January 2023 New Books

In January 2023, the Law Library added the following new titles to the collection to support the research and curricular needs of our faculty and students.

CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE

1. Elizabeth Kelley, ed., Representing People with Dementia:  A Practical Guide for Criminal Defense Lawyers (2022).

DOMESTIC RELATIONS

2. Margaret “Pegi” S. Price, The Special Needs Child and Divorce:  A Practical Guide to Handling and Evaluating Cases (2022).

INFORMATION PRIVACY

3. W. Stanford Smith and Alan S. Gutterman, ed., Guide to Privacy (2022).

4. Sarah Lamdan, Data Cartels:  The Companies that Control and Monopolize Our Information (2023).

LEGAL EDUCATION

5. E. Scott Fruehwald, Critical Thinking:  An Essential Skill for Law Students, Lawyers, Law Professors, and Judges (2022).

6. Dennis J. Tonsing, 1000 Days to the Bar, But the Practice of Law Begins Now (2022).

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

7. Lawrence E. Ballard and Carole Symonds, Law Firm Accounting and Financial Management (2021).

8. Marcia Watson Wasserman and Cynthia Thomas, Law Office Policies, Procedures, and Operations Manual (2022).

TORTS

9. Mike F. Pipkin, Marilyn Klinger, George J. Bachrach, and Tracey L. Haley, eds., The Surety’s Indemnity Agreement:  Law and Practice (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.

November 2022 New Books

In November 2022, the Law Library added the following new titles to the collection to support the research and curricular needs of our faculty and students.

BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

1. Amy Klobuchar, Antitrust:  Taking on Monopoly Power from the Gilded Age to the Digital Age (2022).

CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE

2. Alan Mygatt-Tauber, Medellin v. Texas:  International Justice, Federalism, and the Execution of Jose Medellin (2022).

3. John M. Hagedorn, Gangs on Trial:  Challenging Stereotypes and Demonization in the Courts (2022).

ELECTIONS AND VOTING

4. Michael A. Smith, ed., Much Sound and Fury, or the New Jim Crow?:  The Twenty-First Century’s Restrictive New Voting Laws and Their Impact (2022).

JUDGES

5. Philippa Strum, On Account of Sex:  Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the Making of Gender Equality Law (2022).

6. Linda Greenhouse, Justice on the Brink:  The Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Rise of Amy Coney Barrett, and Twelve Months that Transformed the Supreme Court (2021).

LAW OF THE SEA

7. Ryan J. Rebe, The Partisan Court:  The Era of Political Partisanship on the U.S. Supreme Court (2021).

8. David Bosco, The Poseidon Project:  The Struggle to Govern the World’s Oceans (2022).

LEGAL ANALYSIS AND WRITING

9. Diana J. Simon, The (Not too Serious) Grammar, Punctuation, and Style Guide to Legal Writing (2022).

10. David Boelzner, Writing Sentences that Work:  Essentials for Law Students (2022).

LEGAL EDUCATION

11. Richard Grimes, Public Legal Education:  The Role of Law Schools in Building a More Legally Literate Society (2021).

LEGAL PROFESSION

12. Joan W. Howarth, Shaping the Bar:  The Future of Attorney Licensing (2023).

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

13. Connie Brenton and Susan Raridon Lambreth, Running Legal Like a Business:  The Fundamental of Legal Operations for Law Departments (2021).

RELIGION

14. Karla L. Drenner, Faith-Based Influences on Legislative Decision-Making:  Emerging Research and Opportunities (2022).

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

15. Stephen Breyer, The Authority of the Court and the Peril of Politics (2021).

TORTS

16. Walter Champion and Carlos A. Velasquez, Blood in the Water:  Feeding Frenzies and the Mass Tort Phenomenon (2021).

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.

May 2022 New Books

In May 2022, the Law Library added the following new titles to the collection to support the research and curricular needs of our faculty and students.

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

1.  David Williamson and Gary Lynch-Wood, The Structure of Regulation:  Explaining Why Regulation Succeeds and Fails (2021).

CIVIL RIGHTS, GENERALLY

2.  Lorenda A Naylor, Social Equity and LGBTQ Rights:  Dismantling Discrimination and Expanding Civil Rights (2021).

3.  Randall Kennedy, Say It Loud!:  On Race, Law, History, and Culture (2021).

COMMERCIAL LAW

4.  Werner Sabo, Legal Guide to AIA Documents (2022).

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

5.  G. Nicholas Herman, Advocacy in Negotiation and Mediation:  A Practical Approach (2021).

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

6.  Jason Scott Johnston, Climate Rationality:  From Bias to Balance (2021).

ESTATES AND TRUSTS

7.  Alexander A. Bove Jr., ed., Domestic Asset Protection Trusts:  A Practice and Resource Manual (2021).

FIRST AMENDMENT

8.  Martha Minow, Saving the News:  Why the Constitution Calls for Government Action to Preserve Freedom of Speech (2021).

