Casebooks and textbooks written by Colorado Law faculty are relied on and referenced in classrooms, courtrooms, and practitioner’s offices at the local, national, and international levels. The casebooks and textbooks featured below exemplify the important and constructive influence of Colorado Law faculty on the legal profession through educating the next generation of legal practitioners.
International Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples (Aspen Publ./Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, 2009)
The first and only book of its kind, this casebook served as the first published compilation of materials and commentary intended for use in courses focusing on the subject of indigenous peoples within the international human rights system. Dean S. James Anaya draws on his experience as U.N. Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples and uses carefully edited material from varied sources to illustrate the major issues facing indigenous peoples today.
International Human Rights: Problems of Law, Policy and Process (with Hurst Hannum and Dinah Shelton) (Wolters/Kluwer, 6th ed. 2011)
This pioneering casebook, in its sixth edition, takes a problem-oriented approach to covering global and regional human rights systems along with a discussion of the theoretical foundations of human rights, U.S. foreign policy and human rights, and key current issues.
Evidence Under the Rules (with Laird C. Kirkpatrick and Liesa L. Richter) (Wolters Kluwer 9th edition, 2018)
Evidence (with Laird C. Kirkpatrick, Liesa L. Richter) (Wolters Kluwer, 5th ed. 2018)
Twenty-First Century Procedure (Wolters Kluwer, 2d ed. 2017)
Federal Evidence (with Laird C. Kirkpatrick) (Thompson Reuters/Westlaw 4th ed. 2013)
Professor Christopher Mueller’s five-volume treatise, Federal Evidence, among the most cited references in judicial opinions, is cited, on average, twice a week by appellate courts across the nation. It has been cited 17 times by the U.S. Supreme Court. Mueller’s coursebook, Evidence Under the Rules, is in its ninth edition and is used in more than 100 law schools today. Together with Professor Laird Kirkpatrick, Mueller also completed Modern Evidence, a one-volume source for judges and lawyers, and the student hornbook Evidence, which sells thousands of copies annually and shapes how evidence is taught in law schools across the nation.
Cases and Materials on the Law of Natural Resources (Arno Press, 1951)
In 1951, Professor Clyde Martz published the first natural resources law casebook, setting the stage for the next half century of academic writing on the subject. As the first text attempt to consolidate natural resources law into one course of legal study, the casebook combined the previously discrete subjects of water law, mining law, and oil and gas law. Martz faced the challenge of organizing a growing area of law that had emerged as a separate subject of legal study only in the second half of the 20th century, and encompassed such diverse topics as water and water rights, mining, timber, oil and gas, energy, agriculture, recreation, resource preservation, and general land-use planning. While the field has evolved and newer generations of casebooks cover a broader range of materials, approaches, and perspectives, Martz’s casebook is still regarded as the pioneering casebook in the field.
Harold Bruff, Professor Emeritus
Separation of Powers Law: Cases and Materials (Carolina Academic Press, 3rd ed. 2011)
Professor Emeritus Harold “Hal” Bruff regards his classic casebook as both an explanation of separation of powers and an exploration of his views on the subject. His expertise on issues of separation of powers stems from his experience as senior attorney and advisor to the executive branch in the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel. Written for interested observers of the legal scene, law professors, students, judges, and people who work in one of the three federal branches, the book takes a deep dive into dramatic issues of presidential power and executive-congressional relations.
Originally written by two Colorado Law legends—Professor Emeritus Charles Wilkinson and former Dean David Getches—the book laid the foundation for how American Indian law is analyzed today by grounding Indian law and policy in American history, forming the basis of all casebooks and treatises that followed. For 30 years following the first edition’s publication in 1979, this book was one of only two federal Indian law casebooks on the market. In 2016, Professor Kristen Carpenter joined the distinguished group of authors for its seventh edition. It remains the leading federal Indian law casebook in the field and has been cited in more than 700 law review articles, cases, and briefs—more than twice the amount of any other Indian law casebook.
J. Dennis Hynes, Professor Emeritus, and Mark Loewenstein, Monfort Professor of Commercial Law
Agency, Partnership and the LLC: The Law of Unincorporated Business Enterprises, Cases, Materials, Problems (Lexis/Nexis, 9th ed. 2015)
This casebook originated with Professor Emeritus J. Dennis Hynes (’60), who began his esteemed teaching career at Colorado Law in 1964. Hynes published the first edition of this casebook in 1974. In 2003, he passed the torch to Professor Mark Loewenstein, who wrote editions six through nine and is working on the 10th, which will be published by Carolina Academic Press for use in fall 2019. Hynes and Loewenstein’s writing record also includes their “Nutshell” series, which succinctly summarizes the topics covered in the casebook and is consulted by law students, lawyers, judges, and laypeople. Hynes wrote the first two editions before Loewenstein picked up editions three through six, with a seventh edition soon to be in the works.
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