels, and are suitable for screen viewing, but not for making high-quality prints. The originals, suitable for printing, are 5 megapixels in size; if you need them, just e-mail me and I can send them to you.

Here's a hint for viewing the photos: press F11 on your keyboard to minimize the Internet Explorer browser header, thus allowing more space for the pictures themselves. When you're finished viewing photos, just press F11 again to return the browser header to normal.  This works in both Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox (which I recommend).