Study Aids for Law Students

The Nutshell series is a study aid that offers condensed and precise summaries of the law.

Most of the recent editions of Nutshells are in the reserve room in the BYU Law Library. They are available for check out for two hours to law students only. However, anyone can go into the reserve room and read them without checking them out. 

Past editions and some (older) recent editions are available in the main collection of the law library, located on the third floor. These editions can be checked out by anyone with BYU check-out privileges and can be checked out for three weeks.

1L Subjects:

• Civil Procedure (KF 8841 .K36 2018)
• Constitutional Analysis (KF 4550 .Z9 .W53 2019)
• Constitutional Federalism (KF 4600 .Z9 .E5 1987)
• Constitutional Law (KF 4550 .Z9 .B35 2017)
• Constitutional Power: Federal and State (KF 4600 .Z9 .E5 1974)
• Contracts (KF 801 .Z9 .R62 2017)
• Criminal Law (KF 9219.85 .L63 2009)
• Federal Civil Jurisdiction (KF 8858 .M85 2019)
• How to Study Law and Take Law Exams (KF 283 .B87 1996)
• Introduction to Law Study and Law Examinations (KF 273 .K5)
• Landlord and Tenant Law (KF 590 .Z9 .H45 2018)
• Law School Competitions (KF 281 .A2 2003)
• Law School Success (KF 283 .B87 2017)
• Legal Research (KF 240 .C54 2018)
• Legal Writing and Analysis (KF 250 .B34 2017)
• Legislation and Regulation (KF 4945 .H84 2017)
• Legislative Law and Process (KF 4933 .Z9 .D38 2007)
• Real Property (KF 570 .Z9 .B47 2016)
• Torts (KF 1250 .Z9 .K53 2015)
• Toxic Torts (KF 1299 .H39 .E37 2019)

2L/3L Subjects:

• Accounting and Finance for Lawyers (HF 5636 .M49 2017)
• Accounting and Law (KF 1357 .Z9 .F37 1984)
• Administrative Law and Process (KF 5402 .L48 2017)
• Administrative Law of Health Care (KF 3821 .K566 2017)
• Admiralty (KF 1105 .M34 2017)
• Adoption Laws (KF 545 .K38 2012)
• Advanced Criminal Procedure (KF 9619.85 .C36 2016)
• Agency-Partnership (KF 1345 .Z9 .S74 1977)
• Agency, Partnership, and the LLC (KF 1375 .Z9 .H95 2016)
• Agricultural Law (KF 1682 .M35 2017)
• AIDS Law (KF 3803 .A54 .A54 1996)
• Alternative Dispute Resolution (KF 9084 .N647 2013)
• American Indian Law (KF 8205 .C36 2015)
• American Law and the American Legal System (KF 386 .B59 2006)
• Animal Law (KF 390.5 .A5 .F73 2016)
• Antitrust Law and Economics (KF 1642 .G44 2004)
• Appellate Advocacy (KF 9050 .Z9 .H668 1998)
• Arbitration (KF 9085 .C37 2017)
• Art Law (KF 4288 .D7995 2017)
• Banking and Financial Institutions Law (KF 975 .L68 2014)
• Bankruptcy and Related Law (KF 1501 .E67 2017)
• Bar Exam (KF 303 .D37 2016)
• Bioethics and Law (KF 3821 .J64 2016)
• Broker-Dealer Regulation (KF 1071 .H39 2017)
• Business Associations (KF 1355 .S53 2010)
• Business Structures (KF 1355 .S53 2003)
• California Civil Procedure (KFC 995 .S56 2014)
• Canada’s Constitutional Law (KE 4219.2 .F86 1994)
• Canadian Evidence Law (KE 8840 .A7 .D45 1996)
• Canadian Insurance Contracts (KE 1129.2 .B76 1995)
• Canadian Tort Law (KE 1232 .K47 1997)
• Children and the Law (KF 479 .R36 2018)
• Civil Rights (KF 4750 .V54 1978)
• Class Actions and Other Multi-Party Litigation (KF 8896 .K586 2017)
• Climate Change and Sustainable Development (KF 3783 .N65 2011)
• Coastal and Ocean Management Law (KF 5627 .C47 2015)
• Commercial Paper (KF 957 .Z9 .W4 1982)
• Community Property (KF 526 .M46 2018)
• Company Law (KD 2079.3 .R67 1998)
• Comparative Legal Traditions (K 560 .G43 2016)
• Conflicts (KF 412 .S5 2016)
• Constitutional Administrative Law (HD 3930 .Z9 .H64 1999)
• Constitutional Civil Rights (KF 4750 .V54 1998)
• Construction Law (KF 902 .C35 2015)
• Consumer Law (KF 1610 .E7 1981)
• Consumer Protection Law (KF 1610 .M34 2016)
• Contract Remedies (KF 836 .Z9 .F75 1981)
• Copyright Law (KF 2994 .L34 2017)
• Corporate Finance (KF 1428 .H32 2015)
• Corporations (KF 1414.85 .F74 2016)
• Criminal Procedure (KF 9619.85 .I87 2014)
• Cross Examination (KF 9658 .B63 2018)
• Cybersecurity and Privacy Law (KF 390.5 .C6 .K475 2019)
• Death Penalty (KF 9227 .C2 .S772 2017)
• Depositions (KF 8900 .D484 2016)
• Elder Law (KF 390 .A4 .F752 2014)
• Election Law (KF 4886 .T65 2017)
• Electronic Discovery and Digital Evidence (KF 8902 .E42 .S34 2016)
• Employee Benefit Plans (KF 3512 .Z9 .C68 2003)
• Employment Law (KF 3455 .C68 2017)
• Energy Law (KF 2120 .T653 2017)
• Energy and Natural Resources Law (KF 2120 .Z9 .L29 1992)
• English Legal System (KD 662 .D37 1992)
• Entertainment Law (KF 4290 .B873 2017)
• Environmental Law (KF 3775 .F374 2019)
• Estate Planning (KF 750 .L9 2019)
• Estates and Future Interests (KF 605 .W32 2005)
• Estates, Future Interests, and Powers of Appointment (KF 605 .W32 2018)
• Estates in Land and Future Interests (KF 605 .W32 1993)
• E.U. Law (KJE 949 .C87 2000)
• European Community Law (KJE 949 .F55 1992)
• European Union Law (KJE 949 .F55 2017)
• Evidence (KF 8935 .Z9 .R6 2012)
• Family and Medical Leave (KF 3531 .Z9 .D42 2000)
• Family Law (KF 505 .Z9 .K73 2017)
