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Major Treatises by Topic

This guide lists major legal treatises, handbooks, hornbooks and guides by topic. It also lists important current awareness and reporting services for each topic.

Multi-Volume Treatises

Ebooks and Online Resources accessible to Case Law Users Only.

Bloomberg Law Bankruptcy Treatise.  Online: Bloomberg Law. 

Collier on Bankruptcy (Alan N. Resnick, Henry J. Sommer, editor-in-chief, 16th ed., 2013-date). Online: Lexis.  (23 volumes). 

Robert E. Ginsberg & Robert D. Martin, Ginsberg and Martin on Bankruptcy (5th ed., 2008-date). Online: Westlaw.  (4 volumes).

William L. Norton, Jr. & William L. Norton III, Norton Bankruptcy Law and Practice 3d (3d ed., 2008-date). Online: Westlaw.  (4 volumes).

Single-Volume Treatises/Hornbooks

Ebooks and Online Resources accessible to Case Law Users Only.

David G. Epstein, Bankruptcy and Related Law in a Nutshell (10th ed., 2021). Ebook: West Academic Study Aids.  

David G. Epstein & Steve H. Nickles, Principles of Bankruptcy Law (2d ed., 2017). Ebook: West Academic Study Aids. 

Jeffrey T. Ferriell & Edward J. Janger,  Understanding Bankruptcy (4th ed., 2020). Ebook: LexisNexis Digital Library.  

Kenneth N. Klee, Bankruptcy and the Supreme Court (2008).  Online: Lexis. 

Current Awareness & Looseleaf Services

Ebooks and Online Resources accessible to Case Law Users Only.

ABA Bankruptcy Law. Online: ABA Law

Bloomberg  Bankruptcy Law News (Frequency: Weekly). OnlineBloomberg Law.  

Bankruptcy Law Reporter (CCH/WK)) (Frequency: Biweekly).Online:   Westlaw.  

Bankruptcy Service, Lawyers Edition (Frequency: Periodically). Online:  Westlaw.