Casebooks from a Critical Perspective

Dorothy Andrea Brown
Washington and Lee University School of Law

 

Contracts

Amy Kastely, Deborah Post & Sharon Hom, Contracting Law (Carolina Academic Press 2000) Workbook by Amy Kastely (2000)

 

Property

Joseph William Singer, Property Law: Rules, Policies, and Practices (Aspen Publishers, Third Edition 2002).

The late Curtis J. Berger and Joan C. Williams, Property: Land Ownership and Use (Aspen Publishers, Fourth Edition)

 

Civil Procedure

Roy L. Brooks, Critical Procedure (Carolina Academic Press 2002) book is best used as a "ride-along" with a traditional civil procedure casebook or as the primary text in a 2-credit seminar or upper division class.

 

First-Year Generally

Dorothy A. Brown, Critical Race Theory: Cases, Materials and Problems (West 2004). The book is available for Spring 2004 adoptions. Case method approach that examines first year cases from a Critical Race Theory perspective and has a separate chapter on Torts, Contracts, Criminal Procedure, Criminal Law, Property and Civil Procedure.

 

International Law, Comparative Law, International Human Rights

Global Critical Race Feminism book would be useful for a seminar on international human rights courses or for comparative law courses.

Jeanne Woods, Ibrahim Gassama, and Hope Lewis, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (TransAction Publishing) The book will be available for Fall 2004 adoptions. Text would be suitable for a supplement to international law, comparative law, and international human rights courses or for a stand-alone seminar.

 

Tax

Darryll Jones, Beverly Moran and David Brennen, The Tax Law of Charities and Other Exempt Organizations (West 2003). The book is available for Fall 2003 adoptions.

Joel S. Newman, Federal Income Taxation: Cases, Problems, and Materials, (West 2002 Second Edition)

 

Professional Responsibility, Clinical, Social Justice, Poverty Law

Mahoney, Calmore, Wildman, Social Justice: Professionals, Communities, and Law (West 2003) Text can be used with supplementary materials in a professional responsibility course, clinical course, anti-discrimination law courses, public interest course, social justice course, legal writing course, or as a seminar.