• Federal Appellate Practice and Procedure (KF 9050 .C376 2017)
• Federal Courts (KF 8858 .C87 2016)
• Federal Disability Law (KF 480 .T79 2019)
• Federal Estate and Gift Taxation (KF 6572 .M34 2016)
• Federal Income Taxation of Corporations and Stockholders (KF 6465 .S58 2019)
• Federal Income Taxation of Estates, Trusts, and Beneficiaries (KF 6584 .M43 2017)
• Federal Income Taxation of Individuals (KF 6369.85 .M3 2012)
• Federal Income Taxation of Partners and Partnerships (KF 6452 .B87 2017)
• Federal Law of Employment Discrimination (KF 3464 .P584 2017)
• Federal Rules of Evidence (KF 8935 .Z9 .G7 2018)
• First Amendment Law (KF 4770 .B37 2018)
• First Trial (KF 8915 .Z9 .G59 2016)
• Foreign Investment Law (K 3830 .F64 2016)
• Foreign Investment Law Including Investor-State Arbitrations (K 3830 .F64 2019)
• Gaming Law (KF 9440 .C47 2018)
• Global Internet Law (KF 390.5 .C6 .R87 2016)
• Government Contracts (KF 850 .K49 2016)
• Health Care Law and Ethics (KF 3821 .H352 2011)
• Historic Preservation Law (KF 4310 .B76 2018)
• Historical Introduction to Anglo-American Law (KD 532 .Z9 .K4 1990)
• Immigration Law and Procedure (KF 4819.85 .W4 2017)
• Individual Employee Rights (KF 3455 .Z9 .C68 1995)
• Injunctions (KF 9014 .Z9 .D6 1974)
• Insurance Law (KF 1164.85 .D6 2016)
• Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition (KF 1610 .M354 2013)
• Intellectual Property: Patents, Trademarks, and Copyright (KF 2980 .M52 2018)
• International Business Transactions (K 3943 .W54 2016)
• International Criminal Law (KZ 7050 .S743 2019)
• International Environmental Law (K 3585 .G87 2017)
• International Human Rights (K 3240.4 .B84 2017)
• International Law (KZ 1242.5 .W35 2006)
• International Legal Research (KZ 1234 .H64 2017)
• International Project Finance (K 891 .B8 .N54 2015)
• International Sales Law – CISG (K 1028.3198 .F47 2018)
• International Taxation (KF 6419 .D64 2018)
• International Trade and Economic Relations (K 3943 .F64 2016)
• International Trade and Investment (K 3943 .F64 2000)
• International Trade Law Including Trump and Trade (K 3943 .F64 2018)
• Investment Adviser Regulation (KF 1072 .Z9 .H22 2008)
• Judicial Process (KF 8700 .Z9 .R4 2003)
• Jurisdiction: State and Federal (KF 8735 .Z9 .E37 1980)
• Jurisprudence: Legal Philosophy (K 231 .S57 1993)
• Juvenile Justice Administration (KF 9780 .F45 2018)
• Labor and Employment Arbitration (KF 3425 .N638 2017)
• Labor Law (KF 3369 .L39 2008)
• Land Use Law (KF 5698 .N654 2017)
• Land Law (KD 829.3 .H68 1994)
• Law and Economics (K 487 .E3 .H37 2016)
• Law and Politics in the People’s Republic of China (KNQ 70 .F65 1992)
• Law of Church-State Relations (KF 4783 .Z9 .M36 1981)
• Law of Corrections and Prisoners’ Rights (KF 9728 .B733 1988)
• Law of Hazardous Wastes and Toxic Substances (KF 3945 .S685 2018)
• Law of Juvenile Courts (KF 9710 .F66 1984)
• Law of Medical Liability (KF 2905.3 .Z9 .B68 1995)
• Law of Medical Malpractice (KF 2905.3 .Z9 .K56 1986)
• Law of Schools, Students, and Teachers (KF 4119.85 .A43 2018)
• Law of Sentencing, Corrections, and Prisoners’ Rights (KF 9728 .B733 2002)
• Law of the Sea (KZA 1145 .S64 2010)
• Law Practice Management (KF 318 .M862 2003)
• Legal Citation (KF 245 .T47 2016)
• Legal Drafting (KF 250 .H33 2016)
• Legal Ethics (KF 306 .R68 2018)
• Legal Interviewing and Counseling (KF 311 .S5 2005)
• Legal Malpractice Law (KF 313 .J64 2016)
• Legal Negotiation (KF 9084 .T46 2016)
