Study guide information
Updated July 26, 2007
In order to help students find hornbooks and study guides, the Library has created the following lists of popular study guides. You can look for study guides either by topic or by study guide series. Simply, click on the call number for any title to find out if it is currently available.
Study Guides by Topic
• Administrative Law
• Antitrust
- E. Thomas Sullivan & Jeffrey L. Harrison, Understanding Antitrust and Its Economic Implications [KF 1649 S84 2003]
• Bankruptcy
• Business Organizations
- Agency & Partnership
- Stephen M. Bainbridge, Agency, Partnership and Limited Liability Companies [KF 1345 B34 2004 ]
- William A. Klein, Business Organizations and Finance: Legal and Economic Principles [KF 1366 K56 2004]
- Daniel S. Kleinberger, Agency, Partnerships, and LLCs: Examples and Explanations [KF 1345 K53 2002]
- Corporations
• Capital Punishment
• Civil Procedure
• Conflict of Laws
• Constitutional Law
• Contracts
• Criminal Law
• Criminal Procedure
• Employment Discrimination
- Thomas R. Haggard, Understanding Employment Discrimination [KF 3464 H34 2001]
- George Rutherglen, Employment Discrimination Law: Visions of Equality in Theory and Doctrine [KF 3464 R87 2001]
• Environmental Law
• Estates & Trusts & Wills
• Evidence
• Family Law
• Freedom of Speech/1 st Amendment
• Insurance Law
• International Business Transactions
- Jerold A. Friedland, Understanding International Business and Financial Transactions [KF 390 B8 F75 2005]
• International Law
• Intellectual Property
• Juvenile Law
• Labor Law
• Legislation/Statutory Interpretation
• Negotiable Instruments/Payment Systems
- James Brook, Payment Systems: Examples and Explanations [KF 933 B76 2004]
- William H. Lawrence, Understanding Negotiable Instruments and Payment Systems [KF 957 L394 2002]
• Nonprofits
- Nicholas P. Cafardi & Jaclyn B. Cherry, Understanding Nonprofit and Tax Exempt Organizations [KF 6449 C33 2006]
• Product Liability
• Professional Responsibility
- Monroe H. Freedman, Understanding Lawyers' Ethics [KF 306 F76 2004]
- Deborah Rhode and Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr., Professional Responsibility and Regulation [KF 306 R468 2007]
- Bradley W. Wendel, Professional Responsibility: Examples and Explanations [KF 306 W46 2004]
• Property
• Real Estate Transactions
• Remedies
• Sales and Leases
• Securities
• Secured Transactions
- James Brook, Secured Transactions: Examples and Explanations [KF 1053 Z9 B76 2005]
- William H. Lawrence, Understanding Secured Transactions [KF 1050 L38 1997] (This is not linked with the Understanding books)
• Tax
• Torts
Study Guides by Series
• Understanding…
- William F. Fox, Understanding Administrative Law [KF 5402 F68 2000]
- E. Thomas Sullivan & Jeffrey L. Harrison, Understanding Antitrust and Its Economic Implications [KF 1649 S84 2003]
- Michael J. Herbert, Understanding Bankruptcy [KF 1524 H427 1995]
- Linda E. Carter, Understanding Capital Punishment [KF 9227 C2 C37 2004]
- Gene R. Shreve, Understanding Civil Procedure [KF 8840 S484 2002]
- William M. Richman, Understanding Conflict of Laws [KF 411 R53 2002]
- Norman Redlich, Understanding Constitutional Law [KF 4550 R43 2005]
- Jeffrey Thomas Ferriell, Understanding Contracts [KF 801 Z9 F46 2004]
