Low Cost & Open Source Textbooks

 

14th Amendment (2019)   

by Paul Gowder

rough draft of a reader ... to be taught in Fall 2019

Advanced Constitutional Law (2019)   

by Kendra Albert

New Issues in Speech Press and Religion ... case materials for Spring 2019

Cases and Problems in Civil Rights Litigation: State, Federal ... 3d ed. (2020)   

by John T. Parry, Associate Dean of Faculty & Professor, Lewis & Clark Law School

exploring sovereign immunity and state tort remedies ... three primary forms of constitutional civil rights litigation ... common substantive claim ... intersection of civil rights claims with the criminal justice system ... Fully revised and released October 2020

Con Law II, Gowder, Fall 2015, University of Iowa (2015)   

by Paul Gowder

(unedited) cases ... course syllabus and such, go to http://paul-gowder.com/conlawII

Constitutional Law (2018)   

by Valentina de Portu, Lawrence Lessig

[case excerpts, constitutional text excerpts]

Constitutional Law (2019)   

by Lawrence Lessig

companion to ... Fidelity & Constraint ... course material of federalism, separation of powers, and the Civil War Amendments... framework for understanding how the Supreme Court has developed these doctrines

Constitutional Law Cases: The Structure of Government (2019)   

by Ziyad Motala

excerpts to focus primarily on Supreme Court decisions that interpret and explain the distribution of power between the national government and the states and between the executive and congress

Constitutional Law: Separation of ... Spring 2018 (2018)   

by Lawrence Lessig

[clone - similar to "companion to ... Fidelity & Constraint"

by Kendra Albert

[case excerpts, readings]

Death and Dying Module - Constitutional and Statutory Rights (2014)   

by Nadia N. Sawicki

[case, statutory excerpts, linked open and some non-open readings]

Derecho Constitucional de Puerto Rico (2014)   

by Hiram Meléndez Juarbe

[Puerto Rico - case excerpts and links

Fidelity in Interpretation (Spring 2016) (2016)   

by Oren Tamir

[case, constitutional and other excerpts]

First Amendment: Cases, Controversies, and Contexts (2019)   

by Ruthann Robson, Professor, City University of New York Law School

upper-division ... intended for 13 or 14 week ... once or twice per week

First Amendment: Freedom of Expression (2019)   

by William M. Carter Jr.

comprised almost entirely of court cases ... few interstitial summaries, notational materials, or secondary sources ... for teaching an upper-level law school survey course ... light hand in editing the cases... primarily of Supreme Court cases .... introductory First Amedment course

Free Speech: Trigger Warnings, Academic Freedom, and More (2018)   

by Institute for Humane Studies

online course ... college campuses, the Charlie Hebdo massacre, and the use of free speech by oppressed groups

Landmark Decisions: Birth Control and Abortion (2020)   

by Harvard Law School Library

list of cases shown in Birth control and abortion as part of the List of landmark court decisions in the United States on Wikipedia.

Landmark Decisions: Discrimination Based on Sex (2020)   

by Harvard Law School Library

list of cases shown in Discrimination based on sex as part of the List of landmark court decisions in the United States on Wikipedia.

Landmark Decisions: End of Life (2020)   

by Harvard Law School Library

list of cases shown in End of life as part of the List of landmark court decisions in the United States on Wikipedia

Landmark Decisions: Fourth Amendment Rights (2020)   

by Harvard Law School Library

list of cases shown in Fourth Amendment Rights: Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures as part of the List of landmark court decisions in the United States on Wikipedia

Landmark Decisions: Power of Congress to Enforce Civil Rights (2020)   

by Harvard Law School Library

list of cases shown in Power of Congress to enforce civil rights as part of the List of landmark court decisions in the United States on Wikipedia

Landmark Decisions: Right to an Attorney (2020)   

by Harvard Law School Library

list of cases shown in Right to an Attorney as part of the List of landmark court decisions in the United States on Wikipedia

Lawyering for Justice in the United States (2017)   

by Chris Bavitz

[open-linked readings] guest lecturer ... focused on the practice of Internet law ... touching on free speech and the First Amendment; ... copyright and other intellectual property protections; and privacy ... work of Harvard Law School's Cyberlaw Clinic as a case study

Lawyering for Justice in the United States (W19) (2019)   

by Chris Bavitz

[open-linked readings] guest lecturer ... focused on the practice of Internet law ... touching on free speech and the First Amendment; ... copyright and other intellectual property protections; and privacy ... work of Harvard Law School's Cyberlaw Clinic as a case study

Lawyering for Justice in the United States (Winter 2019) (2019)   

by Chris Bavitz

[open-linked readings] guest lecturer ... focused on the practice of Internet law ... touching on free speech and the First Amendment; ... copyright and other intellectual property protections; and privacy ... work of Harvard Law School's Cyberlaw Clinic as a case study

Liberty, Equality, and Due Process: Cases, Controversies, and Contexts ... (2019)   

by Ruthann Robson, Professor, City University of New York Law School

concentrates on Constitutional Rights and centers the Fourteenth Amendment

Privacy Law - A U.S. Perspective (2017) BookBoon

by Konnie G. Kustron

legal history of privacy, U.S. Constitutional issues, personal privacy concerns in the home, privacy issues in public, employer and employee privacy rights at work, and governmental monitoring

Seminar in Church and State (2013)   

by Gregory Kalscheur, S.J.

