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
Treatise on constitutional law: substance and procedure
3 volumes. Updated by new edition.
This treatise's primary focus is on the constitutional distribution of powers, including an explanation of the origins of judicial review, sources of national authority, and the powers of Congress and the President. The 2012 revisions include case law on the "War on Terror," President Obama "birthers", the Second Amendment, voter ID laws, and the Citizen United case.