- Marshall A. Leaffer, Understanding Copyright Law [KF 2994 L42 1999]
- Arthur R. Pinto, Understanding Corporate Law [KF 1414 P56 1999]
- Leandra Lederman, Understanding Corporate Taxation [KF 6464 L426 2002]
- Joshua Dressler, Understanding Criminal Law [KF 9219 D73 2006]
- Joshua Dressler & Alan C. Michaels, Understanding Criminal Procedure [KF 9619 D74 2006]
- Thomas R. Haggard, Understanding Employment Discrimination [KF 3464 H34 2001]
- Philip Weinberg, Understanding Environmental Law [KF 3775 W45 1998]
- Paul C. Giannelli, Understanding Evidence [KF 8935 G52 2005]
- John De Witt Gregory, Peter N. Swisher & Sheryl L. Wolf, Understanding Family Law [KF 505 G732 2005]
- Linda S. Mullenix, Understanding Federal Courts & Jurisdiction [KF 8700 M85 1998]
- J. Martin Burke, Understanding Federal Income Taxation [KF 6369.3 B87 2005]
- Russell L. Weaver, Understanding the First Amendment [KF 4770 W43 2003]
- Robert H. Jerry, Understanding Insurance Law [KF 1164 J47 1996]
- Jerold A. Friedland, Understanding International Business and Financial Transactions [KF 390 B8 F75 2005]
- Stephen C. McCaffrey, Understanding International Law [KZ 3900 M323 2006]
- Martin R. Gardner, Understanding Juvenile Law [KF 9779 G37 1997]
- Douglas E. Ray, Understanding Labor Law [KF 3319 R39 2005]
- Monroe H. Freedman, Understanding Lawyers' Ethics [KF 306 F76 2004]
- Alex M. Johnson, Understanding Modern Real Estate Transactions [KF 570 J63 2001]
- William H. Lawrence, Understanding Negotiable Instruments and Payment Systems [KF 957 L394 2002]
- Nicholas P. Cafardi & Jaclyn B. Cherry, Understanding Nonprofit and Tax Exempt Organizations [KF 6449 C33 2006]
- Jerold A. Friedland, Understanding Partnership and LLC Taxation [KF 6452 F764 2003]
- John G. Sprankling, Understanding Property Law [KF 561 S67 2000]
- James M. Fischer, Understanding Remedies [KF 9010 F57 1999]
- William H. Lawrence, Understanding Sales and Leases [KF 915 L395 1996]
- Marc I. Steinberg, Understanding Securities Law [KF 1440 S74 2001]
- William H. Lawrence, Understanding Secured Transactions [KF 1050 L38 1997]
- John L. Diamond, Understanding Torts [KF 1250 D52 2000 ]
- Mary LaFrance, Understanding Trademark Law [KF 3180 L34 2005]
- Roger W. Andersen, Understanding Trusts and Estates [KF 730 A86 1999]
• Examples & Explanations
- William F. Funk, Administrative Law: Examples and Explanations [KF 5402 A4 F86 2006]
- Daniel S. Kleinberger, Agency, Partnerships, and LLCs: Examples and Explanations [KF 1345 K53 2002]
- Brain A. Blum, Bankruptcy and Debtor/Creditor: Examples and Explanations [KF 1524.3 B58 2006]
- Joseph W. Glannon, Civil Procedure: Examples and Explanations [KF 8840 G58 2006]
- Allan Ides & Christopher N. May, Constitutional Law—Individual Rights: Examples and Explanations [KF 4749 I34 2007]
- Christopher N. May, Constitutional Law—National Power and Federalism: Examples and Explanations [ KF 4550 M29 2007]
- Brian A. Blum, Contracts: Examples and Explanations [KF 801 B58 2004]
- Stephen M. McJohn, Copyright: Examples and Explanations [KF 2995 M35 2006]
- Cheryl D. Block, Corporate Taxation: Examples and Explanations [KF 6465 B557 2004]
- Alan R. Palmiter, Corporations: Examples and Explanations [KF 1413 S632 2006]
- Richard G. Singer, Criminal Law: Examples and Explanations [KF 9219.3 S542 2004]
