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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Constitutional Law
Modern constitutional law
3 volumes. Updated annually.
This in-depth study of modern constitutional law discusses issues such as the individual and government, societal interests in communication, association, religion, private property, freedom of enterprise, freedom of contract, equality, civil and criminal justice, resolving clashes between societal interests in First Amendment freedoms and other important societal interests, reconciling the societal interests in the integrity and privacy of the individual with other important interests of society, the remaining liberties and freedoms, equal protection, the right to justice, the states and the federal government, federalism, separation of powers, and constitutional litigation.