Recommended Titles and Treatises
To help provide access to the Texas State Law Library's legal resources, the reference librarians have selected the most noteworthy titles in our collection and arranged them here by subject. The titles listed for each subject feature a brief summary written by a reference librarian, and each subject's titles are divided into those that are specific to Texas law and those that aren't.
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Criminal Law
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Texas Titles
| Title |
|---|
| Appeal to justice: litigated reform of Texas prisons
by Ben Crouch.
University of Texas Press.
1989.
KFT 9730 C76 |
| Baker's Texas penal code handbook
by Lang Baker.
Freelance Enterprises, Inc..
2010.
KF T 9219 B3 |
| Crime in Texas: your complete guide to the criminal justice system
by Ken Anderson.
University of Texas Press.
2005.
KFT 9223 A5 |
| Criminal laws of Texas
by Diane Beckham.
Texas District and County Attorneys Association.
2009.
KFT 9206 C7 |
| Criminal offenses and defenses in Texas
by Gerald Reamey.
Thomson West.
2000.
KFT 9300 A8 R4 |
| Investigation and prosecution of child sexual abuse
by Terese Buesss.
Texas District and County Attorneys Association.
2007.
KFT 9323 B75 |
| Kinkeade and McColloch's Texas penal code annotated
by Ed Kinkeade.
Thomson West.
2009.
KFT 9300 A3 |
| O'Connor's Texas crimes and consequences
by T.B. Dupont.
Jones McClure.
2012.
KFT 9206 T6 |
| TDCAA quick law
by Ken Anderson.
Texas District and County Attorneys Association.
2009.
REF DESK KFT 9206 C7 |
| Texas class c misdemeanors
by Texas Municipal Courts Education Center.
Texas Municipal Courts Association.
2008.
KFT 9206 T45 |
| Texas crimes
by Diane Beckham.
Texas District and County Attorneys Association.
2009.
KFT 9206 T44 |
| Texas criminal law (Texas practice series)
by Michael B. Charlton.
Thomson West.
1973.
KFT 209 T4 v.6 |
| Texas criminal lawyers handbook
by Daniel.
James Publishing.
2000.
KFT 9619 M3 |
| Texas drunk driving law
by Gary Trichter.
Lexis Nexis Matthew Bender.
2000.
KFT 2231 M3 |
| Texas practice guide: criminal practice & procedure
by D. Mark Elliston.
Thomson West.
2012.
KFT 209 T5 CRIM |
| Texas search and seizure
by Robert Barton.
Juris.
2010.
KFT 9630 B3 |
| Traffic stops
by Diane Beckham.
Texas District and County Attorneys Association.
2008.
KFT 2231 B43 |
| Warrantless search and seizure
by Diane Beckham.
Texas District and County Attorneys Association.
2008.
KFT 9630 B4 |
| Warrants manual for arrest, search, and seizure
by Tom Bridges.
Texas District and County Attorneys Association.
2009.
KFT 9630 B75 |
Federal/General Titles
| Title |
|---|
| Arson law and prosecution
by John Decker.
Carolina Academic Press.
2009.
KF 9377 D428 |
| Civil RICO: a definitive guide
by Gregory Joseph.
American Bar Association.
2010.
KF 9375 J67 |
| Computer and intellectual property crime: federal and state law
by A. Hugh Scott.
Bureau of National Affairs.
2001.
KF 9350 S29 |
| Crime victim rights and remedies
by Peggy M. Tobolowsky.
Carolina Academic Press.
2010.
KF 9763 T63 |
| Crime victim's guide to justice
by Mary Boland.
Sphinx Publishing.
2008.
KF 9763 B65 |
| Criminal law defenses
by Paul Robinson.
Thomson West.
1984.
KF 9240 R6 |
| Criminal law in a nutshell
by Arnold Loewy.
Thomson West.
2009.
KF 9219 L6 |
| Criminal mental health and disability law, evidence and testimony: a comprehensive reference manual for lawyers, judges, and criminal justice professionals
by John Parry.
American Bar Association.
2009.
KF 9242 P373 |
| Cultural issues in criminal defense
by Linda Friedman Ramirez.
Juris.
2010.
KF 9646 C85 |
| Death penalty in a nutshell
by Victor Streib.
Thomson West.
2008.
KF 9227 S77 |
| Drunk driving defense
by Lawrence Taylor.
Aspen.
2010.
KF 2231 T39 |
| Federal criminal discovery
by Robert Cary.
American Bar Association.
2011.
KF 9650 C37 |
| Fundamentals of criminal investigation
by Charles O'Hara.
Charles C. Thomas.
2003.
KF 9219 O37 |
| Hate crimes law
by Zachary Wolfe.
Thomson West.
2009.
KF 4749 W65 |
| Search and seizure: a treatise on the Fourth Amendment
by Wayne LaFave.
Thomson West.
2012.
KF 9630 L3 |
| Substantive criminal law
by Wayne LaFave.
Thomson West.
2003.
KF 9219 L35 |
| The criminal law handbook: know your rights, survive the system
by Paul Bergman.
Nolo Press.
2011.
KF 9619.6 B4 |