9.  Peter Coe, Media Freedom in the Age of Citizen Journalism (2021).

HOUSING LAW

10.  Teresa Santalucia, Beginner’s Guide to Nonprofit and Affordable Housing Partnerships (2022).

HUMAN RIGHTS LAW

11.  Richard Martin, Policing Human Rights:  Law, Narratives and Practice (2021).

INFORMATION PRIVACY

12.  Christoph Busch and Alberto De Franceschi, eds., Algorithmic Regulation and Personalized Law:  A Handbook (2021).

13.  Stacy-Ann Elvy, A Commercial Law of Privacy and Security for the Internet of Things (2021).

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

14.  Aviv H. Gaon, The Future of Copyright in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (2021).

15.  Casey Rae, Music Copyright:  An Essential Guide for the Digital Age (2021).

JUDGES

16.  Susan Oki Mollway, The First Fifteen:  How Asian American Women Became Federal Judges (2021).

17.  Lise Olsen, Code of Silence:  Sexual Misconduct by Federal Judges, the Secret System That Protects Them, and the Women Who Blew the Whistle (2021).

LABOR LAW

18.  Cynthia Estlund, Automation Anxiety:  Why and How to Save Work (2021).

LEGAL ANALYSIS AND WRITING

19.  Larry Alexander and Emily Sherwin, Advanced Introduction to Legal Reasoning (2021).

LEGAL EDUCATION

20.  David Nelmark and Justin Bernstein, Championship Mock Trial:  The Guide for Students and Coaches (2022).

21.  Julian Hermida, Teaching Law and Criminal Justice Through Popular Culture:  A Deep Learning Approach in the Streaming Era (2022).

LEGAL RESEARCH AND LIBRARIES

22. Victoria Szymczak, Cory Lenz, and Roberta Woods, Hawai’i Legal Research (2022).

MILITARY, WAR, AND PEACE

23.  Margaret Kuzma, Dana Montalto, Betsy Gwin, and Daniel Nagin, Military Discharge Upgrade:  Legal Practice Manual (2021).

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

24.  J. Alexander Tanford and Layne S. Keele, The Pretrial Process (2022).

25.  J. Alexander Tanford and Layne S. Keele, The Pretrial Process:  Document Supplement (2022).

PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY

26.  Dan Berstein, Mental Health and Conflicts:  A Handbook for Empowerment (2022).

RELIGION

27.  Michael D. McNally, Defend the Sacred:  Native American Religious Freedom Beyond the First Amendment (2020).

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

28.  Oreste Pollicino and Giovanni De Gregorio, eds., Blockchain and Public Law:  Global Challenges in the Era of Decentralisation (2021).

SEXUAL ORIENTATION

29.  Sasha Issenberg, The Engagement:  America’s Quarter-Century Struggle Over Same-Sex Marriage (2021).

TAX POLICY

30.  Dorothy A. Brown, Whiteness of Wealth:  How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans and How We Can Fix It (2022).

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.

August 2021 New Resources

In August 2021, the Law Library added the following new resources to the collection to support the research and curricular needs of our faculty and students.

New Resources

HeinOnline’s Open Society Justice Initiative

HeinOnline has provided a new database, Open Society Justice Initiative. The Open Society Justice Initiative, part of the Open Society Foundations, was established in 2003 to provide expert legal support for Open Society’s broader mission and values through strategic human rights litigation and other legal work. The Justice Initiative publishes reports, handbooks, briefing papers, legal and policy submissions, and fact sheets exploring and advocating on issues of human rights and justice.

New Books

ADMIRALTY

Felicity G. Attard, The Duty of the Shipmaster to Render Assistance at Sea Under International Law (2020).


ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE LAW AND LEGISLATION

Woodrow Barfield, ed., The Cambridge Handbook of the Law of Algorithms (2021).

BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

Grant M. Hayden and Matthew T. Bodie, Reconstructing the Corporation: From Shareholder Primacy to Shared Governance (2020).


CONTRACTS

Edward Yorio and Steve Thel, Contract Enforcement: Specific Performance and Injunctions (2011).


CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE

Glen Sample Ely, Murder in Montague: Frontier Justice and Retribution in Texas (2020).


DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Mark A. Chinn, Forms, Checklists, and Procedures for the Family Lawyer (2021).

