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September 2019 New Books

2019 September new books

In September 2019, the Law Library added the following new titles to the collection to support the research and curricular needs of our faculty and students.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LAW

  1. Theodore F. Claypoole, ed., The Law of Artificial Intelligence and Smart Machines: Understanding A.I. and the Legal Impact (2019).

CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE

  1. Stephen Saltzburg, Trial Tactics (2019).

ELECTIONS AND VOTING

  1. Robert S. Mueller, III, Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election: Submitted Pursuant to 28 C.F.R. & § 600.8(c) (2019).

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

  1. Kegan A. Brown, Andrea M. Hogan, eds., Environmental Litigation: Law and Strategy (2019).
  2. Brian D. Israel, Brett Marston, and Lauren Daniel, Natural Resource Damages: A Guide to Litigating and Resolving NRD Cases (2019).

FOURTH AMENDMENT

  1. William W. Greenhalgh, The Fourth Amendment Handbook (2019).

HEALTH AND MENTAL WELLNESS

  1. German Garcia-Fresco, Train Your Brain for Success: How a Healthy Brain is the Key to Happiness and Better Health (2019).

LEGAL EDUCATION

  1. Jody L. Fitzpatrick, James R. Sanders, and Blaine R. Worthen, Program Evaluation: Alternative Approaches and Practical Guidelines (2011).
  2. Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber, The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy (2017).
  3. Douglas S. Lang, col., Deeds, Not Words: Mentors as Guiding Lights of Integrity in the Legal Profession (2007).
  4. Oliver Caviglioli, Dual Coding with Teachers (2019).

LEGAL PROFESSION

  1. Arthur G. Greene and Peter D. Roberts, The Lawyer’s Guide to Increasing Revenue: Heighten Client Satisfaction, Improve Law Firm Morale, Enhance Revenue and Profitability (2019).
  2. Jim Parsons, Oral History Interview: Judge Jim Parsons. (2019).
  3. Thomas L. Ausley, Oral History Interview: Thomas L. Ausley (2019).
  4. Lonny D. Morrison, Oral History Interview: Lonny D. Morrison (2019).
  5. Tom Henson, Oral History Interview: Tom Henson (2019).
  6. Gerry Goldstein, Oral History Interview: Gerry Goldstein (2019).

LEGAL RESEARCH AND LIBRARIES

  1. Ellyssa Kroski, Escape Rooms and Other Immersive Experiences in the Library (2019).

MARTIAL LAW

  1. Francis Lieber and G. Norman Lieber, eds., To Save the Country: A Lost Treatise on Martial Law (2019).

MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE

  1. Wes Cleveland, ed. Physician Law: Evolving Trends & Hot Topics 2019 (2019).

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

  1. Gary P. Bauer, Hire and Retire: A Plan for a Continuing Income Stream in Retirement from any Practice (2019).
  2. James F. Haggerty, In the Court of Public Opinion: Winning Strategies for Litigation Communications (2019).
  3. Richard A. Courtney, A Lawyer’s Guide to Working with Special Needs Clients (2019).
  4. Frank Ramos, The Practice and Process of Law: Checklists for Every Occasion (2019).
  5. Elden Rosenthal, The Plaintiff Lawyer’s Playbook Insights and Recommendation on how to Prepare for Success in Settling and Trying Cases (2019).
  6. Kevin D. Ashley, Artificial Intelligence and Legal Analytics: New Tools for Law Practice in the Digital Age (2017).

