LibGuides: Open Source & Low Cost Law Textbooks: Specialized & Elective Topics

Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy Law and Practice (2018)

by Gregory Germain, Professor, Syracuse University College of Law

casebook - one-semester ... state law collection ... [UCC] Article 9 ... state real property recording ... Chapter 7 ... major Supreme Court cases ... emphasis on areas of uncertainty ... problem sets ... abbreviated chapters on ... Chapter 13 and ...Chapter 11

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pagination: 395 + 491 (statutory supp) - (PDF, Kindle, device, Word) print $10

BK Casebook - Triantis (2018)

by Corissa Paris

[case excerpts]

pagination: 859 - (online, Word)

Environmental & Land Use Law

Cambio climático, protección del medio ambiente y recursos naturales (2018)

by Juan Carlos Hernández Peña

[Spain - reading list, non-open links to coursepack and some open links] textos, casos y demás materiales multimedia

pagination: 27 - (online, Word)

Environmental Practice Skills, Methods and Controversies: Siting and Permitting of a Wind Farm as a Case Study (2014)

by Jacqueline Calahong

[syllabus with reading assignments, but no links] practice of environmental law, including mechanisms for raising and resolving controversies

pagination: 26 - (online, Word)

Land Use (2012)

by Christian Turner, Associate Professor, University of Georgia Law School

local administrative scheme ... litigation attacks on the ordinary administrative scheme ... distributive concerns

pagination: 565 - (PDF, Kindle, device, Word) print $23

Marine Law and Policy for Scientists and Managers (no date) Oregon State University
by Holly V. Campbell
for use by undergraduate and graduate ocean science, natural resource, fisheries and wildlife, and environmental policy students enrolled in a ten-week academic quarter
pagination: 203 - (PDF, device, online)

Wetlands Law: A Course Source (2018)

by Stephen M. Johnson, Professor, Mercer University School of Law

primary text for a two credit seminar or as a supplemental text ... in an environmental law, natural resources law, or water law course

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pagination: 464 - (PDF, Kindle, device, Word)

Family Law

Family Law Spring 2019 (2016)

by Jeannie Suk-Gersen

[cases, non-open links to readings] additional to the readings assigned in the Casebook, Areen et al., Family Law: Cases and Materials (6th ed. 2012) and 2017 Supplement

pagination: 119 - (online, Word)

Family Law Spring 2019 (2019)

by Jeannie Suk-Gersen

[cases, non-open links to readings] additional to the readings assigned in the Casebook, Areen et al., Family Law: Cases and Materials (6th ed. 2012) and 2017 Supplement

pagination: 378 - (online, Word)

Food & Drug Law

Food Law Casebook (2016)

by Jacob Gersen

[outline only for most of chapters, readings on food safety, labeling and other topics]

pagination: 455 - (online, Word)

Food Law Casebook (2018)

by Jacob Gersen

[outline only for most of chapters, readings on food safety, labeling and other topics]

pagination: 569 - (online, Word)

Food Law Lab (2015)

by Jacob Gersen

seminar ... state, local, federal, and common law ... historical evolution ... production, labeling, and sale; ... banned foods, obesity, dietary supplements, organics, bioterrorism, and genetic modification

pagination: 454 - (online, Word)

Food Safety (2016)

by Jacob Gersen

[cases, statutes, readings]

pagination: 330 - (online, Word)

Government & Intergovernmental Relations

Advanced Legistlation [sic]: Theories of Statutory Interpretation (Spring 2015) (2015)

by Intisar Rabb

[cases, statutory excerpts, nono-open links to articles and other readings] further explore the theories of the legislative process, judicial interpretation of statutes, and agency implementation ... ongoing controversies ... textualist, purposive and dynamic interpretation

pagination: 124 - (online, Word)

Contemporary Issues in Intelligence Gathering Spring 2017 (2016)

by Samantha Bates

[11-day class plan/readings with mostly open (Perma.cc) links]

pagination: 44 - (online, Word)

Federal Budget Policy (2014)

by Howell E. Jackson

[case excerpts and text, readings list with dead links] budget policy in the United States with an emphasis on both legal structures and inter-disciplinary perspectives

pagination: 397 - (online, Word)

Federal Budget Policy (2018)

by Howell Jackson

[case excerpts and text, readings list with non-open/dead and some open links] budget policy in the United States with an emphasis on both legal structures and inter-disciplinary perspectives

pagination: 208 - (online, Word)

Federal Budget Policy (January 2016) (2015)

by Howell E. Jackson

[case excerpts and text, readings list with non-open/dead and some open links] budget policy in the United States with an emphasis on both legal structures and inter-disciplinary perspectives

pagination: 198 - (online, Word)

Federal Budget Policy (January 2016) (2016)

by A. Lowenstein, Howell E. Jackson

[draft/poorly formatted - case excerpts and text, readings list with non-open/dead and some open links] budget policy in the United States with an emphasis on both legal structures and inter-disciplinary perspectives

pagination: 386 - (online, Word)

