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Course Reserve Information

Below are the casebooks and course supplements available via Course Reserve, both electronic and print. They are organized by course number, course name, course instructor, and title.

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Electronic Books

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Print Books

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Course Reserve Books Fall 2025

LAW 150: Stereotypes, Prejudice and the Rule of Law (Armour): Negrophobia and Reasonable Racism (Print)

LAW 150: Stereotypes, Prejudice and the Rule of Law (Armour): The New Jim Crow, Rev. ed. (Print)

LAW 150: Stereotypes, Prejudice and the Rule of Law (Armour): N*gga Theory: Race, Language, Unequal Justice, and the Law (Print & Electronic)

LAW 212: Immigration Law for a New America (Reisz): Immigration Law and Procedure in a Nutshell, 8th ed. (Electronic)

LAW 250: Children and the Law (Graves): Children and the Law in a Nutshell, 7th ed. (Electronic)

LAW 300: Concepts in American Law (Stolzenberg): Concepts in American Law: Course Reader (Print)

LAW 300: Concepts in American Law (Stolzenberg): Thinking Like A Lawyer (Print & Electronic)

LAW 300: Concepts in American Law (Haddad): Thinking Like A Lawyer (Print & Electronic)

LAW 311: Fundamentals of Entertainment Law (McKinney): Entertainment Law & Litigation, 2023-2024 ed. (Print)

LAW 311: Fundamentals of Entertainment Law (McKinney): Entertainment Law in a Nutshell, 6th ed. (Electronic)

LAW 311: Fundamentals of Entertainment Law (McKinney): Hollywood Dealmaking: Negotiating Talent Agreements for Film, TV, and Digital Media (Electronic)

LAW 311: Fundamentals of Entertainment Law (McKinney): Never Split the Difference, Negotiating as If Your Life Depended on It (Print)

LAW 352: Introduction to Law and Economics (Maniscalco): Law and Economics, 6th ed. (Electronic)

LAW 402: Law and Psychology (Larson): Forensic and Legal Psychology, 5th ed. (Print)

LAW 502: Procedure I (Clarke): Class Action: The Landmark Case That Changed Sexual Harassment Law, 2002 ed. (Print)

LAW 502: Procedure I (D. Klerman): Examples & Explanations for Civil Procedure ,9th ed. (Electronic)

LAW 502: Procedure I (D. Klerman): Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer’s Twenty-Year Battle Against DuPont (Electronic)

LAW 503: Contracts (J. Barnett): Concepts and Case Analysis in the Law of Contracts, 7th ed. (Electronic)

LAW 503: Contracts (J. Barnett): Contract Law: Selected Source Materials Annotated, 2023 ed. (Print)

LAW 503: Contracts (Barry): Contracts: Cases and Doctrine, 8th ed. (Electronic)

LAW 503: Contracts (Curtis): Problems in Contract Law: Cases and Materials, 10th ed. (Print & Electronic)

LAW 503: Contracts (Rasmussen): Concepts and Case Analysis in the Law of Contracts, 7th ed. (Electronic)

LAW 503: Contracts (Rasmussen): Contracts Texts: Restatement 2d Contracts US UCC Article 2 & the CISG, 6th ed. (Print)

LAW 503: Contracts (Rasmussen): Contracts: Cases and Comments, 12th ed. (Print)

LAW 505: Legal Profession (Cadambi): Legal Ethics: A Guide for Future Practitioners, 2nd ed. (Print)

LAW 505: Legal Profession (N. Webster): Legal Ethics in the Practice of Law, 5th ed. (Electronic)

LAW 508: Constitutional Law: Structure (Bershon): Examples & Explanations for Constitutional Law: Individual Rights, 10th ed. (Electronic)

LAW 508: Constitutional Law: Structure (Bershon): Examples & Explanations for Constitutional Law: National Power and Federalism, 10th ed. (Electronic)

LAW 509: Torts I (Armour): Torts Process, 10th ed. (Electronic)

