West Academic Casebooks Archive

American Casebook Series

Thousands of casebooks from this lauded series that first launched in 1908. Some titles include:

• American Constitutional Law: Structure and Reconstruction: Cases, Notes, and Problems (4th ed.) (2009)
• Entertainment Law: Cases and Materials on Film, Television, and Music (2004)
• Federal White Collar Crime: Cases and Materials (6th ed.) (2016)

University Casebook Series

The casebooks that are part of the University Casebook series are published under the Foundation Press imprint. Its board of editors consists of well-known legal scholars and educators. Some titles include:

• Battered Women and the Law (2001)
• Cases and Materials: The Law of Oil and Gas (9th ed.) (2011)
• Human Rights (1999)

Hornbook Series

While casebooks present a selection of cases that illustrate a rule of law, Hornbooks summarize a specific area of law. Some titles include:

• Evidence Law: A Student's Guide to the Law of Evidence as Applied in American Trials (2nd ed.) (2004)
• Principles of European Union Law (4th ed.) (2014)
• Urban Planning and Land Development Control Law (1971)

Nutshell Series

Nutshells are brief, physically small books, that are designed to be accessible reference works for both students and lawyers. Some titles include:

• Agency, Partnership, and the LLC in a Nutshell (5th ed.) (2012)
• Health Care Law and Ethics in a Nutshell (2nd ed.) (1999)
• Immigration Law and Procedure in a Nutshell (4th ed.) (1998)

Miscellaneous West Books

In this subcollection, users can find other academic titles published by West Academic that fall outside the other four series. Examples of some of these titles include:

• Analytical Methods for Lawyers (2003)
• General Administration of Criminal Justice (1967)
• Scientific Evidence in Civil and Criminal Cases (5th ed.) (2007)