What are treatises?
Treatises provide an in-depth discussions of an area of law which both summarize the law and provide analysis and commentary. Below is a list of some important treatises on the subject of Civil Rights.
Available in the Law Library's General Collection
Civil Actions Against State and Local Government
Civil Rights Actions by Joseph G. Cook & John L. Sobieski
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Litigation: The Law of Section 1983 by Sheldon H. Namod
Federal Civil Rights Acts, 3d by Rodney A. Smolla
Sexual Orientation and the Law by Karen Moulding
Smolla and Nimmer on Freedom of Speech by Rodney A. Smolla and Melville B. Nimmer
Sword and Shield: A Practical Approach to Section 1983 Litigation by Mary Massaron and Josephine A. DeLorenzo
Secondary Sources on Civil Rights on Lexis and Westlaw
What are study aids?
Study aids provide brief overviews of a legal subject as well as questions that you can use to quiz yourself for deeper understanding. Current issues of the study aids listed below are available on reserve behind the Circulation Desk. Below is a list of study aids on the subject of Civil Rights.
Civil Rights Law and Practice by Harold S. Lewis & Elizabeth J. Norman