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 records manual: criminal records in America: a complete guide to legal, ethical, and public policy issues and restrictions
351 pages. Updated by new edition.
This manual is geared to the small employer. Criminal records searches screening applicants and new employees has become commonplace. Employers need to ensure they are hiring individuals whose past can be verified. Increasingly tort law and regulations demand this duty of care. This book contains a brief discussion of the "legal, ethical and public policy issues and restrictions" involved in criminal record searches and then provides detailed information on what types of information are available and how to access it.
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