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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.

Barbara E. Bergman, Teri Duncan & Nancy Hollander, Wharton’s Criminal Evidence (15th ed., 1997-date). Online: Westlaw. (8 volumes).

David L. Faigman et al., Modern Scientific Evidence: The Law and Science of Expert Testimony (2005-date). Print: KF8961.M6347 2005. Online: Westlaw.  (5 volumes).

Clifford S. Fishman & Anne T. McKenna,  Jones on Evidence: Civil and Criminal (7th ed., 1992-date). Online: Westlaw.  (5 volumes).

Paul C. Giannelli, et al., Courtroom Criminal Evidence (6th ed., 2016-date). Print: KF9662.C68 2016Online: Lexis Advance.   (2 volumes).

Paul C. Giannelli & Edward J. Imwinkerlried, Scientific Evidence (6th ed., 2020-date). Print: KF8961.G53 2020Online: Lexis Advance.  (2 volumes).

Michael H, Graham, Handbook of Federal Evidence (7th ed., 2012-date). Online: Westlaw. (8 volumes).

Edward J. Imwinkelried, The New Wigmore: A Treatise on Evidence: Evidentiary Privileges (2d ed., 2009-date). Online: Westlaw.  (2 volumes).

David P. Leonard, The New Wigmore: A Treatise on Evidence: Selected Rules of Limited Admissibility: Regulation of Evidence to Promote Extrinsic Policies and Values (rev.ed., 2002-date). Online: Westlaw.   (1 volume).

David H. Kaye, David E. Bernstein & Jennifer L. Mnookin, The New Wigmore: A Treatise on Evidence: Expert Evidence (2d ed., 2011-date). Online: Westlaw.  (1 volume).

David P. Leonard, The New Wigmore: A Treatise on Evidence: Evidence of Other Misconduct and Similar Events (2009). Online: Westlaw. (1 volume).

Roger Park & Tom Lininger, The New Wigmore: A Treatise on Evidence: Impeachment and Rehabilitation Online: Westlaw.  (1 volume).

Charles T. McCormick et al., McCormick On Evidence (7th ed., 2013).Online: WestlawPrint: KF8935 .M29 2020 (print not updated). (2 volumes). 

Christopher B. Mueller & Laird C. Kirkpatrick, Federal Evidence (4th ed., 2013-date). Online: Westlaw.  (6 volumes).

Stephen A. Saltzburg et al., Federal Rules of Evidence Manual (10th ed., 2011-date). Online:  Lexis Advance.   (5 volumes).

Jack B. Weinstein , Weinstein's Federal Evidence: Commentary on Rules of Evidence for the United States Courts (Rev. 2d ed., 1997-date). Online: Lexis Advance.  (6 volumes).

Single-Volume Treatises/Hornbooks

Ebooks and Online Resources accessible to Case Law Users Only.

Paul C. Giannelli, Understanding Evidence  (4th ed., 2017). eBook: LexisNexis Digital Library

Michael H. Graham, Federal Rules of Evidence in a Nutshell (11th ed., 2021). eBook: West Academic Study Aids

Edward J. Imwinkelried & Edward L. Barrett, Evidentiary Foundations (9th ed., 2014). Online:  Lexis Advance

Graham C. Lilly, Daniel J. Capra & Stephen A. Saltzburg, Principles of Evidence (8th ed., 2019). eBook: West Academic Study Aids

Charles T. McCormick, McCormick on Evidence (Kenneth S. Broun et al. eds., 8th ed., 2020). Print: KF8935.M292 2020eBook: West Academic Study Aids

Robert C. Park, Evidence Law: A Student’s Guide to the Law of Evidence as Applied in American Trials (4th ed., 2018). Print: KF8935.P368 2018eBook: West Academic Study Aids

Jack B. Weinstein & Margaret A. Berger, Student Edition of Weinstein’s Evidence Manual (2016). Online: Lexis Advance.

Glen Weissenberger, & James J. Duane, Weissenberger’s Federal Evidence (5th ed., 2006). Online: Lexis Advance.

Current Awareness & Looseleaf Services

Ebooks and Online Resources accessible to Case Law Users Only.

ABA Evidence Law. Online: ABA Law 

Bloomberg BNA Expert Evidence Report. (Frequency: Semimonthly).Online: Bloomberg Law.  

Federal Rules of Evidence Newsletter. (Frequency: Monthly). Online: Westlaw.

Westlaw Journal Expert & Scientific Evidence Newsletter. (Frequency: Monthly). Online: Westlaw.