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The Notaire In North America: A Short Study Of The Adaptation Of A Civil Law Institution, Barlow Burke
The Notaire In North America: A Short Study Of The Adaptation Of A Civil Law Institution, Barlow Burke
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Recent studies of American conveyancing have shown a tendency to compartmentalize the process of land transfer into stages: finding a property, financing its acquisition, proving title to it, and closing the transaction. This certainly helps clarify descriptive studies, but it diverts attention from the deficiencies in the existing process. The stages outlined are too neat and lack a sense of continuity. For example, between the finding and the closing stages lie the drafting and execution of a contract of sale, escrow instructions, a mortgage, and finally a deed. In negotiating the terms of these documents, one of the deficiencies found …
The Notaire In North America: A Short Study Of The Adaptation Of A Civil Law Institution, Barlow F. Burke
The Notaire In North America: A Short Study Of The Adaptation Of A Civil Law Institution, Barlow F. Burke
Barlow F. Burke