Academic Information

Book Lists

This information is correct as of 12/20/07. All texts are required unless otherwise noted. Students should check CourseInfo for a complete list of all required course materials. Materials may be available through CourseInfo or FedEx/Kinkos - whether supplemental to the texts listed below or in lieu of a text.

First Year Book List
Spring 2008

Civil Procedure II (Collins)
JD873 B1
Civil Procedure: Cases and Materials, 8th Ed., Friedenthal et al (West)
Recommended:
Introduction to Civil Procedure, 2005, Freer (Aspen)

Constitutional Law (Fleming)
JD810 A1
American Constitutional Interpretation, 3rd Ed., Fleming (Foundation)
Recommended:
Constitutional Interpretation: The Basic Questions, 2007, Fleming (Oxford)

Constitutional Law (Baxter)
JD810 B1
Constitutional Law, 2nd Ed., Chemerinsky (Aspen)
Constitutional Law: Principles and Policies, 3rd Ed., Chemerinsky (Aspen)

Criminal Law (Sloane)
JD946 B1
Criminal Law and Its Processes: Cases and Materials, 8th Ed., Kadish (Aspen)
Recommended:
Understanding Criminal Law, 4th Ed., Dressler (LexisNexis)

Property (Seipp)
JD876 A1
Property, 6th Ed., Dukeminier (Aspen)

Property (Lawson)
JD876 A2
Property: Principles & Policies, 2006, Merrill (Foundation)

Property (McClain)
JD876 C1
Property, 6th Ed., Dukeminier et al (Aspen)

Torts (Farnsworth)
JD892 C1
Torts: Cases & Questions, 2004, Farnsworth et al (Aspen)
The Legal Analyst, 2007, Farnsworth (Chicago)

Torts (Simons)
JD892 C2
Torts: Cases & Questions, 2004, Farnsworth et al (Aspen)

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Upper-Class Book List
Spring 2008

A-C | D-L | M-Z

Administrative Law (Beermann)
JD801 B1
Emanuel Law Outlines: Administrative Law, 2006, Beermann (Aspen)
Administrative Law: Cases & Materials, 5th Ed., Cass (Aspen)

Administrative Law (Lawson)
JD801 L1
Federal Administrative Law, 4th Ed., Lawson (West Law)

Admiralty & Maritime Law (Farnsworth)
JD977 A1
Admiralty: Cases & Materials, 5th Ed., Lucas (Foundation)

Advanced Federal Civil Litigation (Donweber)
JD785 A1
Massachusetts Rules of Court, 2007, (West Law)

Alternative Dispute Resolution (Nolan-Haley)
JD881 A1
Dispute Resolution: Negotiation, Mediation and other Processes, 5th Ed., Goldberg et al (Aspen)

Antitrust Law (K. Hylton)
JD838 A1
Antitrust Analysis, 6th Ed., Areeda (Aspen)
Antitrust Law, 2003 Ed., Hylton (Cambridge)

Attorney-Client Privilege (Rosenfeld)
JD812 A1
No text required.

Bankruptcy & Creditor’s Rights (W. Miller)
JD803 A1
Bankruptcy: Problems, Cases & Materials, 2003 Ed., Miller (Carolina A)
Bankruptcy: Problems, Cases & Materials, 2006 Supplement, Miller (Carolina A)
U.S. Bankruptcy Codes & Rules, 2007 Black Line Ed., Dahlstrom (Dahl Legal)

Bankruptcy Practice (Mikels)
JD794 A1
Business Reorganization in Bankruptcy: Cases & Materials, 3rd Ed., Scarberry et al (West Law)

Biotechnology Law & Ethics (Baram)
JD933 A1
No text required.

Business of Law (Trilling)
JD789 A1
The Portable MBA, 4th Ed., Bruner et al (Wiley, John & Sons)

Children & the Law (McClain)
JD895 A1
Children & the Law: Doctrine, Policy & Practice, 3rd Ed., Abrams & Ramsey (Thomson West)

Civil Litigation Program/Trial Advocacy (Burdick)
JD974 A1
No text required.

