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In September 2025, the Law Library added the following new resources and titles to the collection to support the research and curricular needs of our faculty and students.

New Resources

ProQuest U.S. Executive Branch Policy Documents Collection

Aspen Learning Library – Study Aids

New Books

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

1.  Shapiro, Sidney A. and Joseph P. Tomain, How Government Build America (2024).

CIVIL RIGHTS, GENERALLY

1. DeMitchell, Todd A., The Legal and Policy Challenges of Student Dress and Grooming Codes: Balancing Rights and Responsibilities (2024).

CONTRACTS

1. Hollobaugh, Logan, et.al., Design-Build and EPC Contracting: A Practical legal Guide (2024).

EDUCATION LAW

1. Claridge, Claudia, et.al., Intensifiers in Late Modern English: A Sociopragmatic Approach to Courtroom Discourse (2024).

HUMAN RIGHTS, GENERALLY

1. George, Marie-Amelie, Family Matters: Queer Households and the Half-Century Struggle for Legal Recognition (2024).

• Kim, Miso, et.al., Legal Design: Dignifying People in Legal Systems (2024).

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. Gless, Sabine, and Helena Whalen-Bridge, Human-Robot Interaction in Law and Its Narratives: Legal Blame, Procedure, and Criminal Law (2024).

TAXATION – STATE AND LOCAL

1. Mezzullo, Louis A., An Estate Planner’s Guide to Buy-Sell Agreements for the Closely Held Business (2025).

All of these books are available from the Law Library.  If you would like to check out any of these titles, please contact the circulation desk at either 806-742-3957 or circulation.law@ttu.edu.  Library staff will be able to assist in locating and checking out any of these items.

In August 2025, the Law Library added the following new titles to the collection to support the research and curricular needs of our faculty and students.

CIVIL RIGHTS, GENERALLY

1. Schroeder, Jarad, The Structure of Ideas: Mapping a New Theory of Free Expression in the AI Era (2024).

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, GENERALLY

1. Schriss, William J., Six Constitutions over Texas: Texas’ Political Identity, 1830-1900 (2024).

ENERGY AND UTILITIES LAW

1. Ferrey, Steven, Powering the Future: A Lawyer’s Guide to Clean Energy (2024).

HUMAN RIGHTS LAW

1. Forret, Jeff, The Price They Paid: Slavery, Shipwrecks, and Reparations Before the Civil War (2024).

JURISPRUDENCE

1. Sadowski, Miroslaw Michal, Intersections of Law and Memory: Influencing Perceptions of the Past (2024.
2. Newman, Jon O. and Marin K. Levy, Written and Unwritten: The Rules, Internal Procedures, and Customs of the United States Courts of Appeals (2024).

LAW ENFORCEMENT

1. Memmel, Scott, Pressing the Police and Policing the Press: The History and Law of the U.S. Press-Police Relationship (2024).

MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE

1. Novak, Marko, The Logic of Legal Argumentation: Multi-Modal Perspectives (2024).

SPORTS

1. Long, Alex B., Professional Wrestling and the Law: Legal Battles from the Ring to the Courtroom (2024).

WATER LAW

1. Robison, Jason Anthony, Law of Water Rights and Resources (2025).

All of these books are available from the Law Library.  If you would like to check out any of these titles, please contact the circulation desk at either 806-742-3957 or circulation.law@ttu.edu.  Library staff will be able to assist in locating and checking out any of these items.

In July 2025, the Law Library added the following new titles to the collection to support the research and curricular needs of our faculty and students.

CIVIL LAW

1. Summer, Andy, Migration in the Law of Damages (2025).

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, GENERALLY

1. Pozen, David, The Constitution of the War on Drugs (2024).
2. Turley, Jonathan, The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in An Age of Rage (2024).

CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE

1. Monaghan, Nicola, Contemporary Challenges in the Jury System: A Comparative Perspective (2025).

ECONOMICS

1. Sekera, June A., The Public Economy in Crisis: A Call for a New Public Economics (2016).

INSURANCE LAW

1.  Richmond, Douglas R. and Samuel J. Arena, Jr., The Insurer’s Duty to Defend: Issues and Analysis (2024).

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

1. Barnett, Jonathan M., The Big Steal: Ideology, Interest, and the Undoing of Intellectual Property (2024).

LEGAL EDUCATION

1. Abrams, Jamie R., Inclusive Socratic Teaching: Why Law Schools Need It and How to Achieve It (2024).

LEGISLATION

1. Pressman, Heather, An Accessible Past: Making Historic Sites Accessible (2024).
2. Guard, Louis H. and Joyce P. Jacobsen, All the Campus Lawyers: Litigation, Regulation, and the New Era of Higher Education (2024).

MILITARY, WAR, AND PEACE

1. Hamm, Scott Dale, Taming America’s Warriors: Assessing U.S. Military Discipline and Responses to Law of War Violations, 1943-2006 (2025).
2. Dominguez, Casey B.K., Commander in Chief: Partisanship, Nationalism, and the Reconstruction of Congressional War Powers (2024).

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

1. Robinson, Sir James Gray, A Comprehensive Guide to Wellness in Law (2024).

PROFESSIONAL ETHICS

1. Kaufman, Whitley R.P., Beyond Legal Positivism: The Moral Authority of Law (2023).

All of these books are available from the Law Library.  If you would like to check out any of these titles, please contact the circulation desk at either 806-742-3957 or circulation.law@ttu.edu.  Library staff will be able to assist in locating and checking out any of these items.

New Books

In June 2025, the Law Library added the following new titles to the collection to support the research and curricular needs of our faculty and students.

BANKING AND FINANCE

1. Pratt, Shannon P., Shannon Pratt’s The Lawyer’s Business Valuation Handbook: Understanding Financial Statements, Appraisal Reports, and Expert Testimony (2024).

BIOGRAPHY

1. Barnes, Rhae Lynn and Catherine Clinton, Roe v. Wade: Fifty Years After (2024).

CIVIL RIGHTS, GENERALLY

1. Hook, Sarah, Moral Rights, Creativity, and Copyright Law: The Death of the Transformative Author (2024).

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, GENERALLY

1. Balkin, J.M., Memory and Authority: The Uses of History in Constitutional Interpretation (2024).

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

1. Spier, Jaap, Climate Litigation in a Changing World (2023).

HEALTH LAW AND POLICY

1. Fishman, Joel, and Brian Dean Abramson, Vaccine Law: A Legal Research Guide (2024).

HUMAN RIGHTS LAW

1. Vitale, David, Trust, Courts, and Social Rights: A Trust-Based Framework for Social Rights Enforcement (2024).

INFORMATION PRIVACY

1. Steel, John and Julian Petley, The Routledge Companion to Freedom of Expression and Censorship (2024).

INTERNATIONAL LAW

1. Powers, Allison, Arbitrating Empire: United States Expansion and the Transformation of International Law (2024).

MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE

1. Sharma, Kavita and Padmavati Manchikanti, Artificial Intelligence in Drug Development: Patenting and Regulatory Aspects (2024).

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

1. Garfinkle, Marc D., $olo Contendere: How to go directly from Law School into the Practice of Law without Getting a Job (2024).

PROFESSIONAL ETHICS

1. Pina, Thiadora, Critical Lawyering Skills: A Path to Professional Identity (2025).

SPORTS

1. Anderson, Christopher B. and Courtney Selby, Sports Betting: A Legal Research Guide (2024).

TORTS

1. Domino, John C. The Right to Privacy in Texas: From Common Law Origins to 21^st Century Protections (2024).

All of these books are available from the Law Library.  If you would like to check out any of these titles, please contact the circulation desk at either 806-742-3957 or circulation.law@ttu.edu.  Library staff will be able to assist in locating and checking out any of these items.

