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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.

Sandra M. Stevenson, Antieau on Local Government Law (2d ed., 1997-date).
Print: KF5300.A6A52. Lexis Advance. (7 volumes).

John Martinez et al., Local Government Law (1981-date).
Online: WestlawNext. (4 volumes).

Eugene McQuillin, Treatise of the Law of Municipal Corporations (3d ed., 1948-date).
Print: KF5305.M34 1949. Online: WestlawNext. (30 volumes).

Single-Volume Treatises/Hornbooks

Ebooks and Online Resources accessible to Case Law Users Only.

David J. McCarthy, Jr. & Lorie Reynolds, Local Government Law in a Nutshell (5th ed., 2003).
Print: KF5300.Z9M3 2003.

Osborne M. Reynolds, Jr., Local Government Law (3d ed., 2009, 2013 supp.).
Print: KF5300.R49 2009.