We are thrilled to announce that the embargoes on 27 titles from the West Academic Casebooks Archive have been lifted! This exclusive collection grants access to a wide selection of out-of-print and superseded casebooks from West Academic’s prestigious series, including the American Casebook Series, University Casebook Series, Hornbook Series, and Nutshell Series. While the two most recent editions of each title remain under embargo, the archive opens up a wealth of historical legal resources that are invaluable for research, reference, and teaching.
The West Academic Casebooks Archive allows researchers to track the evolution of legal thought, practice, and scholarship over the decades. By providing access to the casebooks that have shaped the education of legal professionals, both past and present, this collection serves as an invaluable resource for scholars and practitioners alike.
Explore the newly available titles or learn more about this exceptional resource below.
Newly Unlocked Casebooks
- 2018-2019 Civil Procedure Supplement: For Use with All Pleading and Procedure Casebooks
- 2018 Supplement to Adjudicatory Criminal Procedure: Cases, Statutes, and Materials
- California Criminal Law: Cases, Problems, and Materials, 2nd Edition
- Civil Procedure: Cases, Problems and Exercises, 3rd Editions
- Copyright: Cases and Materials, 8th Edition
- Corporations: A Contemporary Approach, Second Edition
- Criminal Law: Cases and Comments, 9th Edition
- Education and the Law, 3rd Edition
- Elder Law in a Nutshell, 6th Edition
- Employment Law in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition
- Energy, Economics, and the Environment: Cases and Materials, 4th Edition
- Environmental Law and Policy, 3rd Edition
- Experiencing Business Organizations
- Federal Rules of Evidence in a Nutshell, 9th Edition
- Introduction to Employee Benefits Law: Policy and Practice, 4th Edition
- Introductory Accounting for Lawyers
- Leading Cases in Constitutional Law: A Compact Casebook for a Short Course, 2018 Edition
- Materials on Tort Reform
- Modern Constitutional Law: Cases and Notes, 11th Edition
- Modern Water Law: Private Property, Public Rights, and Environmental Protections
- Oil and Gas Law in a Nutshell, 6th Edition
- Pretrial Litigation: Law, Policy and Practice, 5th Edition
- Section 1983 Litigation in a Nutshell, 4th Edition
- Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and the Law in a Nutshell
- Studies in Contract Law, 8th Edition
- The Legal System of the People’s Republic of China in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition
- Toxic Torts in a Nutshell, 5th Edition
- Trial Advocacy in a Nutshell, 5th Edition
We Need Your Help
First, we’d like to extend our deepest gratitude to the following libraries for their generous donations of materials, which have been instrumental in making this product possible:
- University of Washington’s Gallagher Law Library
- Georgetown Law Library
- University of Southern California Law Library
- Yale’s Lillian Goldman Law Library
Additionally, our team continues to gather materials eligible for inclusion, aiming to create the most comprehensive archive possible. If your library is interested in donating material, please contact us. Your library may receive a discount on this database or a HeinOnline credit if you can provide any of the titles we are missing. Thank you!
About the West Academic Casebooks
Casebooks form the backbone of legal instruction in the United States. In 1871, at Harvard Law School, Christopher Columbus Landgell introduced what would come to be known as the “case method” of legal instruction. Law students would read a selection of cases and try to determine what rule of law was applied by the court. It is designed to teach students how to think like a lawyer. Today, some form of the case method is used in every law school in the United States and casebooks remain the primary vehicle of legal education.
For more than 100 years, West Academic has been one of the major casebook publishers in the United States. Under the West Academic Publishing and Foundation Press brands, West has produced casebooks, treatises, study guides, and other legal materials that have guided the course of legal education, helping countless students succeed in law school and pass the bar exams, while also serving as authoritative, accessible resources for legal professionals looking to expand their skill set. West also introduced its Hornbook and Nutshell series to fill the market demand for shorter, more concise overviews of important legal concepts that help readers grasp high-level principles. Each West casebook is authored by renowned scholars and law professors who are experts in their respective fields.
These volumes have been heavily relied upon for years by law students, faculty, practitioners, government agencies, courts, and law libraries, and now they are available digitally for the first time within the West Academic Casebooks Archive, allowing subscribers to access the most comprehensive collection of these books available without taking up shelf space.
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