LAW 509: Torts I (Godi): Cases and Materials on Torts, 12th ed. (Print)

LAW 509: Torts I (Godi): Cases and Materials on Torts, 13th ed. (Print)

LAW 509: Torts I (Godi): Forms and Functions of Tort Law, 6th ed. (Electronic)

LAW 509: Torts I (Keating): Foundations of Tort Law, 2nd ed. (Print)

LAW 509: Torts I (Keating): Gilbert Law Summaries on Torts, 26th ed. (Electronic)

LAW 509: Torts I (Keating): Hornbook on Torts, 2nd ed. (Electronic)

LAW 509: Torts I (Keating): The Law of Torts: Examples & Explanations, 6th ed. (Electronic)

LAW 509: Torts I (Keating): Tort and Accident Law: Cases and Materials, 5th ed. (Print)

LAW 509: Torts I (Keating): Torts (1999). (Print)

LAW 509: Torts I (Keating): Torts (Oxford Introductions) (Electronic)

LAW 509: Torts I (Keating): Torts Stories (Electronic)

LAW 513: Effective Writing for Professionals (Pham): HBR Guide to Better Business Writing. (Electronic)

LAW 520: Introduction to the U.S. Legal System (Cadambi): An Introduction to the Legal System of the United States, 4th ed. (Print)

LAW 520: Introduction to the U.S. Legal System (N. Webster): Introduction to the Law and Legal System of the United States, 7th ed. (Print)

LAW 520: Introduction to the U.S. Legal System (B. Barnett): An Introduction to the American Legal System, 6th ed. (Electronic)

LAW 532: Constitutional Law: Rights (Brown): Constitutional Law, 9th ed. (Electronic)

LAW 532: Constitutional Law: Rights (Brown): Constitutional Law: Principles and Policies, 7th ed. (Print)

LAW 532: Constitutional Law: Rights (Clarke): Constitutional Law, 9th ed. (Electronic)

LAW 532: Constitutional Law: Rights (Clarke): Constitutional Law: Principles and Policies, 7th ed. (Print)

LAW 555: Business of Law: Future of Legal Service Delivery (Burke): The Legal Career: Knowing the Business, Thriving in Practice, 2nd ed. (Electronic)

LAW 579: Global Regulatory Compliance (Rouen): Global Business Law, 4th ed. (Print)

LAW 600: Taxation (Nam): Federal income taxation: principles and policies, 9th ed. (Print)

LAW 603: Business Organizations (Chasalow): Experiencing Business Organizations, 3rd ed. (Print)

LAW 603: Business Organizations (Chasalow): Acing Business Associations, 3rd ed. (Electronic)

LAW 603: Business Organizations (R.Webster): Business Associations: Cases and Materials on Agency, Partnerships, LLC's, and Corporations, 12th ed. (Print)

LAW 603: Business Organizations (Scotten): Business Organizations, Preliminary 4th edition. (Print)

LAW 605: Real Estate Transactions and Finance (Sandoval): Real Estate Law and Business (Electronic)

LAW 607: Gifts Wills and Trusts (Prouty): Wills, Trusts, and Estates: A Contemporary Approach, 2nd ed. (Print)

LAW 608: Evidence (Hoffstadt): Federal Rules of Evidence, 2025 ed. (Electronic)

LAW 616: Practicing Commercial Real Estate Transactional Law (Lott/Starrels): A Practical Guide to Commercial Real Estate Transactions, 3rd ed. (Print)

LAW 623: Family Law (Altman): Family Law: Comments, Cases, Questions, 9th ed. (Print)

LAW 625: Remedies (Borenstein): Modern American Remedies, Concise 6th ed. (Electronic)

LAW 632: Business for Lawyers (Halvorsen): Accounting and Corporate Finance for Lawyers, 2nd ed. (Electronic)

LAW 641: Issues in Employment Law (Newell): Employment Law: Cases and Materials, 7th ed. (Print)

