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ENCYCLOPEDIAS
AMERICAN LAW REPORTS
TREATISES & PRACTICE MATERIALS
LEGAL JOURNALS & NEWSPAPERS
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Encyclopedias
National coverage:
American Jurisprudence
2d [Am. Jur. 2d]
Corpus Juris 2d [C.J.S.]
State coverage:
New York Jurisprudence 2d
Witkin’s Summary of California Law
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Treatises
American Law of Torts
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Harper, James, &
Gray on Torts Fundamentals of
Sports LawEssentials of Sports Law
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