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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Prisoner Rights
A jailhouse lawyer's manual
1077 pages. Updated by new edition.
Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual is intended to assist prisoners understand their legal rights and common procedures to secure these rights. The manual provides instruction on performing legal research, reading legal documents, and completing legal paperwork to attack unfair convictions, sentences, or treatment.