[cases, open-linked readings]

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Employment Discrimination (2017)   

by Matthew William Green, Cleveland State University Cleveland Marshall College of Law

Chapter’s primary focus will be on federal statutory law, particularly Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Shameful or Ignored Supreme Court Cases (2019)   

by Seth J. Chandler

draft ... direct annotations for various passages ... central to the evolution of the American republic such as treatment of Native Americans, Immigration, the Territories, taxation, slavery (chattel and modern), Congressional investigations, and public lands

Summer 2016 First Amendment Reading Group (2016)   

by Griswold Reading Groups

[cases]

 

Evidence Casebook: Nesson (2011)   

by Laura Fishwick

[problems and cases]

Evidence: Best Evidence Rule (2012)   

by Colin Miller, Professor, John Marshall Law School

cases and hypotheticals drawn from actual cases

Evidence: Impeachment by Evidence of a Criminal Conviction (2013)   

by Colin Miller, Professor, John Marshall Law School

enable the student to understand FRE 609

Evidence: Jury Impeachment (2012)   

by Colin Miller, Professor, John Marshall Law School

cases and hypotheticals drawn from actual cases

Evidence: Plea and Plea-Related Statements (Rule 410) (2013)   

by Colin Miller, Professor, John Marshall Law School

stand-alone chapter

Evidence: Propensity Character Evidence (Rule 404) (2013)   

by Colin Miller, Professor, John Marshall Law School

part of a continuing series of chapters

Evidence: Rape Shield Rule (2012)   

by Colin Miller, Professor, John Marshall Law School

cases and hypotheticals drawn from actual cases

Selected Materials on the Law of Evidence (2013)   

by Colin Miller, Professor, John Marshall Law School

six previously released chapters

Judicial Ethics and Conduct (2019)   

by Steven Berenson, Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

one or two unit course on judicial ethics, or ... sub-unit on judicial ethics

Professional Responsibility: An Open-Source Casebook (2019)   

by Brian L. Frye, University of Kentucky - College of Law; Elizabeth Schiller, University of Richmond - William Taylor Muse Law Library

cases, ... text of the rules and restatements, ... concise explanations ... explains the relevant law ... text of any statutes, Model Rules, sections of the Restatement of the Law Governing Lawyers, or other sources, with a link to an open-source versions of the full text, when available. ... heavily edited cases

 

Basic Income Tax (2019)   

by William P. Kratzke, Professor, University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law

casebook

Basic Income Tax, Second Edition (2014)   

by William P. Kratzke, Professor, University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law

casebook

Corporate Tax (2019)   

by William P. Kratzke, Professor, University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law

[2d ed.] three-hour law school course ... accessible to law students from widely different backgrounds ... assumes that students already have taken a course in basic income tax

The Ethics of Tax Lawyering, Second Edition (2013)   

by Michael Hatfield, Professor, University of Washington School of Law

chapter ... ethics issues in practical contexts. ... 44 notes and questions ... cases, IRC provisions, and Circular 230 excerpts

The Ethics of Tax Lawyering, Third Edition (2015)   

by Michael Hatfield, Professor, University of Washington School of Law

chapter ... ethics issues in practical contexts. ... 44 notes and questions ... cases, IRC provisions, and Circular 230 excerpts

U.S. Federal Income Taxation of Individuals 2015 (2015)   

by Deborah A Geier, Professor, Cleveland State University Cleveland Marshall College of Law

not intended to be an exhaustive treatise; rather, ... a rich blueprint that illuminates the deeper structural framework

U.S. Federal Income Taxation of Individuals 2020 (2019)   

by Deborah A Geier, Professor, Cleveland State University Cleveland Marshall College of Law

not intended to be an exhaustive treatise; rather, ... a rich blueprint that illuminates the deeper structural framework

 

Introduction to the Law of Property, Estate Planning and Insurance (2012)   

by Don Mayer, University of Denver; Daniel Warner, Western Washington University; George Siedel, University of Michigan; Jethro K. Lieberman, New York Law School

context and essential legal concepts relating to property rights and duties, estate planning, insurance, secured transactions, mortgages, and related topics

Law of Wills (2016)   

by Browne C Lewis, Professor, Cleveland State University Cleveland Marshall College of Law

to be used in conjunction with the author's book on the law of trusts ... focus is problem-solving and legal application

The Law of Trusts (2013)   

by Browne C Lewis, Professor, Cleveland State University Cleveland Marshall College of Law

supplementary text for a course on wills and trusts ... primary text in a seminar or course