When researching an unfamiliar area of law, it is best to start your research with a secondary source such as a specialized legal treatise. In additional to introducing the researcher to the terminology and legal concepts of a specific area of law, secondary sources save the researcher time by pointing out and discussing the important cases, statutes and regulations that shape and govern that area of law.
Best search phrases to use in the UNM Law Library Catalog:
Specialized topics can be searched, such as:
You can combine any of these phrases with "law and legislation" to further refine your results.
Multiple useful treatises are highlighted in this guide to speed your research.
Principles of Natural Resources Law by
Surveys cases, statutes, regulations, legal developments, and policies that have shaped, and will continue to influence, natural resources law throughout the 20th century and the early 21st century.
The Evolution of Natural Resources Law and Policy by
The authors look at the challenges and offer ideas about the future while demonstrating that the federal government's role continues to be a complex one as markets and private actors become more visible participants in the policy arena.
Public Natural Resources Law by
A continuously-updated four volume treatise, this title is a basic reference for those dealing with complex federal land or resource issues.
Clean Air Handbook by
In addition to offering an introduction to the history and structure of the Clean Air Act, the most complex piece of environmental legislation ever enacted, this handbook examines the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) efforts to implement the Act.
Environmental Law in a Nutshell, 9th by
Provides a foundation for understanding environmental law.
Environmental Justice: A Legal Research Guide by
The research guide introduces users to information relevant to legal issues pertinent to the pursuit of environmental justice. Besides the routinely taught primary law, it includes: relevant executive orders; relevant legislative history for bills that have passed and those that did not; statistics underlying laws on the subject matter; and routinely proposed regulations that are open for comment.
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