Study Guide
First Year Study Aids
Introduction
The following is a selection of Restatements of the Law, Nutshells, Examples & Explanations,
Questions & Answers, selections from the Mastering series, hornbooks, and treatises that may help to clarify or explain some of the legal issues being discussed in your classes. This list is merely a starting point. Your professors, the reference librarians, or your classmates may have additional suggestions for supplementary or explanatory reading.
In addition to the material listed below, the Library also carries Emanuel's commercial outlines. For examples of exams given by CUA professors in previous semesters, see the Library's exam web page.
Another useful set of tools is Computer Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) — interactive
All materials listed below, unless otherwise noted, are on Reserve and located at the Circulation Desk.
Restatements of the Law
Restatements are attempts by the American Law Institute (ALI) to restate, synthesize, or explicate the common law. ALI is a prestigious body of scholars and practitioners, and so their interpretation of the law has persuasive authority in the U.S. legal system. However, the Restatements are not binding legal authority. You will see references to the Restatements in your casebooks.
Nutshells
Nutshells provide a concise narrative explanation of the major doctrines in each substantive area of law, and offer a good introduction to key concepts and legal terminology and jargon.
Understanding Series
The LexisNexis Understanding series of titles, like West's Nutshells, concisely explain the basic contours of a particular area of law. The Understanding titles tend to be more extensive than the Nutshells, including references to more cases.
Examples & Explanations Series
Examples & Explanations titles are published by Aspen. This series offers hypothetical questions in the subject area, complemented by detailed explanations that allow you to test your knowledge of the topic, and compare your own analysis.
Question & Answers Series
A LexisNexis series of study guides with
Mastering Series
The Mastering Series includes key features designed to improve learning and retention including a Roadmap (introduces the chapter and provides readers with an overview of the material that will be covered), Checkpoints (at the end of each chapter reviews the key concepts), and a Master Checklist (at the end of each book reinforces what has been covered and helps readers identify any areas that need review or further study).
Hornbooks
Hornbooks are explanatory texts that address the major questions in the areas of law that are taught in law school. As Law Librarian Bob Berring has said, most law school casebooks are "filled with questions and conundrums, not answers." One of the nice features of hornbooks is that they often provide answers and explanations to some of the conundrums presented by your casebooks. Hornbooks are not suitable for cover to cover reading. Use the table of contents, index, or table of cases to focus on your particular questions.
Legal Treatises
We have also included some of the major, frequently multiple volume treatises that cover your first year subjects. These vary in quality and authority, but all offer an extremely detailed examination of their respective areas of law. They can be useful both for explanation and for doing research. Use the index and table of cases to find specific topics.
Civil Procedure
Nutshells, Understanding . . ., Examples & Explanations, Questions &
Answers, Mastering Series
Dorsaneo, William V.
Questions & Answers: Civil Procedure
KF8841 .D67 2007
Glannon, Joseph W.
Civil Procedure: Examples & Explanations
KF8839 .G58 2008
Hricik, David C.
KF8841 .H75 2008
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Kane, Mary Kay
Civil Procedure in a Nutshell, 6th ed.
KF8841 .K36 2007
Shreve, Gene R. & Peter
Understanding Civil Procedure, 3d ed.
KF8840 .S484 2002
Hornbooks
Friedenthal, Jack H., Mary K. Kane & Arthur R. Miller
KF8840 .F72 2005
James, Jr., Fleming, Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr. & John Leubsdorf
KF8840 .J3 2001
Teply, Larry L. & Ralph U. Whitten
KF8840 .T46 2000
Wright, Charles Alan & Mary K. Kane
Law of Federal Courts, 6th ed.
KF8840 .W7 2002
Contracts
Restatements
American Law Institute
Restatement of the Law, Second — Contracts, 2d.
KF801 .R42 1981
Location: Stacks
Nutshells, Understanding . . ., Examples & Explanations, Questions &
Answers, Mastering Series
Blum, Brian A.
Contracts: Examples & Explanations
KF801 .B58 2007
Ferriell, Jeffrey & Michael Navin
KF801.Z9 F46 2004
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Rohwer, Claude D. & Anthony M. Skroki
Contracts in a Nutshell, 6th ed.