Commercial Code (W. Miller)
JD807 A1
Commercial Law, 7th Ed., Warren (West Law)
Commercial and Debtor-Creditor Law: Selected Statutes, 2007, Baird et al (West Law)

Commercial Law: Secured Transactions (O’Rourke)
JD805 A1
New Article 9, 2nd Ed., Cooper (ABA)
Commercial Transactions, Secured Financing: Cases, Materials, Problems, 3rd Ed., Nimmer (LexisNexis)
Recommended:
Secured Transactions: Examples and Explanations, 3rd Ed., Brook (Aspen)

Constitutional Theory (Fleming)
JD922 A1
The Tempting of America, 1997, Bork (Free Press)
Life’s Dominion: An Argument About Abortion, Euthanasia and Individual Freedom, 1994,
     Dworkin (Vintage)
Democracy & Distrust: A Theory of Judicial Review, 2006, Ely (Harvard)
Securing Constitutional Democracy: The Case of Autonomy, 2006, Fleming (U. of Chicago)
American Constitutional Interpretation, 3rd E., Fleming (Foundation)
Recommended:
Constitutional Interpretation: The Basic Questions, 2007, Fleming (Oxford)
The Partial Constitution, 1998, Sunstein (Harvard)

Consumer Law (Pettit)
JD897 A1
Consumer Law: Cases & Materials, 3rd Ed., Spanogle (West Law)
Selected Consumer Statutes, 2007, Spanogle (West)

Copyright Law (Dogan)
JD952 A1
Copyright in a Global Information Economy, 2nd Ed., Cohen (Aspen)
Recommended:
Copyright in a Global Information Economy: Case & Statutory Supplement, 2007, Cohen (Aspen)

Corporate Finance (Chadwick)
JD 985 C1
Principles of Corporate Finance, 8th Ed., Brealey et al. (McGraw-Hill)
Corporate Finance in a Nutshell, 2004, Haas (Thomson West)

Corporations (Outterson)
JD816 A1
Business Associations: Agency, Partnerships & Corps., 6th Ed., Klein (West Law)
Business Associations: Agency, Partnerships, LLCs & Corps, 2007 Statutes & Rules, Klein (West Law)

Corporations (Marks)
JD816 M1
No text required.

Criminal Procedure: Adjudication (Reza)
JD820 A1
Criminal Procedures: Prosecution & Adjudication, 3rd Ed., Miller (Aspen)
Criminal Procedures-2007 Supplement, Miller (Aspen) No longer required
Recommended:
Understanding Criminal Procedure, Vol. 2, 4th Ed., Dressler (LexisNexis)

Criminal Procedure: Comprehensive (Rossman)
JD819 A1
Criminal Procedure: Investigation & Right to Counsel, 2005 Ed., Allen et al. (Aspen)

Criminal Trial Advocacy (Rossman)
JD981 A1
No text required.

Criminal Trial Practice I (Rossman/Fisher)
JD982 A1
Mass. Criminal Practice-Abridged Clinical Student Edition, Blumenson (LexisNexis)

Criminal Trial Practice II/Defenders (Kaplan/Rossman)
JD898 A1
No text required.

Criminal Trial Practice II/Prosecutors (Nilsen/Rossman)
JD899 A1
No text required.

Current Issues in Employment Law (Weinstein)
JD906 A1
No text required.

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Deals: Economic Structure (Walker/Whitehead)
JD904 A1
No text required.

Effective & Ethical Depositions-Plaintiff (Browne)
JD958 A1
Deposition Questioning, Strategies & Techniques, 2001, Binder et al (West)
Deposition Rules: The Essential Handbook to Who, What When, Where, Why & How, 4th Ed.,
     Malone (NITA)
Developing Deposition Skills: Polisi v. Clark and Parker & Gould: PLAINTIFF’S MATERIALS, 2nd Ed.,
     Bocchino & Sonenshein (NITA)
Recommended:
Deposition Evidence: Objections, Instructions Not to Answer and Responses, 2006,
     Bocchino & Sonenshein (NITA)

