Casebooks and other classroom materials are not collected unless little else is available on the subject. Treatises are purchased guided by the following emphasis in subject areas. Treatises which involve frequent and expensive updating unsupported by curricular needs or research interests are avoided. English statutes, caselaw, a digest and materials of historical importance are acquired. Canadian, Austrialian, New Zealand and other Commonwealth materials are acquired selectively.
Emphasis is placed on Austria, France, Italy and Germany.
Legal Newsletters in specific subject areas are not purchased except in unusual circumstances such as a lack of other sources of information in the field. Such circumstances include specific faculty projects or moot court competition problems. Access is also provided over the internet along with home internet access for all students who have the necessary hardware. Every effort is made to acquire all materials necessary to support faculty research interests and to support those seminar subjects in which the students do intensive research. On a very selective basis books of a popular or generally enriching nature are purchased.