LAW 642: Secured Transactions (Swenson): Secured Transactions, A Systems Approach, 10th ed. (Electronic)

LAW 643: Public Interest Housing Practicum (Atuahene): Plundered (Print & Electronic)

LAW 650: Entertainment Law (Helberg): Hollywood Dealmaking: Negotiating Rights and Talent Agreements for Film, TV, and Digital Media, 4th ed. (Electronic)

LAW 650: Entertainment Law (Sheffield/Vranca): Hollywood Dealmaking: Negotiating Rights and Talent Agreements for Film, TV, and Digital Media, 4th ed. (Electronic)

LAW 652: Computer Crime Law (Restrepo/Shobaki): Computer Crime Law, 5th ed. (Print)

LAW 658: Mergers and Acquisitions (Barnett, J.): Mergers and Acquisitions: Cases, Materials, and Problems, 5th ed. (Print & Electronic)

LAW 665: Art Law (Kaufman): Law, Ethics and The Visual Arts, 6th ed. (Electronic)

Course Reserve Books Fall 2025 (cont.)

LAW 705: Community Property (Altman): Community Property in California, 8th ed. (Electronic)

LAW 708: Contract Drafting, Analysis & Negotiation (Ciccone): The Elements of Contract Drafting, 5th ed. (Print)

LAW 708: Contract Drafting, Analysis & Negotiation (Ciccone): Negotiating and Drafting Contract Boilerplate. (Electronic)

LAW 708: Contract Drafting, Analysis & Negotiation (Ciccone): Working with Contracts, 2nd ed. (Print)

LAW 708: Contract Drafting, Analysis & Negotiation (Schwarz-Gondek/Yamaguchi): The Elements of Contract Drafting, 5th ed. (Print)

LAW 708: Contract Drafting, Analysis & Negotiation (Schwarz-Gondek/Yamaguchi): Working with Contracts, 2nd ed. (Print)

LAW 708: Contract Drafting, Analysis & Negotiation (Min): Drafting and Analyzing Contracts, 4th ed. (Electronic)

LAW 709: Contract Drafting and Negotiation (Kreager): The Elements of Contract Drafting, 5th ed. (Print)

LAW 712: Negotiation Theory and Application (Marsili): Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In, 3rd ed. (Print and Electronic)

LAW 712: Negotiation Theory and Application (Marsili): Lawyer Negotiation: Theory, Practice, and Law, 3rd ed. (Electronic)

LAW 715: ADR Law and Policy: Mediation and Arbitration (Jeong/Galliher): Resolving Disputes: Theory, Practice, and Law, 3rd ed. (Print)

LAW 719: Corporate Finance (Simkovic): Corporate Finance, 3rd ed. (Electronic)

LAW 721: Crime, Punishment and Justice (Jouet): Dead Man Walking, An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States, 1993 ed. (Print)

LAW 725: American Exceptionalism and Polarization (Jouet): American Exceptionalism: A Double-Edged Sword, 1997 ed. (Print)

LAW 726: Stereotypes, Prejudice and the Rule of Law (Armour): Negrophobia and Reasonable Racism (Print)

LAW 726: Stereotypes, Prejudice and the Rule of Law (Armour): The New Jim Crow, Rev. ed. (Print)

LAW 726: Stereotypes, Prejudice and the Rule of Law (Armour): N*gga Theory: Race, Language, Unequal Justice, and the Law (Print & Electronic)

LAW 749: Securities Regulation (Robertson): Securities Regulation: Cases and Materials, 10th ed. (Electronic)

LAW 757: Sex, Gender, and the Law (Cruz): Gender Identity and the Law. (Print)

LAW 763: Federal Courts: The Federal System II (Cruz): Aspen Treatise for Federal Jurisdiction, 8th ed. (Electronic)

LAW 763: Federal Courts: The Federal System II (Cruz): Federal Courts in Context, 1st ed. (Electronic)

LAW 764: International Business Transactions (Lebovitz): International Business Transactions, 5th ed. (Print)

