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Constitutional Law Research: Casebooks, Introductions & Study Aids

What Are Treatises, Hornbooks & Nutshells?

Q: What are treatises, hornbooks and nutshells?  A: Click here for brief descriptions of these sources.

How Do I Find CALI Lessons?

CALI Lessons Covering Constitutional Law

  • Brooklyn Law School students can log in to review these CALI lessons. BLS first-year students receive a CALI authorization code during 1L Library Orientation.  Enter this code the first time you sign in to CALI.  Also feel free to contact askthelibrary@brooklaw.edu or to text (718) 734-2432 to obtain this code.

How Do I Find Casebooks & A Free, Digital Collection of State Constitutional Law Teaching Materials?

The print casebooks below are in Brooklyn Law School Library's first-floor Reserve collection (behind the circulation desk).  Reserve books circulate for two hours at a time.

Free, digital collection of state constitutional law teaching materials:

Katie R. Eyer & Robert Williams, State Constitutional Law Teaching Materials for 1L Constitutional Law Classes (Supplement, 2nd ed. 2024) (Apr. 2, 2024).  Abstract states that this material is "intended to be teachable in a single class session, and offer students an introduction to the "other" constitutions that offer a basis for constitutional claims and arguments, i.e., state constitutions."  

How Do I Find Introductions & Hornbooks?

All of the introductions and hornbooks below are in Brooklyn Law School Library's first-floor Reserve collection (behind the circulation desk).  Reserve books circulate for two hours at a time.

Introductions:

Hornbooks:

How Do I Find Study Aids Containing Multiple-Choice Questions?

How Do I Find Additional Study Aids?