Recommended Titles and Treatises
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Torts
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Texas Titles
| Title |
|---|
| Lanier's Texas personal injury forms
by Mark W. Lanier.
Texas Lawyer Press.
2011.
KFT 1257 P3 L36 |
| O'Connor's Texas causes of action
by Michol O'Connor.
Jones McClure.
2013.
KFT 1250 O26 |
| O'Connor's Texas causes of action pleadings
by Michol O'Connor.
Jones McClure.
2012.
KFT 1250 O26P |
| Texas Automobiles
by Brock C. Akers.
Knowles.
2004.
KFT 2231 A84 |
| Texas damages
by Brock C. Akers.
Knowles.
2003.
KFT 1257 A4 |
| Texas legal malpractice & lawyer discipline: a guide to the liability and discipline of Texas lawyers
by Charles Herring.
American Lawyer Media.
2012.
REF DESK KFT 1289 H4 |
| Texas practice guide: Personal injury
by Joe B. Brown.
Thomson West.
2011.
KFT 209 T5 PER. INJ. |
| Texas practice guide: Torts
by Knox D. Nunnally.
Thomson West.
2011-.
KFT 209 T5 TORTS |
| Texas premises liability
by Brock C. Akers.
Knowles.
2003.
KFT 1287 A4 |
| Texas torts and remedies
by Hadley Edgar, Jr..
Lexis Nexis Matthew Bender.
1987.
KFT 1250 T4 |
Federal/General Titles
| Title |
|---|
| A complete guide to premises security litigation
by Alan Kaminsky.
American Bar Association.
2008.
KF 1287 K35 |
| A concise restatement of torts
by Ellen Bublick.
American Law Institute.
2010.
KF 1249 A4 A24 |
| Amending CERCLA: the post-SARA amendments to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, And Liability Act
by Michael Gerrard.
American Bar Association.
2006.
KF 1299 G48 |
| Aviation tort and regulatory law
by Charles Krause.
Thomson West.
2002.
KF 1290 A9 S64 |
| Blashfield automobile law and practice
by Patrick Kelly.
Thomson West.
1999.
KF 1290 A8 B5 |
| Business Torts Litigation
by David A. Soley.
American Bar Association.
2005.
KF 1250 B85 |
| Causes of action second: COA 2d
by West group.
Thomson West.
1993.
KF 1250 S5 |
| CERCLA: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund)
by Carole Stern Switzer.
American Bar Association.
2008.
KF 1299 H39 S953 |
| Civil actions against state and local government, its divisions, agencies, and officers
by West Group.
Thomson West.
1992.
KF 1322 C5 |
| Civil rights and civil liberties litigation: the law of section 1983
by Sheldon H. Nahmod.
Thomson West.
1997.
KF 1325 C58 N3 |
| Environmental aspects of real estate and commercial transactions: from Brownfields to green buildings
by James Witkin.
American Bar Association.
2011.
KF 1298 E57 |
| Harper, James, & Gray on Torts
by Fowler V. Harper.
Aspen.
2006.
KF 1250 H3 |
| Insurance and risk management for state and local governments
by Thomas W. Rynard.
Lexis Nexis Matthew Bender.
1991.
KF 1321 R96 |
| Legal malpractice
by Ronald E. Mallen.
Thomson West.
2010.
KF 313 M3 |
| Madden & Owen on products liability
by David G. Owen.
Thomson West.
2000.
KF 1296 M3 |
| Premises liability
by Louis A. Lehr.
Thomson West.
2002.
KF 1287 L4 |
| Premises liability law and practice
by Norman J. Landau.
Lexis Nexis Matthew Bender.
1987.
KF 1287 L3 |
| Product liability litigation: current law, strategies, and best practices
by Stephanie Scharf.
Practising Law Institute.
2009.
KF 1296 P76 |
| Products liability
by Louis R. Frumer.
Lexis Nexis Matthew Bender.
1960.
KF 1296 F7 |
| Products liability in a nutshell
by David Owen.
Thomson West.
2009.
KF 1296 N6 |
| Punitive damages
by Linda Schlueter.
Lexis Nexis Matthew Bender.
2010.
KF 1250 S34 |
| Sack on defamation: libel, slander, and related problems
by Robert Sack.
Practising Law Institute.
2010.
KF 1266 S2 |
| Section 1983 litigation
by Martin A. Schwartz.
Federal Judicial Center.
2008.
JU 13.2:L 71/3/ |
| Section 1983 litigation
by Martin A. Schwartz.
Aspen.
varies.
KF 1325 C58 S3 |
| Section 1983 litigation in state courts
by Steven H. Steinglass.
Thomson West.
1987.
KF 1325 C58 S7 |
| State and local government civil rights liability
by Ivan E. Bodensteiner, Rosalie Berger Levinson.
Thomson West.
1987.
KF 1325 C58 B6 |
| Sword and shield: a practical approach to Section 1983 litigation
by Mary Massaron Ross.
American Bar Association.
2006.
KF 1325 C58 S96 |
| The American Law of Torts
by Stuart M. Speiser.
Thomson West.
1983.
KF 1250 S6A |
| The Law of Torts
by Dan B. Dobbs.
Thomson West.
2011.
KF 1250 D59 |
| The Oxford introductions to U.S. law. Torts
by John Goldberg.
Oxford University Press.
2010.
KF 1250 G648 |
| Torts in a Nutshell
by Edward J. Kionka.
Thomson West.
2010.
KF 1250 K5 |
| Toxic tort litigation
by D. Alan Rudlin.
American Bar Association.
2007.
KF 8925 T67 T69 |