Effective & Ethical Depositions-Defendant (Browne)
JD958 B1
Deposition Questioning, Strategies & Techniques, 2001, Binder et al (West)
Deposition Rules: The Essential Handbook to Who, What When, Where, Why & How, 4th Ed.,
     Malone (NITA)
Developing Deposition Skills: Polisi v. Clark and Parker & Gould: DEFENDANT ’S MATERIALS, 2nd Ed.,
     Bocchino & Sonenshein (NITA)
Recommended:
Deposition Evidence: Objections, Instructions Not to Answer and Responses, 2006,
     Bocchino & Sonenshein (NITA)

Energy Law and Policy (Feld)
JD832 A1
Energy, Economics and the Environment, 2nd Ed., Bosselman (Foundation)

Entertainment Law (Neeff)
JD905 A1
Entertainment Law, 3rd Ed., Simensky (Bender)

Environmental Law (Ferrey)
JD833 A1
Cancelled

European Union Law (di Robilant)
JD880 A1
No text required.

Evidence (Connaughton)
JD831 C1
Evidence, 2002 Ed., Fisher (Foundation)
Federal Rules of Evidence, 2006 Statutory Supplement, Fisher (Foundation)

Federal Courts (Yackle)
JD836 A1
Federal Courts: Cases and Materials, 2007, Wells (West Law)
Federal Courts: Cases and Materials-2007 Supplement, Wells (West Law)

Federal Habeas Corpus (Yackle)
JD830 A1
No text required.

Fiduciary Law (Frankel)
JD860 A1
Text to be ordered directly from the publisher.  Professor Frankel will notify the students directly.

Forensic Mental Health Issues (Kinscherff/Cone)
JD962 A1
No text required.

Global Climate Change (Partan)
JD796 A1
Global Climate Change and U.S. Law, 2007, Gerrard (ABA)
Recommended:
The Atlas of Climate Change, 2007-Revised, Dow & Downing (University of California Press)

Health Insurance, Managed Care & the Law (Mariner)
JD992 A1
Health Law, 5th Ed., Furrow (West)

Historical Perspectives on Law (Collins/Leonard)
JD846 A1
No text required.

Homicide Investigations (Meier)
JD950 A1
No text required.

Immigration Law & Practice (Kelly)
JD968 A1
Immigration & Refugee Law & Policy, 4th Ed., Legomsky (West)
Federal Immigration Law & Regulations, 2006 Ed., West (West)

Insurance Law (M. Hylton)
JD850 A1
Insurance Law & Regulation: Cases & Materials, 4th Ed., Abraham (West)
Problems in Insurance Law, 1989 Ed., Devine (West)

Intellectual Property (Bone)
JD857 B1
Intellectual Property in New Tech. Age, Rev-4th Ed., Merges (Aspen)
Intellectual Property in New Tech. Age, 2007 Supplement, Merges (Aspen)

International & Interethnic Conflict Resolution (Nolan-Haley)
JD993 A1
International Conflict Resolution, 2005, Nolan-Haley (West Law)

International Business Agreements (Greiman)
JD959 A1
Global Negotiator, 2003 Ed., Salacuse (VHPS)
Transnational Business Problems, 3rd Ed., Vagts (West)

International Business Transactions (Park)
JD842 A1
Transnational Business Problems, 3rd Edition, Vagts (West)

International Human Rights (Akram)
JD991 A1
Selected International Human Rights Instruments & Bibliography for Research on
     International Human Rights Law, 3rd Ed., Weissbrodt et al (Anderson)

International Project Finance (Greiman)
JD936 A1
Modern Project Finance: A Casebook, 2004, Esty (Wiley)

International Trade Regulation (Partan)
JD858 A1
Trade and the Environment: Law & Policy, 2005, Wold et al. (Carolina)
Recommended:
The World Trade Organization: Law, Practice & Policy, 2006, Matsushita et al. (Oxford)

Internet Law (Dogan)
JD964 A1
No text required.

