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Study Aids

Examples and Explanations, Questions and Answers, the Understanding Series and In a Nutshell Series are on reserve in the Law Library. Individual titles may be checked out for two hours at a time. Click on the Tabs below to see a list of titles.

In a Nutshell

Book cover of Environmental Law from the Nutshell series  Book cover of Constitutional Law from Nutshell series  Book cover of Immigration Law from Nutshell series

 

Also available through West Academic Study Aids! Nutshells are concise summaries of many different legal topics. Each volume provides an understandable, dependable introduction to a specific field of law or legal topic.

Titles of the In a Nutshell Series on Reserve

A

Agency Partnership Law

American Indian Law

Antitrust Law

Arbitration

Advanced Criminal Procedure

B

The Bar Exam

Banking & Finance Law

Bankruptcy & Related Law

C

Civil Procedure

Class Action and Other Multiparty Litigation

Conflicts

Constitutional Law

Contracts

Copyright

Corporate Finance

D

Death Penalty

E

Elder Law

Employment Law

Environmental Law

European Union Law

Evidence

F

Federal Civil Jurisdiction

Federal Courts

Federal Disability Law

Federal Estate & Gift Taxation

Federal Income Taxation of Corporations

Federal Income Taxation of Partners

First Amendment Law

Future Estate

G

Government Contracts

I

Immigration Law

Insurance Law

Intellectual Property

International Environmental Law

International Human Rights

International Legal Research

International Taxation

International Trade Law

Introduction to Estate Planning

Introduction to Study and Practice

J

Juvenile Justice Administration

L

Landlord and Tenant

Law School Success

Legal Drafting

Legal Negotiation

Legal Research

M

Mediation

Mergers & Acquisitions

Modern Public Land Law

O

Oil and Gas Law

P

Personal Property

Pretrial Litigation

Public International Law

R

Real Estate Finance

Real Property

S

Security Regulation

Sports Law

State Constitutional Law

T

Tax Procedure and Tax Fraud

The Legal System of the Peoples' Republic of China

The State and Religion

Torts

Toxic Torts

Trial and Lawyering Skills

U

Uniform Probate Code and Uniform Trust Code

W

White Collar Crime

Workers Compensation and Employee Protection