APPALACHIAN SCHOOL OF LAW
FALL 2017 BOOK LIST
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Administrative Law (D. Rubin )
Funk, William, Shapiro, Sidney, Weaver, Russell, Administrative Procedure and
Practice, Problems and Cases (4th Edition, West) ISBN: 13:978-0314194268
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Advanced Legal Research (King)
J.D.S. Armstrong and Christopher A. Knott, Where the Law Is: An Introduction to
Advanced Legal Research, (West Academic, 4th Edition, 2012)
ISBN: 978-0314282330
Agency Partnership Law (Baker)
Hynes, J. Dennis & Loewenstein, Mark J., Agency, Partnership and the LLC: The Laws
of Unincorporated Business Enterprises, Cases, Materials, Problems (Carolina
Academic Press, Abridged 9th Edition, 2016)
ISBN: 978-1-628-4795-9
Appellate Advocacy Section (L. Elder)
These books are tentative – please see Judge Elder before buying
Beazley, Marybeth, A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy, (4th Edition)
ISBN-13: 978-1454830962
Dworsky, Alan L., The Little Book of Oral Argument, (1991)
ISBN-13: 978-0-83770-557-6
Appellate Advocacy Natural Resources (Belleville)
App Ad – Beazley, A Practical Guide To Appellate Advocacy, Aspen 4th edition
(https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Guide-Appellate-Advocacy-Coursebook/dp/1454830964)
ISBN-13: 978-1454830962
Civil Procedure I (Russell)
Civil Procedure, a Contemporary Approach, Revised Fourth Edition. A Benjamin Spencer. West
Academic Publishing.
Federal Civil Rules Supplement, West Academic Publishing, most recent edition. It is
contemplated that a 2017-2018 edition will be published.
Constitutional Law I (K. Russell)
Constitutional Law, fifth edition. Irwin Chemerinsky. Aspen Casebook Series, Wolters Kluwer
Law & Business.
Recommended but not required, Constitutional Law, Principles and Policies Fifth Edition, Aspen
Student Treatise Series. Irwin Chemerinsky. , Wolters Kluwer.
Contracts I (Belleville)
Contracts – Crandall, Whaley Cases, Problems, and Materials on Contracts, Aspen 7 th edition
(https://www.amazon.com/Problems-Materials-Contracts-ConnectedCasebook/dp/1454864656) ISBN-13: 978-1454864653
Corporate Governance (D. Rubin)
No Book Required
Current Issues In Con. Law (L. Elder)
No Book Required
Environmental Law (Belleville)
Environmental Law & Policy – Percival et al, Environmental Regulation: Law, Science, and
Policy, Aspen 7th edition (https://www.amazon.com/Environmental-Regulation-ScienceSeventh-Casebook/dp/1454822287) ISBN-13: 978-1454822288
Estate Planning (P. Harris)
Gazur, Wayne, Phillips, Robert M., Principles and Problems (Aspen Casebook) 4th
Edition, April 28, 2015,1 Paperback: 576 pages, Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law &
Business ISBN: 10: 1454849487 ISBN: 13: 978-1454849483
Evidence (Scott)
Friedland, Bergman, & Taslitz. Evidence Law and Practice. (6th ed., Lexis/Nexis,
2014). ISBN: 978-1-6304-4786-1
Federal Rules of Evidence 2017 Edition, Quick Desk Reference Series. Published by
Michigan Legal Publishing Ltd. ISBN: 9781942842118
Family Law (McGlothlin)
Swisher Peter N., Miller Anthony, Shapo Helene S., Family Law: Cases, Materials, and
Problems (3rd Edition, LexisNexis, 2012) ISBN 978-1-4224-2965-5
Information Privacy Law (C. Baldwin)
Solove, Daniel J., Schwartz, Paul M., Information Privacy Law (5th Ed., 2015, Wolters
Kluwer) ISBN: 978-1454849537
Intro to Law Strategies for Success
To Be Determined
LP – (L. Elders/E. Elders)
Shapo, Walter, & Farjans, Writing & Analysis in the Law (6th Ed., West Academic)
ISBN: 9781609302726
Sloan, Amy E., Basic Legal Research: Tools & Strategies (6th Ed., Aspen)
ISBN: 9781454850403
Sloan, Amy E., Basic Legal Research Workbook Revised (4th Ed., Aspen)
ISBN: 9781454850410
LP (P. Harris)
1. The Complete Legal Writer 1st Edition
by Alexa Z. Chew and, Katie Rose Guest Pryal
Available on Amazon for $57 paperback or Kindle
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Paperback: 480 pages
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Publisher: Carolina Academic Press; 1 edition (January 6, 2016)
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Language: English
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ISBN-10: 1611638127
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ISBN-13: 978-1611638127
2. ALWD Guide to Legal Citation, Fifth Edition (Aspen Coursebook) 5th Edition
Available on Amazon for $42
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Series: Aspen Coursebook
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Spiral-bound: 656 pages
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Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business; 5 edition (April 17, 2014)
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Language: English
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ISBN-10: 1454828757
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ISBN-13: 978-1454828754
Mental Health in the Criminal Justice System (Jones)
HANDBOOK OF FORENSIC ASSESSMENT: PSYCHOLOGICAL AND
PSYCHIATRIC PERSPECTIVES (Eric Y. Drogin, Frank M. Dattilio, Robert L. Sadoff, &
Thomas G. Gutheil, eds., 2011)
ISBN: 978-0470484050
Post-Conviction Relief (Young)
No Book Required.
Pretrial Practice (PW) (Condon)
Mauet, Thomas A., Marcus, David. Pretrial. (9th ed., Aspen, 2015)
ISBN: 978-1-4548-5633-7
Professional Responsibility (Scott)
Traversing the Ethical Minefield by Martyn & Fox
Aspen publisher
3rd edition 2013
ISBN 9781454808145
Property I (Heidt)
Edwards, Linda H. Estates in Land and Future Interests: A step-by-step Guide
(Course book), (Wolters Kluwer, Aspen Publishing, Inc., 2nd Ed., 2/14/2005),
978-0735549524
ISBN-10: 1454825103
ISBN-13: 978-1454825104
ISBN-10: 0735576653
ISBN-13: 978-0735576650
Note: Students can purchase any edition
ISBN:
The Edwards Estates in Land book is mandatory
Sprankling, John G., Coletta, Raymond R., Property, A Contemporary Approach,
Interactive Casebook Series (West Academic, 3rd Ed.) ISBN: 978-1-62810-198-0
Remedies (CE) Condon
Laycock, Douglas, Modern American Remedies: Cases and Materials,
(Wolters Kluwer 4th Ed., 2010)
ISBN: 978-0-7355-7201-0
Torts (P. Harris)
For Torts, they can choose to buy the loose-leaf version. Those numbers are
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ISBN-10: 145485183X
ISBN-13: 978-1454851837
Best and Barnes, Basic Tort Law: Cases, Statutes, and Problems, (4th Ed., 2014,
Aspen/Wolters Kluwer) ISBN: 978-1454849360
Weaver, Bauman, Cross, Klein, Martin, Zwier, Mastering Tort Law (Carolina Academic
Press, July 1, 2009, 1st Edition), ISBN: 978-1594605697 Paperback
Virginia Criminal Law and Procedure (Greg Baker)
(No Author) Virginia Criminal Benchbook for Judges and Lawyers, (2016-2017,
LexisNexis) ISBN: 9781522116196