Introduction to Federal Income Taxation (Walker)
JD889 W1
Federal Income Tax: Code and Regulation, 2007-2008, Dickinson (CCH)
Federal Income Taxation: Principles and Policies, 5th Ed., Graetz (West)
Recommended:
Federal Income Taxation, 10th Ed., Chirelstein (West Law)

Islamic Law & Legal System (Reza)
JD902 A1
Meaning of the Holy Quran, 11th Ed., Ali (Amana)
Law & Power in the Islamic World, 2005, Zubaida (I.B. Tauris & Co.)
Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence, 3rd Ed., Kamali (Islamic Texts Society) Delayed Availability
History of Islamic Law, 1994, Coulson (Columbia University)

Jewish Law (Hecht)
JD835 A1
Materials and books are available from Dan Wu in room 1134.  The cost of the materials is $60 (cash, not check).  Please note that the books for this course are only available from that office; they will not be found in the bookstore.

Judging in the American Legal System (Young)
JD908 A1
No text required.

Judicial Internship Program (Diamond)
JD848 A1
No text required.

Juvenile Delinquency (Kaplan)
JD824 A1
Recommended:
Changing Borders of Juvenile Justice, 2000, Fagan (Chicago)
Bad Kids, 1999, Feld (Oxford)
Youth on Trial, 2003, Grisso (Chicago)
Random Family, 2004, LeBlanc (Simon & Schuster)

Labor Law (Harper)
JD851 A1
Labor Law: Cases, Materials & Problems, 6th Ed., Harper et al. (Aspen)
Labor Law, 2007 Statutory Supplement, Harper et al. (Aspen)

Land Use (Ryckman)
JD855 A1
Land Use: Cases & Materials, 6th Ed., Wright (Thomson West)

Law & Education (Rosen)
JD822 A1
No text required.

Law & Religion (Michaelson)
JD944 A1
Religion & State: Cases & Materials, 2nd Ed., Gey (LexisNexis)
Recommended:
God’s Name in Vain: The Wrongs and Rights of Religion in Politics, 2000, Carter (Perseus)
Letter to a Christian Nation, 2008, Harris (Random)

Law & Sexual Minorities (Volk)
JD957 A1
No text required.

Law & Sports (Harper)
JD886 A1
Sports & the Law, 3rd Ed., Weiler & Roberts (West Law)
Sports & the Law, 2004 Statutory Supplement, Weiler & Roberts (West Law)

Lawyering in the 21st Century (Moore)
JD972 A1
Professional Responsibility Standards, Rules & Statutes, 2007-2008 Abridged,
     Dzienkowski (Thomson West)
Professional Responsibility: Examples & Explanations, 2nd Ed., Wendel (Aspen)

Legal Externship Program/Fieldwork (Knight)
JD924 B1
No text required.

Legal Externship Program/Legal Ethics (Knight)
JD925 B1
Legal Ethics: Law Stories, 2006, Rhode (West Law)

Legal Writing Fellows (Volk)
JD986 B1
No text required.

Legislative Counsel Clinic (Kealy)
JD786 B1
Legislative Law & Statutory Interpretation: Cases & Materials, 3rd Ed.,
     Hetzel, Libonati, Williams (LexisNexis)

Legislative Internship Program/Fieldwork (Kealy)
JD937 B1
No text required.

Legislative Internship Program/Problem Solving (Kealy)
JD938 B1
An Introduction to Statutory Interpretation and the Legislative Process, 1997, Mikva (Aspen)

Legislative Policy & Drafting Clinics (Seidman)
JD818, JD817, JD784, JD783
No text required.

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Mediation: Theory & Practice (Roth)
JD826 A1
Mediation: Practice, Policy & Ethics, 2006, Menkel-Meadow (Aspen)

Medical Research & the Law (Glazier)
JD910 A1
No text required.

Mergers & Acquisitions (Nowill)
JD988 A1
Mergers & Acquisitions: Cases & Materials, 2005, Maynard (Aspen)

National Security Law (O’Neill)
JD890 A1
No text required.

Non-Profit Organizations (Klipp)
JD844 A1
Recommended:
Non-Profit Organizations Cases & Materials, 3d, 2007 Supplement,
     Fishman & Schwarz (Foundation Press)
Non-Profit Organizations Cases & Materials, 3rd Ed., Fishman & Schwarz (Foundation Press)
Non-Profit Organization Statutes, Regulations & Forms, 3rd Ed., Fishman & Schwarz (Foundation Press)

Patent Law (Meurer)
JD870 A1
Patent Law & Policy: Cases & Materials, 4th Ed., Merges (LexisNexis)

Patent Prosecution (Geller)
JD939 A1
No text required.

