Whatever Happened to Landlord-Tenant Law?

I. Introduction II. The Legacies of the Era of Reform ... A. The Death of Feudalism: From Conveyance to Contract ... B. Emergence of Statutes ... C. Residential/Commercial Dichotomy ... D. Trumping the Bargaining Process III. The End of the Era of Reform IV. Landlord-Tenant Law at the End of the Century ... A. Contract/Conveyance Dichotomy Revisited ... B. The Triumph of the Market? ... C. Property Rights and Governmental Regulation ... D. Personal Choice and Social Values: Religion, Family, Fair Housing, and Other Issues ... E. Lead Paint: Environmentalism, Habitability, and the Market V. Conclusion