Top Legal Research and Writing Textbooks

1. Basic Legal Research: Tools and Strategies, Fifth Edition (Aspen Coursebook Series) by Amy E. Sloan.

2. Legal Writing & Analysis, 3rd Edition (Aspen Coursebook) by Linda Holdeman Edwards.

3. Drafting Contracts: How and Why Lawyers Do What They Do by Tina L. Stark.

4. Black’s Law Dictionary, Pocket Edition, 4th by Bryan A. Garner.

5. Legal Writing: Examples & Explanations (The Examples & Explanations Series) by Terrill Pollman – Judith Stinson – Jr. Richard K. Neumann – Elizabeth Pollman.

6. Just Writing, Grammar, Punctuation, and Style for the Legal Writer, Fourth Edition (Aspen Coursebook) by Anne Enquist – Laurel Currie Oates.

7. Whose Monet? An Introduction to the American Legal System (Introduction to Law Series) by Professor John Humbach.

8. Legal Research & Writing for Paralegals, 6th Edition (Aspen College Series) by Deborah E. Bouchoux.

9. The Redbook: A Manual on Legal Style, 3d by Bryan A. Garner.

10. The Process of Legal Research: Authorities and Options, Eighth Edition by Christina L. Kunz – Deborah A. Schmedemann – Matthew P. Downs – Ann Bateson – Mehmet Konar-Steenberg.

11. Legal Analysis: The Fundamental Skill by David S. Romantz – Kathleen Elliott Vinson.

12. Impeccable Research, A Concise Guide to Mastering Legal Research Skills (American Casebook) by Mark K. Osbeck.

13. Federal Legal Research (Carolina Academic Press Legal Research) by Mary Garvey Algero – Spencer L. Simons – Suzanne E. Rowe – Scott Childs – Sarah E. Ricks.

14. American Legal Systems: A Resource and Reference Guide by Toni M. Fine.

15. Synthesis: Legal Reading, Reasoning and Writing (Legal Research and Writing) by Deborah A. Schmedemann – Christina L. Kunz.

16. Just Research, Third Edition by Laurel Currie Oates – Anne Enquist.

17. Legal Drafting (Coursebook) by Jane Rutherford – Laurel A. Vietzen – Susan Brody – John C. Dernbach.

18. Basic Legal Research: Tools and Strategies by Amy E. Sloan.

19. The Five Types of Legal Argument, Second Edition by Wilson R. Huhn.

20. Legal Reasoning, Research, and Writing for International Graduate Students, Third Edition (Aspen Coursebook) by Nadia E. Nedzel.

Top Criminal Procedure Textbooks

1. Criminology: The Core, 4th Edition by Larry J. Siegel.

2. Criminal Law and Its Processes: Cases and Materials (Aspen Casebook Series), 9th Edition by Sanford H. Kadish – Stephen J. Schulhofer – Carol S. Steiker – Rachel E. Barkow.

3. Sense and Nonsense About Crime, Drugs, and Communities: A Policy Guide by Samuel Walker.

4. Criminal Investigation by Christine Hess Orthmann – Kären M. Hess.

5. Introduction to Criminal Justice by Larry J. Siegel – John L. Worrall.

6. Criminal Investigation by Charles Swanson – Neil Chamelin – Leonard Territo – Robert Taylor.

7. Basic Criminal Procedure: Cases, Comments and Questions, 13th (American Casebook) by Yale Kamisar – Wayne R. LaFave – Jerold H. Israel – Nancy J. King – Orin S Kerr – Eve Brensike Primus.

8. Criminal Law by Joel Samaha.

9. America’s Courts and the Criminal Justice System by David W. Neubauer – Henry F. Fradella.

10. The Color of Justice: Race, Ethnicity, and Crime in America (The Wadsworth Contemporary Issues in Crime and Justice Series) by Samuel Walker – Cassia Spohn – Miriam DeLone.

