Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. A Brief History of Legal Publishing
3. Taking On the Legal Publishers: the Making of the FTC Guides
4. Building and Maintaining Your Law Library
5. Evaluating Legal Materials
6. The Question of Supplements
7. Unsolicited Shipments, Telemarketing and Other Practices
8. Used Law Books: The Economical Alternative

Part II: Categories of Legal Publications

  9. State Statutes
10. Federal Statutes
11. Regulations
12. Municipal Ordinances
13. Case Reporters
14. Annotated Reports
15. Digests
16. Citators
17. Legal Encyclopedias
18. Looseleaf Services
19. Legal Periodicals
20. Legal Newspapers
21. Legal Newsletters
22. General Law-Related Reference Titles
23. Legal Acquisitions Toolbox
24. Legal Resources on CD-ROM
25. Computer-Assisted Legal Research
26. Finding Law on the Internet
27. Legal Treatises: Administrative Law to Zoning (253 Pages)

Administrative Law	Admiralty and Maritime Law
Agency Law	Antitrust Law
Arbitration	Arts, Entertainment and Sports Law
Automobile Law and Practice	Banking Law
Bankruptcy Law	Civil Rights
Commercial Law	Constitutional Law
Contract Law	Copyright Law
Corporations	Criminal Law
Disabilities Law	Education Law
Environmental Law	Equity Jurisprudence
Evidence	Family Law
Federal Practice and Procedure	Gambling Law
Immigration Law	Indian Law
Insurance Law	Jury Instructions
Labor and Employment Law	Legal Forms
Legal Profession	Medical Jurisprudence
Military Law	Municipal Corporations
Nonprofit Corporations	Patents, Trademarks and Intellectual Property
Products Liability	Real Property
Religion and the Law	Restatements of the Law
Securities Law	Social Security Law
Statutory Construction	Taxation
Tort Law	Trial Practice
Trusts and Estates	Workers Compensation Law
Zoning and Planning Law
28. State Publications: A Practicioner's Guide (major legal publications for each state) Alabama to Wyoming (including the District of Columbia) Appendices A. Leading Legal Publishers: Their History, and Product Lines B. Legal Publishers: Addressees and Telephone Numbers C. Used Lawbook Dealers: Addresses and Telephone Numbers D. State and Local Legal Newspapers E. Representative Used Lawbook Prices F. AALL Guide to Fair Business Practices for Legal Publishers G. A Selective List of Looseleaf Services H. Treatise Costs Spreadsheet I. Historical Coverage of Online Appellate Court Decisions J. Cost Saving Tips K. Bibliography Index