PROPERTY–PERSONAL AND REAL

  1. Sidney G. Saltz, From Handshake to Closing: The Role of the Commercial Real Estate Lawyer (2019).

SECURITIES LAW

  1. Stephanie Tsacoumis, What Must Public Companies Disclose?: A Primer (2019).

TORTS

  1. Mark S. Guralnick, Formulas for Calculating Damages (2019).

TRADE REGULATION

  1. Rohini Acharya, ed., Regional Trade Agreements and the Multilateral Trading System (2016).

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 2019 New Resources

2019 August

In August 2019, 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

This month several ProQuest databases received 2019 updates. These updates ensures that each database contains the most current information available. The following databases were updated:

-ProQuest Congressional Publications (updated Congressional Hearings & U.S. Serial

Set)

-Legislative Insight

-Regulatory Insight

Find legislative histories, committee hearings, prints, and reports, bill texts and tracking, and information about members of the House and Senate. Both Insight products provide full legislative or regulatory histories which includes the full text of the public law or regulation, all versions of related bills, law-specific Congressional Record excerpts, committee hearings, reports, and prints. Also included are presidential signing statements, CRS reports, and miscellaneous congressional publications that provide background material to aid in the understanding of issues related to the making of the law and regulations.

Use our Electronic Resources: Databases, Journals, and Sites page to locate links to each database.

New Books

CONTRACTS

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

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

  1. Andrea Kupfer Schneider and Chris Honeyman, eds., Negotiation Essentials for Lawyers (2019).

EVIDENCE

  1. Janet S. Kole, How to Train Your Expert: Making Your Client’s Case (2019).

INDIAN AND ABORIGINAL LAW

  1. Kim TallBear, Native American DNA: Tribal Belonging and the False Promise of Genetic Science (2013).

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

  1. Simon Tam, Slanted: How an Asian American Troublemaker Took on the Supreme Court (2019).

LEGAL EDUCATION

  1. Michael Hunter Schwartz, Expert Learning for Law Students (2018).
  2. Jessamyn Neuhaus, Geeky Pedagogy: A Guide for Intellectuals, Introverts, and Nerds Who want to be Effective Teachers (2019).
  3. Tom Sherrington, Rosenshine’s Principles in Action (2019).

LEGAL PROFESSION

  1. Will Baggett with Tai M. Brown, The Blueprint for a Successful Career: A Foundation for Developing Young Professionals (2017).

LEGAL RESEARCH AND LIBRARIES

  1. Shannon D. Jones and Beverly Murphy, eds., Diversity and Inclusion in Libraries: A Call to Action and Strategies for Success (2019).

MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE

  1. Kate Moore, The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women (2018).

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

  1. Brendon Ishikawa and Dana Curtis, Appellate Mediation: A Guidebook for Attorneys and Mediators (2016).
  2. Vincent S. Walkowiak and Oscar Rey Rodriguez, eds., The Attorney-Client Privilege in Civil Litigation: Protecting and Defending Confidentiality (2019).

PROPERTY–PERSONAL AND REAL

  1. Christopher K. Odinet, Foreclosed: Mortgage Servicing and the Hidden Architecture of Homeownership in America (2019).

PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY

  1. Robert D. Morgan, ed., The Sage encyclopedia of criminal psychology (2019).

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.

July 2019 New Books

2019 July New Books

In July 2019, 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. Elizabeth Cabraser and Fabrice N. Vincent, eds., The Law of Class Action: Fifty-State Survey, 2019 (2019).

CONTRACTS

  1. Frank J. Doti, Contract Law: Flowcharts and Cases: A Visual Guide to Understanding Contracts (2016).

DOMESTIC RELATIONS

  1. Gregg Herman, ed., 101+ Practical Solutions for the Family Lawyer: Sensible Answers to Common Problems (2019).
  2. Mark E. Sullivan, The Military Divorce Handbook: A Practical Guide to Representing Military Personnel and Their Families (2019).

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

  1. Jerry L. Anderson, et.al., Environmental Law Practice: Problems and Exercises for Skills Development (2018).

EVIDENCE

  1. Shannon Lex Bales, The Trial Presentation Companion: A Step-By-Step Guide to Presenting Electronic Evidence in the Courtroom (2018).