• Legal System of the People’s Republic of China (KNQ 70 .C498 2015)
• Local Government Law (KF 5300 .Z9 .M3 2003)
• Marijuana Law (KF 3891 .M2 .O83 2017)
• Mass Communication Law (KF 2750 .M37 2014)
• Mediation (KF 9084 .K678 2014)
• Medical Liability (KF 2905.3 .B76 2017)
• Mental Health and Disability Law (KF 3828 .Z9 .H47 1997)
• Mental Health Law (KF 3828 .M94 2016)
• Mergers and Acquisitions (KF 1477 .Z9 .O34 2019)
• Military Law (KF 7210 .S52 2013)
• Modern Public Land Law (KF 5605 .G58 2012)
• NAFTA (KDZ 944 .F653 1999)
• NAFTA and Free Trade in the Americas (KDZ 944 .F653 2012)
• NAFTA Free Trade and Foreign Investment in the Americas (KDZ 944 .F653 2014)
• Negotiable Instruments and Check Collection (KF 957 .Z9 .W4 1993)
• Oil and Gas Law (KF 1850 .L68 2014)
• Patent Law (KF 3114.85 .A34 2018)
• Payments Law (KF 957 .N535 2015)
• Personal Property (KF 705 .Z9 .B83 2018)
• Post-Conviction Remedies (KF 9690 .Z9 .P68 1978)
• Presidential Power (KF 5053 .Z9 .M5 1977)
• Pretrial Litigation (KF 8900 .D49 2016)
• Privacy Law (KF 1262 .S67 2014)
• Procedure Before Trial (KF 8900 .K37 1972)
• Products Liability (KF 1296 .O834 2015)
• Professional Responsibility (KF 306 .A76 1991)
• Public Health Law (KF 3775 .Z9 .H63 2018)
• Public International Law (KZ 3410 .B84 2019)
• Real Estate Finance (KF 695 .B78 2018)
• Regulated Industries (KF 2094.3 .G44 1999)
• Remedies (KF 9010 .T33 2017)
• Right of Publicity (KF 1262 .M87 2018)
• Roman Law (KJA 147 .G24 1931r)
• Sales and Leases of Goods (KF 915 .Z9 .S7 2003)
• Section 1983 Litigation (KF 1325 .C58 2016)
• Secured Transactions (KF 1050 .Z9 .B34 2007)
• Securities Litigation and Enforcement (KF 1439 .S33 2016)
• Securities Regulation (KF 1440 .R37 2016)
• Sentencing and Corrections (KF 9728 .B733 2017)
• Sentencing, Corrections, and Prisoners’ Rights (KF 9728 .B733 1994)
• Sex Discrimination (KF 4758 .Z9 .T48 1991)
• Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and the Law (KF 4754.5 .C65 2017)
• Social Media Law (KF 390.5 .C6 .G37 2017)
• Special Education Law (KF 4209.3 .C65 2018)
• Sports Law (KF 3989 .C48 2017)
• State and Local Taxation and Finance (KF 6720 .Z9 .G45 2007)
• State and Religion (KF 4865 .B47 2016)
• State Constitutional Law (KF 4550 .Z95 .M28 2003)
• Study and Practice of Law (KF 273 .H4 2017)
• Tax Policy (KF 6289 .H36 2018)
• Tax Procedure and Tax Fraud (KF 6324 .M67 2016)
• Taxation of S Corporations (KF 6491 .K34 2017)
• Tax-Exempt Organizations (KF 6449 .T39 2011)
• Titles: The Calculus of Interests (KF 570 .Z9 .P5)
• Trade Secret Law (KF 3197 .S26 2018)
• Trademark and Unfair Competition (KF 3180 .J26 2017)
• Transnational Litigation (K 2205 .B47 2003)
• Trial Advocacy (KF 8915 .Z9 .B47 2017)
• Trial and Clinical Skills (KF 8915 .Z9 .H43 2005)
• Trial and Lawyering Skills (KF 8915 .Z9 .H43 2016)
• Trial and Practice Skills (KF 8915 .Z9 .H43 2002)
• Trusts (KD 1480 .Z9 .S98 1994)
• Unfair Trade Practices (KF 1610 .M354 1988)
• Uniform Commercial Code (KF 889.85 .S76 2012)
• Uniform Probate Code (KF 765 .A98 2001)
• Uniform Probate Code and Uniform Trust Code (KF 765 .A98 2010)
• Video Game Law (KF 3994 .N22 2018)
• Water Law (KF 5569.85 .G48 2015)
• Welfare Law (KF 3720 .Z9 .L33 1979)
• White Collar Crime (KF 9350 .P63 2015)
• Winning Trial-Advocacy (KF 9050 .F56 2000)
• Wills and Trusts (KF 755 .M46 2017)
• Workers’ Compensation and Employee Protection Laws (KF 3615 .Z9 .H64 2017)