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 Procedure
Federal criminal appeals
1 volume. Updated annually.
Explores the process of adjudicating criminal appeals in the US Courts of Appeals and the United State Supreme Court. Chapters cover the role of appellate counsel, jurisdiction, appealability, scope and standards of review, and the decision making process. Supreme Court appeals are addressed in a dedicated chapter. Appendices include rules of the Supreme Court as well as the individual Circuit Courts.