LAW 772: Intellectual Property (Zizza): Intellectual Property: Cases and Materials, 6th ed. (Print)

LAW 775: Immigration Law (Frenzen): Immigration and Citizenship: Process and Policy, 9th ed. (Print)

LAW 775: Immigration Law (Frenzen): Immigration and Nationality Laws of the United States, 2024 ed. (Print)

LAW 777: Administrative Law and Regulatory Policy (Wood): Administrative Law and Regulatory Policy, 9th ed. (Print)

LAW 784: The Law and Economics of the US-China Tech Rivalry (Zhang): Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future, 2023 (Print)

LAW 784: The Law and Economics of the US-China Tech Rivalry (Zhang): No Trade is Free: Changing Course, Taking on China, and Helping America’s Workers, 2025 (Print)

LAW 789: Race, Racism, and the Law (Allen): The Forms and Functions of Tort Law, 6th ed. (Electronic)

LAW 789: Race, Racism, and the Law (Allen): Race and Races, 4th ed. (Print)

LAW 789: Race, Racism, and the Law (Pastore): Race Law: Cases, Commentary and Questions, 5th ed. (Electronic)

LAW 791: Law and Society (Renteln): Feminism Unmodified: Discourses on Life and Law, 1987. (Print)

LAW 791: Law and Society (Renteln): Folk Law, 1994. Volumes 1 & 2 (Print)

LAW 791: Law and Society (Renteln): The Latent Power of Culture and the International Judge, 1979. (Print)

LAW 791: Law and Society (Renteln): The Politics of law: A Progressive Critique, 3rd ed. (Print)

LAW 791: Law and Society (Renteln): Rights at Work, 1994. (Print)

LAW 791: Law and Society (Renteln):  Should Trees Have Standing?, 3rd ed. (Print)

LAW 791: Law and Society (Renteln): Unleashing Rights, 1996. (Print)

LAW 793: International Taxation (Jurow Kleiman): United States International Taxation, 5th ed. (Print)

LAW 804: Information Privacy Law (Decker): Information Privacy Law, 8th ed. (Electronic)

LAW 810: Patent Law (Melnik): Patent Law Essentials: A Concise Guide, 5th ed. (Electronic)

LAW 814: Topics in Tort Theory Seminar (Keating): Tort and Accident Law, 5th ed. (Print)

LAW 819: ADR Ethics (Pollack): Mediation Ethics: Cases and Comments (Electronic)

LAW 821: Trial Advocacy (Kerlin/Brazil): Trial Techniques and Trials, 12th ed. (Print).

LAW 821: Trial Advocacy (Kerlin/Brazil): Materials in Trial Advocacy: Problems and Cases, 10th ed. (Electronic)

LAW 845: Negotiation Skills (Ray): Bargaining for Advantage, 3rd ed. (Print & Electronic)

LAW 845: Negotiation Skills (Ray): Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most, 3rd ed. (Electronic)

LAW 849: International Human Rights Clinic I (Garry): International Criminal Law and Its Enforcement, 5th ed. (Print)

LAW 858: Law and Psychology (Simon): In Doubt: The Psychology of the Criminal Justice Process (Print)

LAW 866: Counterterrorism, Privacy and Civil Liberties (Seiden): Counterterrorism Law: Cases and Materials. 4th ed. (Electronic)

LAW 866: Counterterrorism, Privacy and Civil Liberties (Stodder): 2023-2024 Supplement, National Security Law (7th ed) and Counterterrorism Law (4th ed). (Print)

LAW 866: Counterterrorism, Privacy and Civil Liberties (Stodder): Counterterrorism Law: Cases and Materials. 4th ed. (Electronic)

LAW 871: The First Amendment (Miller): The First Amendment, 3rd ed. (Print & Electronic)

LAW 883: Advanced Legal Writing for Business Lawyers (Penton): Transactional Lawyering Skills, 2012 ed. (Print)

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