Federal Budget Policy (January 2017) (2016)

by Howell E. Jackson

[case excerpts and text, readings list with non-open/dead and some open links] budget policy in the United States with an emphasis on both legal structures and inter-disciplinary perspectives

pagination: 171 - (online, Word)

Federal Budget Policy (Spring 2015) (2015)

by Howell E. Jackson

[case excerpts and text, readings list with non-open/dead and some open links] budget policy in the United States with an emphasis on both legal structures and inter-disciplinary perspectives

pagination: 377 - (online, Word)

Interstate Compact Law: Cases & Materials (2018)

by Jeffrey Litwak, Adjunct Professor, Lewis & Clark Law School

compares and contrasts compact law with other intergovernmental agreements ... cases, both historical and recent ... Notes and questions .. supporting and contrary examples

TM/faculty-only content: at pay page, choose freeride copy

pagination: 431 - (PDF) print $60, PDF $30 or freeride

Legislation & Regulation (2018)

by Jacob Gersen

[articles, case excerpts]

pagination: 514 - (online, Word)

Legislation and Regulation (2014)

by Jacob Gersen

[case excerpts and text, non-open links to articles and other readings] budget policy in the United States with an emphasis on both legal structures and inter-disciplinary perspectives

pagination: 1803 - (online, Word)

Rhetoric & Public Discourse Spring 2015 (2015)

by Shailin Thomas

[syllabus w/ non-open & open links to readings

pagination: 27 - (online, Word)

Rhetoric in Law and Politics (2017)

by Jacob Gersen, Adrian Vermeule

[syllabus w/ non-open & open links to readings

pagination: 18 - (online, Word)

International & Foreign/Comparative Law

Administrative Law (Forcese, University of Ottawa CML 2312) (2019)

by Craig Forcese

[Canada - syllabus w/ open source linked readings]

pagination: 19 - (online, Word)

Administrative Law 372 (2014)

by Shannon Salter

[Canada]

pagination: 173 - (online, Word)

Administrative Law 372 (2019)

by Shannon Salter

[Canada]

pagination: 176 - (online, Word)

Animals and the Law in Canada (2017)

by Katie Sykes

[Canada - syllabus, open links to statutes, cases, readings]

pagination: 8 - (online, Word)

Canadian National Security Law (2015)

by Craig Forcese

[course plan and syllabus, readings list but no linked text]

pagination: 12 - (online, Word)

Contemporary Issues in Human Rights Law (2018) Spiringer

by Yumiko Nakanishi, Graduate School of Law, Hitotsubashi University, Kunitachi, Japan

variety of perspectives by eminent European and Asian professors of constitutional law, international public law, and European Union law

pagination: 219 - (PDF, device)

Global Corruption: Law, Theory & Practice (2018)

by Gerry Ferguson

general context ... its nature and extent, and some views on its historical, social, economic and political dimension ... international standards ... (UNCAC) ... (OECD Convention) ... laws of the United States and United Kingdom ... Canada

pagination: n/a - (PDF)

Instituciones Básicas del Derecho administrativo (2019)

by Juan Carlos Hernández Peña

[Spain - - syllabus w/ open source linked and some full-text readings]

pagination: 105 - (online, Word)

International Humanitarian Law/Laws of War (2014)

by Naz Modirzadeh

direct participation of civilians in hostilities; the interplay between international human rights law, international criminal law, and the law of armed conflict; and the relationship between the legal framework governing terrorism and international humanitarian law

pagination: 440 - (online, Word)

International Law (Spring 2014) (2014)

by Jenny Martinez

[case excerpts and text, mostly open links to readings]

pagination: 621 - (online, Word)

International Law and Human Rights (Fall 2016) (2016)

by Samuel Moyn

survey of contemporary human rights law and politics ... focus is how the United States relates to the international human rights system

pagination: 472 - (online, Word)

Introduction to International & Comparative Law-Fall 2016 (2016)

by Manuel A. Gómez

experimental ... main casebook for an introductory course on International Public Law

pagination: 771 - (online, Word)

Introduction to International & Comparative Law-Fall 2016 (2016)

by Manuel A. Gómez, Manuel A. Gómez

experimental ... main casebook for an introductory course on International Public Law

pagination: 771 - (online, Word)

Public International Law (Forcese, University of Ottawa) (2016)

by Craig Forcese

[flipped class - syllabus w/ podcast/slidedecks but w/o linked readings

pagination: 17 - (online, Word)

Public Law & Legislation (University of Ottawa CML 1104) (2015)

by Craig Forcese

[syllabus w/ podcasts, some readings, and open linked readgins, moslty non-open links] Introduction to legislation and public law, focusing on the structure of the Canadian legal system

pagination: 87 - (online, Word)

The Anthology of Swiss Legal Culture (2014)

by Dana Walters

charting Swiss influences across various fields of law

pagination: 446 - (online, Word)