Perspectives on Tort Law (Simons)
JD792 A1
Forms & Functions of Tort Law, 3rd Ed., Abraham (West Law)
Torts Stories, 2003, Rabin & Sugarman (Foundation Press)

Political Resistance & Responsibility (Lyons)
JD797 A1
Is There a Duty to Obey the Law?, 2005, Wellman (Cambridge)

Principles of Accounting (Wilson)
JD872 A1
Financial Accounting for MBA’s, 3rd Ed., Easton (Cambridge)

Professional Responsibility (Perlman)
JD984 A1
Law & Ethics of Lawyering, 4th Ed., Hazard (Foundation Press)
2008 Selected Standards on Professional Responsibility, 2008 Ed., Morgan (Foundation Press)

Professional Responsibility (Moore)
JD984 M1
Professional Responsibility Standards, Rules & Statutes, 2007-2008 Abridged,
     Dzienkowski (Thomson West)
Regulation of Lawyers, 7th Ed., Gillers (Aspen)

Remedies (Kull)
JD866 A1
Modern American Remedies: Cases & Materials, 3rd Ed., Laycock (Aspen)

Securities Regulation (Whitehead)
JD883 A1
Fed. Securities Laws: Selected Statutes 2007, 20th Ed., Coffee (West)
Securities Regulation: Cases & Materials, 10th Ed., Coffee (West)

Software and the Law (Plotkin)
JD859 A1
No text required.

Tax Policy (Sims)
JD799 A1
No text required.

Taxation of Corporations & Shareholders (Feld)
JD887 A1
Federal Income Taxation of Corporate Transactions, 3rd Ed., Feld & Andrews (Aspen)
Federal Income Tax: Code & Regulations Selected Sections, 2007-2008, Dickinson (CCH)

Trial Advocacy (Lowy)
JD894 A1
Materials in Trial Advocacy: Problems & Cases, 6th Ed., Mauet (Aspen)
Trial Techniques, 7th Ed., Mauet (Aspen)
Recommended:
Evidentiary Foundations, 6th Ed., Imwinkelried (LexisNexis)

Trial Advocacy (Coakley/Smith)
JD894 G1
Polisi v. Clark and Parker & Gould, 2nd Ed., Bocchino (NITA)
Trial Techniques, 7th Ed., Mauet (Aspen)

Trial Advocacy (Grasso)
JD894 G1
Trial Techniques, 7th Ed., Mauet (Aspen)
State v. Diamond: Problem & Case File,4th Ed., Seckinger (NITA)
Dixon v. Providential Life Tech CS, 2000, Stein (NITA)

Trial Advocacy (Sanders)
JD894 T2
Problems in Trial Advocacy, 2006, Bocchino (NITA)
Trial Techniques, 7th Ed., Mauet (Aspen)
State v. Diamond: Problem & Case File,4th Ed., Seckinger (NITA)
Dixon v. Providential Life Tech CS, 2000, Stein (NITA)
Recommended:
Evidentiary Foundations, 6th Ed., Imwinkelried (LexisNexis)

Trial Advocacy: Advanced (Del Vecchio)
JD945 A1
Modern Trial Advocacy-Law School Ed. 2nd, Lubet (NITA)
Farrell vs. Strongline Inc., 3rd Ed., Geraughty (NITA)
Evidentiary Foundations, 6th Ed., Imwinkelried (LexisNexis)

Trust & Honesty (Frankel/Fagan)
JD965 A1
Text to be ordered directly from the publisher.  Professor Frankel will notify the students directly.

Trusts, Wills & Basic Estate Planning (Hurwitz)
JD871 H1
Wills, Trusts & Estates, 7th Ed., Dukeminier et al. (Aspen)
Uniform Trust & Estate Statutes, 2007-2008, Langbein (West Law)

Welfare & Poverty Law (Flynn)
JD932 A1
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