LEGAL ANALYSIS AND WRITING

  1. Alexa Z. Chew and Katie Rose Guest Pryal, The Complete Legal Writer (2016).
  2. Mary Barnard Ray and Jill J. Ramsfield, Legal Writing: Getting It Right and Getting It Written (2018).
  3. Richard C. Wydick and Amy E. Sloan, Plain English for Lawyers (2019).
  4. Patricia T. O’Conner, Woe is I: The Grammarphobe’s Guide to Better English in Plain English (2019).

LEGAL EDUCATION

  1. Teresa Power, The ABCs of Law School: Diary of a First Year Student (2019).
  2. Michael Hunter Schwartz and Paula J. Manning, Expert Learning for Law Students (2018).
  3. Christopher J. Lucas and John W. Murry, Jr., New Faculty: A Practical Guide for Academic Beginners (2011).

LEGAL PROFESSION

  1. Toni Jaeger-Fine, Becoming a Lawyer: Discovering and Defining Your Professional Persona (2019).
  2. Aaron Dignan, Brave New Work: Are You Ready to Reinvent Your Organization? (2019).
  3. Marc I. Steinberg and Stephen B. Yeager, Inside Counsel: Practices, Strategies, and Insights (2015).
  4. Grover E. Cleveland, Swimming Lessons for Baby Sharks: The Essential Guide to Thriving as a New Lawyer (2016).

LEGAL RESEARCH AND LIBRARIES

  1. Elyse H. Fox, 11 Power Communications for Law Librarians: A Manual and Workbook (2019).
  2. John M. Budd, The Changing Academic Library: Operations, Culture, Environments (2018).
  3. Michael J. Krasulski and Trevor A. Dawes, eds., Twenty-First Century Access Services: On the Frontline of Academic Librarianship (2013).

NATURAL RESOURCES LAW

  1. Eric L. Kwa, ed., Natural Resources Law of Papua New Guinea (2010).

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

  1. Carole C. Berry and Raymond Michael Ripple, Effective Appellate Advocacy: Brief Writing and Oral Argument (2016).
  2. Ronald H. Clark, Jury Selection Handbook: The Nuts and Bolts of Effective Jury Selection (2018).
  3. Thomas A. Mauet and David Marcus, Pretrial (2019).
  4. Elyse H. Fox, compiler, Resources in Third-Party Legal Opinion Letters (2014).
  5. Thomas A. Mauet, Trial Techniques and Trials (2017).

PROPERTY–PERSONAL AND REAL

  1. Alan Mallach, Jessica Bacher, and Meg Byerly Williams, eds., Vacant and Problem Properties: A Guide to Legal Strategies and Remedies (2019).

PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY

  1. Clara E. Hill, Helping Skills: Facilitating Exploration, Insight, and Action (2014).

SENTENCING AND PUNISHMENT

  1. Frederic Block, Crimes and Punishments: Entering the Mind of a Sentencing Judge (2019).

TECHNOLOGY LAW

  1. Joshua Walker, On Legal AI (2019).

WORKPLACE VIOLENCE

  1. Don Philpott, The Workplace Violence Prevention Handbook (2019).

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.

June 2019 New Books

2019 June new books

In June 2019, the Law Library added the following new titles to the collection to support the research and curricular needs of our faculty and students.

COMPARATIVE AND FOREIGN LAW

  1. Sergei Antonov, Bankrupts and Usurers of Imperial Russia: Debt, Property, and the Law in the Age of Dostoevsky and Tolstoy (2016).

CONTRACTS

  1. Margaret Jane Radin, Boilerplate: The Fine Print, Vanishing Rights, and the Rule of Law (2013).
  2. Lisa R. Lifshitz and John A. Rothchild, ed., Cloud 3.0: Drafting and Negotiating Cloud Computing Agreements (2019).

CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE

  1. Yale H. Caplan and Bruce A. Goldberger, eds., Garriott’s Medicolegal Aspects of Alcohol (2015).

EVIDENCE

  1. Cecil C. Kuhne III, A Litigator’s Guide to Expert Witnesses (2019).

LEGAL EDUCATION

  1. Jennifer E. Nutefall, ed., Service Learning, Information Literacy, and Libraries (2016).
  2. James M. Lang, Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning (2016).
  3. Saundra Yancy McGuire and Stephanie McGuire, Teach Students How to Learn: Strategies You Can Incorporate Into Any Course to Improve Student Metacognition, Study Skills, and Motivation (2015).
  4. Linda B. Nilson, Teaching at its Best: A Research-Based Resource for College Instructors (2016).

LEGAL HISTORY

  1. Marilynne K. Roach, Six Women of Salem: The Untold Story of the Accused and Their Accusers in the Salem Witch Trials (2013).

TECHNOLOGY LAW

  1. Primavera De Filippi and Aaron Wright, Blockchain and the Law: The Rule of Code (2018).
  2. Mark Chinen, Law and Autonomous Machines: The Co-Evolution of Legal Responsibility and Technology (2019).
  3. Michael A. Livermore and Daniel N. Rockmore, eds., Law as Data: Computation, Text, & the Future of Legal Analysis (2019).

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 2019 New Books

2019 May new books

In May 2019, the Law Library added the following new titles to the collection to support the research and curricular needs of our faculty and students.

AUTOMOBILES AND SOCIETY

  1. Clay McShane, Down the Asphalt Path: The Automobile and the American City (1994).

BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

  1. Susan Grueneberg, Ann Hurwitz, and Alexander Tuneski, eds., The FTC Franchise Rule (2019).

COMPARATIVE AND FOREIGN LAW

  1. Barbara Wade Rose, The Priest, the Witch and the Poltergeist (2010).

CONTRACTS

  1. Lenne Eidson Espenschied, Contract Drafting: Powerful Prose in Transactional Practice (2019).

CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE

  1. Elizabeth Kelley, ed., Representing People with Mental Disabilities (2018).

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE LAW

  1. Cynthia H. Cwik, Christopher A. Suarez, and Lucy L. Thomson, eds., The Internet of Things: Legal Issues, Policy, and Practical Strategies (2019).

FAMILY LAW

  1. Patricia Shewmaker and James R. Lewis, The Complete QDRO Handbook: Dividing ERISA, Military, and Civil Service Pensions and Collecting Child Support from Employee Benefit Plans (2019).
  2. Matthew P. Barach, The Family Law Guide to Appellate Practice (2019).

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

  1. Sharon K. Sandeen and Marilyn C. Maloney, eds., Intellectual Property Deskbook for the Business Lawyer: A Transactions-Based Guide to Intellectual Property Law (2019).

LEGAL EDUCATION

  1. Kris Franklin, Legal Reasoning Case Files (2019).
  2. Theresa McDevitt and Caleb P. Finegan, eds., Library Service and Learning: Empowering Students, Inspiring Social Responsibility, and Building Community Connections (2018).

LEGAL PROFESSION

  1. Dr. Artika R. Tyner, The Leader’s Journey: A Guide to Discovering the Leader Within (2019).

MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE

  1. Monica Fawzy Bryant and Joanna Fawzy Morales, Cancer Rights Law: An Interdisciplinary Approach (2018).

SENTENCING AND PUNISHMENT

  1. Honorable Harold Baer, Jr., Rehabilitation and Incarceration: In Search of Fairer and More Productive Sentencing (2019).

TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAW

  1. American Bar Association, Section of Antitrust Law, Telecom Antitrust Handbook (2019).

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.

March 2019 New Books

2017 March

In March 2019, the Law Library added the following new titles to the collection to support the research and curricular needs of our faculty and students.

CONTRACTS

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

CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE

  1. Paul H. Robinson and Tyler Scot Williams, Mapping American Criminal Law: Variations Across the 50 States (2018).

CYBER LAW

  1. Jack Caravelli and Nigel Jones, Cyber Security: Threats and Responses for Government and Business (2019).

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

  1. Celine Tan and Julio Faundez, eds., Natural Resources and Sustainable Development: International Economic Law Perspectives (2017).

