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Table of Contents

Introduction (click for sample in PDF format)

Chapter 1. The Nature of Self-Help Law vs. Hiring an Attorney

Chapter 2. Researching the Law: A Roadmap to Legal Information

Chapter 3. A Brief Overview of the U.S. Justice System

Chapter 4. General Works on United States Law

Legal Dictionaries
Legal Directories
Legal Encyclopedias
Legal Forms
Legal Research Tools
Legal Websites

Chapter 5. Subject-Specific Titles with Introductory Research Guides
Admiralty & Maritime Law
Adoption Law (see also Family Law)
Advertising and Marketing Law
Agency Law
Agricultural Law
AIDS and the Law
Appellate Practice and Advocacy
Arbitration, Mediation, and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Art Law
Automobile or Motor Vehicle Law
Banking and Finance Law
Bankruptcy Law
Business Law (see also Commercial Law and Corporations)
Charities (see Nonprofit Organization Law)
Children and the Law (including Adolescents)
Civil Rights (see also Constitutional Law and Criminal Law)
Class Actions
College Students
Commercial Law
Computer Law
Conflict of Laws
Constitutional Law (see also Civil Rights and Criminal Law)
Construction Law
Consumer Law
Contract Law
Copyright Law (see also Intellectual Property)
Corporations
Courts and Lawsuits (see Small Claims Court; Traffic Court)
Craftspeople (see Art Law)
Criminal Law
Disabilities Law
Divorce Law (see Family Law)
Domestic Violence (see Family Law)
Education Law
Elder Law (see also Social Security Law and Trusts and Estates)
Election Law
Entertainment Law
Environmental Law
Evidence Law
Family Law
Federal Practice and Procedure
Firearms Law
Franchise Law
Gambling Law
Health and Hospital Law
Historic Preservation Law
Immigration Law
Independent Contractors
Indian (or Native American) Law
Insurance Law
Intellectual Property
Juries, Jury Instructions & Jury Verdicts
Labor and Employment Law
Land Trusts and Conservation Easements
Legal Education
Legal Profession
Legal Research and Writing
Local Government Law
Long-Term Care
Media Law
Mediation (see Arbitration, Mediation, and Alternative Dispute Resolution)
Medical Jurisprudence and Malpractice
Medicare (see Social Security and Medicare)
Military Law and National Security
Municipal Law (see Local Government Law)
Music Law
Natural Resources and Energy Law
Neighbor Law
Nonprofit Organization Law
Partnerships (see Agency; Business Law; Tax Law)
Patents (see Intellectual Property)
Personal Injury (see Tort Law)
Photography Law (see also Copyright Law)
Power of Attorney (see Wills, Trusts and Probate)
Prisoners (see Criminal Law)
Privacy Law
Products Liability Law
Public Utilities Law
Real Property (see also Zoning and Planning Law)
Religion and the Law
Securities Law
Seniors (see Elder Law)
Sexual Harassment (see Labor and Employment Law)
Social Security & Medicare
Songwriters (see Writers and the Law)
Sports Law
Statutory Construction
Tax Law
Tort Law
Trademarks and Trade Secrets (see Intellectual Property)
Traffic Court
Travel Law
Trial Practice
Wills, Trusts and Probate
Women and the Law
Workers Compensation Law
Writers and the Law
Zoning, Planning & Land Use Law

Appendices

A. Title Index

B. State Legal Research Guides

C. Directory of Public Law Libraries By State

D. Publisher Directory