In May 2025, the Law Library added the following new titles to the collection to support the research and curricular needs of our faculty and students.

ANIMAL LAW

1. Wacks, Raymond, Animal Lives Matter: The Continuing Question for Justice (2024).

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

1. Arth, Kristi W., Legal Issues for Arts Organizations: A Practical Guide (2024).

BANKING AND FINANCE

1. Chugani, Sumeet H. and Stephen T. Gannon, Banking on Blockchain: A Legal and Regulatory Primer (2024).
2. Awrey, Dan, Beyond Banks: Technology, Regulation, and the Future of Money (2024).

BIOGRAPHY

1. Johnson, Benjamin Heber, Texas: An American History (2025).
2. Eaton, John, Finding English Law: Quick Access to Key Titles (2024).

CIVIL RIGHTS – GENERALLY

1. Collins, Mike Steve, The Anti-Civil Rights Movement: Affirmative Action as Wedge and Weapon (2024).
2. Fineman, Martha Albertson and Laura Spitz, Law, Vulnerability, and the Responsive State: Beyond Equality and Liberty (2024).

DOMESTIC RELATIONS

1. Sidorsky, Kaitlin N. and Wendy J. Schiller, Inequality Across State Lines: How Policymakers have Failed Domestic Violence Victims in the United States (2023).

EDUCATION LAW

1. Polden, Donald J. and Barry Z. Posner, Lawyers as Leaders: Why It Matters and What It Takes (2024).

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

1. Smith, Kimberly K., Making Climate Lawyers: Climate Change in American Law Schools, 1985-2020 (2024).
2. Quirico, Ottavio and Walter Baber, Implementing Climate Change Policy” Designing and Deploying Net Zero Carbon Governance (2024).

EVIDENCE

1. Ross, Lewis, The Philosophy of Legal Proof, (2024).

HEALTH LAW AND POLICY

1. Onwukwe, Karren Jo Pope, Life if Filled with Swift Transitions: A Guide to Helping Your Clients Manage Catastrophic Health Incidents (2024).

INDIAN AND ABORIGINAL LAW

1. Novak, Andrew, Criminal Convictions in U.S. Tribal law: Collateral Consequences, Pardons, and Expungements in Indian Country (2025).

JUDGES

1. Kritzer, Herbert M., Litigation Judicial Selection (2024).

LEGAL HISTORY

1. Montalvo, Maria R., Enslaved Archives: Slavery, Law and the Production of the Past (2024).

PROPERTY – PERSONAL AND REAL

1. Coenen, Tracy, Lifestyle Analysis in Divorce Cases: Investigating Spending and Finding Hidden Income and Assets (2024).
2. Moring, Beatrice, Women and Family Property (2024).

PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY

1. Muir, Ronda, Beyond Smart: Lawyering with Emotional Intelligence (2025).
2. Austin, Debra S., The Legal Brain: A Lawyer’s Guide to Well-Being and Better Job Performance (2024).

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. Kuan, Hon. W., Technology and Security for Lawyers and other Professionals: The Basics and Beyond (2024).
2. Vicente, Dario Moura, Rui Soares Pereira, and Ana Alves Leal, Legal Aspects of Autonomous Systems: A Comparative Approach (2024).
3. Pomfret, Kevin D., Geospatial Law, Policy, and Ethics: Where Geospatial Technology is Taking the Law (2025).
4. Drazewski, Kasper, Copyright as a Constraint on Creating Technological Value (2024).
5. Van der Sloot, Bart, Regulating the Synthetic Society: Generative AI, Legal Questions and Societal Challenges (2024).

SEX CRIMES

1. Kelley, Erin L., Law, Literature, and Violence Against Women: Ending the Victim Blame Game (2025).

All of these books are available from the Law Library.  If you would like to check out any of these titles, please contact the circulation desk at either 806-742-3957 or circulation.law@ttu.edu.  Library staff will be able to assist in locating and checking out any of these items.