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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Labor and Employment
Federal law of employment discrimination in a nutshell
332 pages. Updated by new edition.
This title provides a clear and concise overview of employment discrimination law. First part looks at topics such as the history of employment discrimination law, a discussion of employer coverage, and the differences between discrimination and affirmative action. The second section discusses providing violations and covers facial distinctions, non-facial distinctions in search of motive, using verbal evidence or circumstantial evidence to prove a motive, and mixed motives. The third section covers protected classes and special problems and the fourth section covers enforcement remedies.