The Politics of Private Law in Historical and Comparative Perspective (2014)

by Prof. Duncan Kennedy

[24-day course syllabus listing readings (dead links)]

pagination: 32 - (online, Word)

Corporate & Business Law

Advanced Business Law and the Legal Environment (2012)

by Don Mayer, University of Denver; Daniel Warner, Western Washington University; George Siedel, University of Michigan; Jethro K. Lieberman, New York Law School; Alyssa Rose Martina, Metro Parent Publishing Group

legal and regulatory issues that are more technical ... context and essential legal concepts relating to the Uniform Commercial Code and various aspects of property law ... vocabulary and legal savvy they will need to talk in an educated way ... to their own lawyers

pagination: 1303 - (PDF, online)

Advertising & Marketing Law: Cases & Materials (2019) self-published

by Rebecca Tushnet; Eric Goldman

new coverage of GDPR, revamped coverage of constitutional limits on disclosures, more notes on international issues, and pervasive updating/freshening ... refocused Chapter 17 on FDA regulation of food and drugs

for free review copy: egoldman@gmail.com
TM/faculty-only content: egoldman@gmail.com

pagination: 803 - (PDF, Kindle, device, Word) PDF $12, Kindle $10, print $20/vol + shipping/tax

An Introduction to the Law of Corporations: Cases and Materials (2020)

by Brian JM Quinn

sixth edition ... main casebook for an introductory course

pagination: 493 - (online, Word)

An Introduction to the Law of Corporations: Cases and Materials, Fall 2017 (2018)

by Brian JM Quinn

fifth edition ... main casebook for an introductory course

pagination: 633 - (online, Word)

Business Law and the Legal Environment (2012)

by Don Mayer, University of Denver; Daniel Warner, Western Washington University; George Siedel, University of Michigan

entire range of legal issues with which managers and business executives must grapple ... vocabulary and legal acumen necessary for businesspeople to talk in an educated way ... to their own lawyers

pagination: 1921 - (PDF, online)

Business Law I Essentials (2019)

by Mirande Valbrune, Employment Lawyer; Renee De Assis, Texas Women's University; Suzanne Cardell, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; Tess C. Taylor, Walden University; Dr. Natalie Sappleton, Smartly Institute; C. M. Mitchell, Ashford University; Kenneth Mitchell-Phillips, Portland Community College

brief introductory textbook ... may need to be supplemented ... foundational resource that focuses on the baseline concepts, issues, and approaches

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pagination: 179 - (PDF, device, online)

Completed Materials (2013)

by Prof. Sean Griffith

[text, case excerpts, forms, many dead links f or readings]

pagination: 579 - (online, Word)

Corporate Finance (2013)

by Holger Spamann

judicial opinions that I assign

pagination: 112 - (online, Word)

Corporations (2013)

by Holger Spamann

substitute for the traditional hardbound casebook ... I use additional transactional materials ... please contact me for the additional materials

pagination: 569 - (online, Word)

Corporations (2017)

by Holger Spamann

substitute for the traditional hardbound casebook ... I use additional transactional materials ... please contact me for the additional materials

pagination: 555 - (online, Word)

Corporations (2018)

by Holger Spamann

substitute for the traditional hardbound casebook ... I use additional transactional materials ... please contact me for the additional materials

pagination: 551 - (online, Word)

Corporations 2017 (2018)

by Holger Spamann

substitute for the traditional hardbound casebook ... I use additional transactional materials ... please contact me for the additional materials

pagination: 525 - (online, Word)

Financial Regulation: Law and Policy (2d edition, Foundation Press 2018) by Michael S. Barr, Howell E. Jackson, and Margaret E. Tahyar (2016)

by Financial Regulation: Law and Policy [Michael S. Barr, Howell E. Jackson, Margaret E. Tahyar]

[appears to be clone] - Financial Regulation: Law and Policy (2d edition, Foundation Press 2018)

pagination: 96 - (online, Word)

Financial Regulation: Law and Policy (2d edition, Foundation Press 2018) by Michael S. Barr, Howell E. Jackson, and Margaret E. Tahyar (2018)

by Financial Regulation: Law and Policy

[list of readings, mix of open/non-open links] - Financial Regulation: Law and Policy (2d edition, Foundation Press 2018)

pagination: 96 - (online, Word)

Financial Regulation: OVERVIEW MATERIALS (2018)

by Financial Regulation: Law and Policy

online supplements to Barr, Jackson and Tahyar, Financial Regulation: Law and Policy (Foundation Press 2016)

pagination: 3 - (online, Word)

Foundations of Business Law and Legal Environment (2012)

by Don Mayer, University of Denver

[comprehensive for a lower undergraduate course - review] ... context and essential concepts across a broad range of legal issues with which managers and business executives must grapple ... vocabulary and legal savvy they will need to talk in an educated way to customers, suppliers, shareholders, government regulators and other stakeholders — and to their own lawyers

pagination: 1192 - (PDF, online)

Government Regulation and the Legal Environment of Business (2012)