KF801 .Z9 R62 2006
Rowley, Keith A.
Questions & Answers: Contracts
KF801. Z9 R69 2006
Russell, Irma, et. al.
Available soon at Reserve!
Hornbooks
Perillo, Joseph M.
Calamari and Perillo on Contracts, 6th ed. KF801 .C26 2009
Farnsworth, E. Allan
KF801 .F365 1999
Treatises
Corbin, Arthur L.
KF801 .C65 1993
Location: Stacks
Farnsworth, E. Allan
Farnsworth on Contracts, 2d ed. KF801 .F37 2004
Williston, Samuel
A Treatise on the Law of Contracts, 4th ed. KF801 .W54 1990
Location: Stacks
Criminal Law
Restatements
American Law Institute
Model Penal Code and Commentaries
KF9209.515 .A515 1980
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The Model Penal Code has been used by many states as the basis for drafting their own penal codes.
Nutshells, Understanding . . ., Examples & Explanations, Questions &
Answers, Mastering Series
Dressler, Joshua
Understanding Criminal Law, 4th ed.
KF9219 .D74 2006
Levine, Emily Marcus
Questions & Answers: Criminal Law
KF9219.5 .L485 2007
Loewy, Arnold H.
Criminal Law in a Nutshell, 4th ed.
KF9219.3 .L63 2003
Podgor, Ellen S., et. al.
KF9219.P63 2008
Singer, Richard G.
Criminal Law: Examples & Explanations
KF9219.3 .S54 2007
Hornbooks
LaFave, Wayne R.
KF9219 .L38 2003
Robinson, Paul H.
KF9219 .R59 1997
Treatises
LaFave, Wayne R.
Substantive Criminal Law, 2d ed.
KF9219 .L386 2003
Location: Stacks
Torcia, Charles E.
Wharton's Criminal Law, 15th ed.
KF9219 .W43 1993
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Location: Stacks
Legal Research, Writing & Exams
Videos
Berring, Robert C.
Legal Research for the 21st Century
KF240 .B47 2001
These videotapes, written, and presented by Professor Librarian Bob Berring, cover the most important aspects of legal research. They are concise, entertaining, and informative. (An “advanced research” set covers international law, foreign law, environmental law, and intellectual property law.)
Nutshells
Bahrych, Lynn & Marjorie Dick Rombauer
Legal Writing in a Nutshell, 3d ed.
KF250 .S68 2003
Location: Stacks
Burkhart, Ann & Stein, Robert
Law School Success in a Nutshell: A Guide to Studying Law and Taking Law School Exams
KF283 .B87 2008
Haggard, Thomas R.
KF250 .H24 2007
Legal Writing Texts
Charrow, Veda R., Myra K. Erhardt & Robert P. Charrow
Clear and Effective Legal Writing, 4th ed.
KF250 .C45 2007
Garner, Bryan A.
The Winning Brief: 100 Tips for Persuasive Briefing in Trial and Appellate Courts, 2d ed. KF251 .G37 2004
Re, Edward Domenic & Joseph R. Re.
Brief Writing & Oral Argument, 9th ed.
KF251 .R4 2005
Location: Stacks
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Shapo, Helene S., Marilyn R. Walter & Elizabeth Fajans
Writing and Analysis in the Law
KF250 .S5 2008
Legal Research Texts
Berring, Robert C. & Elizabeth A. Edinger
KF240 .B45 2005
Location: Stacks
Berring, Robert C. & Elizabeth A. Edinger
Legal Research Survival Manual
KF240 .B473 2002
Elias, Stephen & Susan Levinkind
Legal Research: How to Find & Understand the Law, 13th ed.
KF240 .E35 2005
Location: Reference
Mersky, Roy M. & Donald J. Dunn
Fundamentals of Legal Research, 8th ed.
KF240 .J3 2002
Sloan, Amy E.
Basic Legal Research: Tools and Strategies
KF240 .S66 2006
Exams & Law School
Calleros, Charles R.