HEALTH LAW AND POLICY

W. Andrew H. Gantt III, ed., Healthcare Cybersecurity (2021).

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

Michelle M. Wu, Rebalancing Copyright: Considering Technology’s Impact on Libraries and the Public Interest (2021).

Theodore H. Davis, Jr., Jay Erstling, and Megan Miller, What is a Trademark (2021).

JUDGES

Mary Theresa Vasquez and Anthony Head, From the Texas Cotton Fields to the United States Tax Court: The Life Journey of Juan F. Vasquez (2021).

LEGAL EDUCATION

Melissa A. Wong, Instructional Design for LIS Professionals: A Guide for Teaching Librarians and Information Science Professionals (2019).

LEGAL RESEARCH AND LIBRARIES

Rebecca Tolley, A Trauma-Informed Approach to Library Services (2020).

MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE

Barak Cohen, ed., with Michael C. Bleicher, Cannabis Law: A Primer on Federal and State Law Regarding Marijuana, Hemp, and CBD (2021).

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Alan S. Gutterman, Business and Human Rights: Advising Clients on Respecting and Fulfilling Human Rights (2020).

Theda C. Snyder, Women Rainmakers’ Best Marketing Tips (2021).

Jennifer K. Robbennolt and Jean R. Sternlight, Psychology for Lawyers: Understanding the Human Factors in Negotiation, Litigation, and Decision Making (2021).

Nancy Harris Vaidik and Rebecca Diaz-Bonilla, Point Well Made: Persuasive Oral Advocacy (2021).

James H. Fierberg, A Civility-Based Model for New Lawyers: Understanding Your Moral Compass, Interpersonal Skills, and Ethical Inventory Before Practicing Law (2021).

SEXUAL ORIENTATION

Kevin Leo Yabut Nadal, Queering Law and Order: LGBTQ Communities and the Criminal Justice System (2020).

All resources 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.

All electronic databases are available through the Library’s webpage, http://www.depts.ttu.edu/law/lawlibrary/index.php.

Library staff will be able to assist in locating and checking out any of these items or helping you contact the Librarian on call for questions about electronic resources.

2021 February New Resources

In February 2021, the Law Library added the following new resources to the collection to support the research and curricular needs of our faculty and students.

New Resources

VerdictSearch– Provides verdict and settlement research. Each report includes a full narrative of the facts, allegations, injuries, damages and result. Other key data points include, when available and relevant, expert witnesses, attorneys and law firms, insurers and coverage limits, settlement offers and demands, and docket information, such as the caption, index number, court and judge.

New Books

BANKING AND FINANCE

1. Pierre-Hugues Verdier, Global Banks on Trial:  U.S. Prosecutions and the Remaking of International Finance (2020).

2. Philipp Hacker, et.al. eds., Regulating Blockchain:  Techno-Social and Legal Challenges (2019).

COURTS

3. Richard Susskind, Online Courts and the Future of Justice (2019).

CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE

4. Seth W. Stoughton, Jeffrey J. Noble, and Geoffrey P. Alpert, Evaluating Police Uses of Force (2021).

GAMING

5. Robert M. Jarvis, J. Wesley Cochran, and Ronald J. Rychlak, Gaming Law and Gambling Law:  Cases, Materials, and Problems (2021).

IMMIGRATION LAW

6. Julia Rose Kraut, Threat of Dissent:  A History of Ideological Exclusion and Deportation in the United States (2020).

INFORMATION PRIVACY

7. Mark Burdon, Digital Data Collection and Information Privacy Law (2020).

JUDGES

8. Charles Gardner Geyh, James J. Alfini, and James Sample, Judicial Conduct and Ethics (2020).

9. Renee Knake Jefferson and Hannah Brenner Johnson, Shortlisted:  Women in the Shadows of the Supreme Court (2020).

10. Herbert M. Kritzer, Judicial Selection in the States:  Politics and the Struggle for Reform (2020).

LEGAL ANALYSIS AND WRITING

11. Mary Beth Beazley and Monte Smith, Briefs and Beyond:  Persuasive Legal Writing (2021).

LEGAL EDUCATION

12. Primary Research Group, Inc., Survey of Law Libraries:  Best Practices in Docket Searching (2019).

POLITICS

13. Mark Tushnet, Taking Back the Constitution:  Activist Judges and the Next Age of American Law (2020).

PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

14. Laura Notton, ed., Federal Regulatory Guide (2020).

All resources 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

All electronic databases are available through the Library’s webpage, http://www.depts.ttu.edu/law/lawlibrary/index.php.   

Library staff will be able to assist in locating and checking out any of these items or helping you contact the Librarian on call for questions about electronic resources.