Research Guides: Legal Studies: Law Guides / Treatises

Nutshell Series

These condensed study guides provide references to major cases and statutes involving a particular area of the law.

33 books available in print in the Library

Examples:

International Business Transactions in a Nutshell, 8th edition
Reference (1st fl.) K3943 .W54 2012
Summary: International Business Context: From Brockton and Burbank to Bangkok and Beijing; Negotiating International Business Transactions; International Trading of Goods; Financing the International Trading of Goods; Money and International Business Transactions; Technology Transfers; International Business Transactions in Market Economy Nations; International Business Transactions in Non-Market anti Transition Economy Nations; Dispute Settlement; Litigation and Arbitration; Immunity of States in Commercial Transactions; Act of State Doctrine in Commercial Transactions.

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The Law of Schools, Students and Teachers in a Nutshell
Book shelves (2nd fl.) KF4119.3 .A43 2003
Summary: Attendance in Public Schools; The Instructional Program; Due Process Rights of Students; Freedom of Speech and Expression; Religion in Public Schools and State Funding of Religious Schools; Student Publications; Search and Seizure; Student Discipline; Racial Segregation; Education of Disabled Children; Student Sex Discrimination; Civil Liability; Student Records, Defamation and Privacy;

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Hornbook Series

Each volume in this series is a treatise on a specific legal subject. The coverage is much more detailed than that of a simple text. Commentary is provided by specialists in the topical field. Footnoted citations reference major court decisions.

20 books available in print in the Library

Examples:

Constitutional Law
Book shelves (2nd fl.) KF4550 .N6 2010
Summary: Origins of Judicial Review; Federal Jurisdiction; Sources of National Authority; The Federal Commerce Power; Federal Fiscal Powers; International Affairs; The President and Congress; The Commerce Clause and Restrictions on State Regulatory Powers; Federal Regulation and State Authority; Individual Liberties -- An Overview; State Action; Procedural Due Process -- The Requirement of Fair Adjudicative Procedures; Equal Protection; Congressional Enforcement of Civil Rights; Freedom of Speech; Freedom of Religion.
Criminal Law
Reference (1st fl.) KF9219 .L38 2010
Summary: This book is an abridgement of LaFave and Scott's two volume Substantive criminal law, in West's criminal practice series.

Guides

Legal Analysis and Writing for Paralegals
Book shelves (2nd fl.) KF250 .P87 1998
Summary: "This text provides comprehensive, in-depth coverage of the fundamentals of legal analysis and writing. National in scope, it is designed for students who have completed introductory legal assistant courses. Chapters include examples of each concept of principle discussed and a hypothetical fact situation through which the application of the principles are illustrated."