Law School Exams: Preparing and Writing to Win
KF283 .C35 2007
Mastering the Law School Exam: A Practical Blueprint for Preparing and Taking Law School Exams
KF283 .D37 2007
Fischl, Richard Michael & Jeremy Paul
Getting to Maybe: How to Excel on Law School Exams
KF283 .F57 1999
Ramy, Herbert N.
KF283 .R36 2006
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Stropus, Ruta K.
Bridging the Gap Between College and Law School: Strategies for Success
KF283 .S77 2001
Property
Restatements
American Law Institute
Restatement of the Law of Property
KF570 .R41 1936
Location: Stacks
The Restatement of Property as it was conceived in the
American Law Institute
Restatement of the Law Second, Property 2d, Landlord and Tenant
KF570 .R42 L36 1977
Location: Stacks
Covers landlord and tenant law, not covered in the initial Restatement.
American Law Institute
Restatement of the Law Second, Property 2d: Donative Transfers
KF570 .R42 D66 1983
Location: Stacks
Covers donative transfers, not covered in the initial Restatement.
Nutshells, Understanding . . ., Examples & Explanations, Questions &
Answers
Bernhardt, Roger & Ann M. Burkhart
Real Property in a Nutshell, 5th ed.
KF570.Z9 B47 2005
Burke, D. Barlow
Property: Examples & Explanations
KF560 .B87 2008
Hill, David S.
Landlord and Tenant Law in a Nutshell, 4th ed.
KF590.Z9 H45 2004
Location: Stacks
Nagle, John Copeland
KF560 .N34 2004
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Sprankling, John G.
KF561 .S67 2007
Hornbooks
Bergin, Thomas F. & Paul G. Haskell.
Preface to Estates in Land and Future Interests, 2d ed. KF577 .B4 1984
Location: Stacks
Questions about the Rule Against Perpetuities? See chapter 8.
Hovenkamp, Herbert & Sheldon F. Kurtz
Principles of Property Law, 6th ed.
KF570 .S53 2005
Stoebuck, William B. & Dale A. Whitman
KF570 .C86 2000
Treatises
Powell, Richard R.
KF570 .P57
Location: Stacks
Seventeen volumes, index, and tables of cases.
Thomas, David A.
Thompson on Real Property, 2d Thomas ed.
KF570 .T56 1998
Torts
Restatements
American Law Institute
Restatement of the Law, Second. Torts, 2d.
KF1249 .A42 R42 1965
Location: Stacks
American Law Institute
Restatement of the Law, Torts — Apportionment of Liability
KF1249 .A43 A66 2000
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American Law Institute
Restatement of the Law, Torts — Products Liability, rev. & enl. [3d] ed.
KF1249 .A43 P76 1998
Nutshells, Understanding . . ., Examples & Explanations, Questions &
Answers
Bernstein, Anita & David P. Leonard
KF1250 .Z9 B47 2004
Diamond, John L., Lawrence C. Levine & M. Stuart Madden
KF1250 .D5 2008
Eggen, Jean Macchiaroli
Toxic Torts in a Nutshell, 3rd ed.
KF1299.H39 E37 2005
Location: Stacks
Glannon, Joseph W.
The Law of Torts: Examples & Explanations
KF1250.Z9 G58 2005
Kionka, Edward J.
KF1250.Z9 K53 2005
Owen, David G.
Products Liability in a Nutshell, 8th ed.
KF1296.Z9 N6 2008
Location: Stacks
Hornbooks
Dobbs, Dan B.
KF1250 .D63 2000
Prosser, William Lloyd & W. Page Keeton
Prosser and Keeton on the Law of Torts, 5th ed. KF1250 .P73 1984
The classic hornbook on tort law, though now rather outdated on some topics. You will often see Prosser on torts cited in your casebook and by judges and law review authors.
Treatises
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American Law of Products Liability, 3d ed. KF1296 .A97 1987
Location: Stacks
Eleven volumes, index, tables. Updated w/ supplements.
Harper, Fowler V., Fleming James, Jr. & Oscar S. Gray
The Law of Torts. 3d ed. KF1250 .H37 1996
Location: Stacks
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