INDIAN AND ABORIGINAL LAW

  1. Leilani Sabzalian, Indigenous Children’s Survivance in Public Schools (2019).

INFORMATION PRIVACY

  1. Radim Polcak and Dan Jerker B. Svantesson, Information Sovereignty: Data Privacy, Sovereign Powers and the Rule of Law (2017).

INSURANCE LAW

  1. Michael Menapace, et. al., eds., The Handbook on Additional Insureds (2018).

INTERNATIONAL LAW

  1. Young Sok Kim, The Law of the International Criminal Court (2019).

LEGAL ANALYSIS AND WRITING

  1. Marta Mestrovic Deyrup, Librarian’s Guide to Writing for Professional Publication (2019).
  2. Joel P. Trachtman, The Tools of Argument: How the Best Lawyers Think, Argue, and Win (2013).

LEGAL HISTORY

  1. Richard H. Underwood, Gaslight Lawyers: Criminal Trials & Exploits in Gilded Age New York (2017).

LEGAL RESEARCH AND LIBRARIES

  1. William H. Manz, ed., Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015: A Legislative History of Public Law No. 114-125 (2017).

LIBRARIES

  1. Jessica Zellers, Tina M. Adams, and Katherine Hill, The ABCs of ERM: Demystifying Electronic Resource Management for Public and Academic Librarians (2018).
  2. Frances C. Wilkinson, Linda K. Lewis, and Rebecca L. Lubas, The Complete Guide to Acquisitions Management (2015).
  3. Carmen Cowick, Crash Course in Disaster Preparedness (2018).
  4. Emy Nelson Decker and Seth M. Porter, Engaging Design: Creating Libraries for Modern Users (2018).

NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

  1. Bruce R. Hopkins, The Law of Tax-Exempt Organizations (2019).

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.

January 2019 New Books

2019 Jan new books

In January 2019, 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. Victoria Sutton, The Court Martial of Apache Kid Based on the Original Transcript (2018).
  2. James Nesci, How to Beat a DUI (2008).

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

  1. Robert Henson, The Thinking Person’s Guide to Climate Change (2014).

HEALTH LAW AND POLICY

  1. David A. Schwartz, Julienne Ngoundoung Anoko, and Sharon A. Abramowitz, eds., Pregnant in the Time of Ebola: Women and Their Children in the 2013-2015 West African Epidemic (2019).

INTERNATIONAL LAW

  1. Mascha Fedorova and Willen-Jan van der Wolf, eds., The United Nations and the Protection of the Rights of Women (2005).

LEGAL EDUCATION

  1. Brandon K. West, Kimberly D. Hoffman, and Michelle Costello, eds., Creative Instructional Design: Practical Application for Librarians (2017).
  2. Sean Cordes, Instruction Design Essentials: A Practical Guide for Librarians (2018).
  3. Kevin Michael Klipfel and Dani Brecher Cook, Learner-Centered Pedagogy: Principles and Practice (2017).

LEGAL PROFESSION

  1. Deborah Calloway, Becoming a Joyful Lawyer: Contemplative Training in Non-Distraction, Empathy, and Emotional Wisdom (2012).
  2. Martin E.P. Seligman, Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-Being (2013).
  3. Brene Brown, I Thought it was Just Me (but it isn’t): Making the Journey from “What will people think?” to “I am enough.” (2008).
  4. Melody Beattie, The New Codependency: Help and Guidance for Today’s Generation (2010).
  5. Brene Brown, Rising Strong: How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead, (2017).

TORTS

  1. Michael Neff, Premises Liability: A Guide to Success (2017).

TRIAL PRACTICE

  1. David R. Bossart, et.al., Winning Case Preparation: Understanding Jury Bias (2018).

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.