- Robert M. Bloom, Criminal Procedure: Examples and Explanations [KF 9630 A7 B56 2004]
- Richard G. Singer, Criminal Procedure II: From Bail to Jail: Examples and Explanations [KF 9619.3 S56 2005]
- Steven Ferrey, Environmental Law: Examples and Explanations [KF 3775 Z9 F47 2004]
- Arthur Best, Evidence: Examples and Explanations [KF 8935 Z9 B48 2004]
- Robert E. Oliphant, Family Law: Examples and Explanations [KF 505 Z9 O43 2004]
- Joseph Bankman, Federal Income Tax: Examples and Explanations [KF 6369.3 B35 2005]
- Stephen M. McJohn, Intellectual Property: Examples and Explanations [KF 2980 M42 2006]
- James Brook, Payment Systems: Examples and Explanations [KF 933 B76 2004]
- Bradley W. Wendel, Professional Responsibility: Examples and Explanations [KF 306 W46 2004]
- D. Barlow Burke, Property: Examples and Explanations [KF 560 B87 2004]
- D. Barlow Burke, Real Estate Transactions: Examples and Explanations [KF 665 Z9 B865 2006]
- James Brook, Sales and Leases: Examples and Explanations [KF 915 Z9 B74 2003]
- James Brook, Secured Transactions: Examples and Explanations [KF 1053 Z9 B76 2005]
- Alan R. Palmiter, Securities Regulation: Examples and Explanations [KF 1440 P25 2005]
- Joseph W. Glannon, The Law of Torts: Examples and Explanations [KF 1250 Z9 G63 2005]
- Gerry W. Beyer, Wills, Trusts, and Estates: Examples and Explanations [KF 755 Z9 B49 2002]
• Concepts and Insights
- Stephen M. Bainbridge, Agency, Partnership and Limited Liability Companies [KF 1345 B34 2004]
- Doughlas G. Baird, The Elements of Bankruptcy [KF 1524 B32 2006]
- William A. Klein, Business Organizations and Finance: Legal and Economic Principles [KF 1366 K56 2004]
- Samuel Issacharoff, Civil Procedure [KF 8840 I87 2005]
- Jay Tidmarsh, Complex Litigation: Problems in Advanced Civil Procedure [KF 8900 T53 2002]
- Marvin A. Chirelstein, Concepts and Case Analysis in the Law of Contracts [KF 801 C44 2006]
- George Rutherglen, Employment Discrimination Law: Visions of Equality in Theory and Doctrine [KF 3464 R87 2001]
- James Salzman, Environmental Law and Policy [KF 3775 S24 2007]
- Walter Wadlington and Raymond C. O'Brien, Family Law in Perspective [KF 505 Z9 W33 2007]
- Howard E. Abrams, Federal Corporate Taxation [KF 6464 A73 2002]
- Marvin A. Chirelstein, Federal Income Taxation: A Law Student's Guide to the Leading Cases and Concepts [KF 6369 C43 2005]
- Alan Gunn, Partnership Income Taxation [KF 6452 G86 2005]
- David J. Bederman, International Law Frameworks [KZ 3110 B42 A34 2006]
- Daniel A. Farber, The First Amendment [KF 4770 Z9 F37 2003]
- Joseph Isenbergh, International Taxation [KF 6419 I825 2005]
- William N. Eskridge, Legislation and Statutory Interpretation [KF 425 E834 2006]
- Mark Geistfeld, Principles of Products Liability [KF 1296 G44 2006]
- Deborah Rhode and Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr., Professional Responsibility and Regulation [KF 306 R468 2007]
- Clayton P. Gillette, Sales Law: Domestic and International [K 1030 G56 2002]
- Larry D. Soderquist, Securities Law [KF 1440 S64 2007]
- Melanie B. Leslie and Stewart E. Sterk, Trusts and Estates [KF 753 L47 2006]
- Kenneth S. Abraham, The Forms and Functions of Tort Law [KF 1250 A72 2002
• Gilberts
• Emanuel Law Outlines
• Siegel's