11. Ethical Dilemmas and Decisions in Criminal Justice (Ethics in Crime and Justice) by Joycelyn M. Pollock.

12. America’s Courts and the Criminal Justice System by David W. Neubauer – Henry F. Fradella.

13. Criminal Procedure: Constitutional Constraints Upon Investigation and Proof by James J. Tomkovicz – Welsh S. White.

14. Criminal Procedure: Investigating Crime, 5th (American Casebook) by Joshua Dressler – George C. Thomas.

15. Ethical Dilemmas and Decisions in Criminal Justice (Ethics in Crime and Justice) by Joycelyn M. Pollock.

16. Criminal Justice in America by George F. Cole – Christopher E. Smith.

17. Criminal Procedure by Joel Samaha.

18. Juvenile Delinquency: Theory, Practice, and Law by Larry J. Siegel – Brandon C. Welsh.

19. Criminal Justice by James Inciardi.

20. American Criminal Procedure: Cases and Commentary, 9th (American Casebook Series) by Stephen A. Saltzburg – Daniel J. Capra.

 

Top Contract Law Textbooks

1. Contracts Examples & Explanations by Brian A. Blum.

2. Examples & Explanations: Contracts, Sixth Edition by Brian A. Blum.

3. Contracts: Examples & Explanations, 5th Edition by Brian A. Blum.

4. Cases and Materials on Contracts (University Casebook) by E. Allan Farnsworth – William F. Young Jr. – Carol Sanger – Neil B. Cohen – Richard Brooks.

5. Emanuel Law Outlines: Torts, 9th Edition (Emanual Law Outlines) by Steven L. Emanuel.

6. Problems in Contract Law: Cases and Materials, Seventh Edition (Aspen Casebook Series) by Charles L. Knapp – Nathan M. Crystal – Harry G. Prince.

7. Emanuel Law Outlines: Contracts, Tenth Edition by Steven L. Emanuel.

8. Appendix to Contracts, Cases and Comments by John P. Dawson – William Burnett Harvey – Stanley D. Henderson – Douglas G. Baird.

9. Contracts (Textbook Treatise Series) by E. Allan Farnsworth.

10. Basic Contract Law (American Casebooks) by Lon L. Fuller – Melvin Eisenberg.

11. The Tech Contracts Handbook: Software Licenses and Technology Services Agreements for Lawyers and Businesspeople by David Tollen.

12. Contract Law: Selected Source Materials Annotated, 2012 (American Casebook Series) by Steven J. Burton – Melvin A. Eisenberg.

13. CrunchTime: Contracts, Fifth Edition (Crunchtime Series) by Steven L. Emanuel.

14. Working With Contracts: What Law School Doesn’t Teach You, 2nd Edition (PLI’s Corporate and Securities Law Library) by Charles M. Fox.

15. Studies in Contract Law, 8th (University Caseboook) by Ian Ayres – Gregory M. Klass.

Top Civil Procedure Textbooks

1. Civil Procedure: Examples & Explanations 6e Studydesk Bonus Pack by Joseph W. Glannon.ISBN 9780735599376
2. Civil Procedure, Eighth Edition (Aspen Casebook) by Stephen C. Yeazell. ISBN 9781454807100
 3. Civil Procedure, Eighth Edition (Aspen Casebook) by Jack H. Friedenthal – Arthur R. Miller – John E. Sexton – Helen Hershkoff. ISBN 9780314184023
4. Examples & Explanations: Civil Procedure, Seventh Edition by Joseph W. Glannon. ISBN 9781454815488
5. Introduction to Civil Procedure, Third Edition (Aspen Student Treatise Series) by Richard D. Freer. ISBN 9781454802228
6. Civil Procedure: A Coursebook (Aspen Casebooks) by Joseph W. Glannon, Andrew M. Perlman and Peter Raven-Hansen.ISBN 9780735597891
7. Civil Procedure (Hornbook Series) by Jack H. Friedenthal, Mary Kay Kane and Arthur R. Miller. ISBN 9780314156112
 8. Civil Procedure, A Contemporary Approach, 3d (The Interactive Casebook) by Benjamin Spencer. ISBN 9780314908643
9. Civil Procedure: Cases, Materials, and Questions by Richard D. Freer and Wendy Collins Perdue. ISBN 9780769847429
10. Civil Procedure, 3d (University Casebook Series) by Thomas D. Rowe, Jr., Suzanna Sherry and Jay Tidmarsh. ISBN 9781609300470