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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Contracts
Corbin on contracts
15 volumes. Updated annually.
This venerable set, providing an exhaustive analysis of all the rules of contract law, including all exceptions and variations, is one of the most cited and influential treatises in print. It provides an exhaustive exposition of all the working rules of contract law has assisted lawyers for more than half a century.