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Insurance Law Research

Introductory Resources

The resources on this page are meant to provide an introduction or overview for students and lawyers new to insurance law.

Legal Encyclopedias

American Jurisprudence 2d
Call Number: KF154 .A42
See Insurance: 43 Am.Jur.2d, §§1 – 2077.
Massachusetts Jurisprudence
Call Number: KFM2480 .D3
Vols. 19 and 20 concern insurance.
Corpus Juris Secundum
Call Number: KF154 .C56
Publication Date: 1936
See Insurance: 44 C.J.S. §§1 – 1730. Also available on Westlaw.
Massachusetts Practice Series
Call Number: KFM2480 .M3
Available on Lexis and Westlaw. See "Massachusetts Practice Series: Insurance Defense database" on Westlaw.

Handbooks and Hornbooks

Distributing Risk: Insurance, Legal Theory, and Public Policy by Kenneth S. Abraham
Call Number: KF1164 .A72
ISBN: 0300034601
Publication Date: 1986-09-10
Richards on Insurance by Warren Freedman
Call Number: KF1164 .R5
Publication Date: 1952
Basic Text on Insurance Law by Robert E. Keeton; Alan I. Widiss
Call Number: KF 1164 .K376
ISBN: 0314391878
Publication Date: 1988-01-01
Handbook on the Law of Insurance by Vance
Call Number: KF1164 .V35
Publication Date: 1951

Overviews

Insurance Law in a Nutshell by John Dobbyn
Call Number: KF1164.3 .D6
ISBN: 0314263756
Publication Date: 2003-06-13
Understanding Insurance Law by Robert H. Jerry; Douglas R. Richmond
Call Number: KF1164 .J47
ISBN: 0769845932
Publication Date: 2012-05-01
Insurance Law by Eileen M. Dacey
Call Number: KF1164.3 .I59
ISBN: 0872244598
Publication Date: 1998
New Appleman on Insurance Law Practice Guide
Call Number: KF1164 .A662
Also available on Lexis (insurance litigator's manual).

Casebooks and Practical Exercises

Insurance Law and Regulation by Kenneth S. Abraham
Call Number: KF1163 .A27
ISBN: 1599417979
Publication Date: 2010-04-23
Insurance Law and Policy by Tom Baker
Call Number: KF1163 .B35
ISBN: 0735569312
Publication Date: 2008-01-29
Problems in Insurance Law by James R. Devine; Nicholas P. Terry
Call Number: KF1164.3 .D48
ISBN: 0314564179
Publication Date: 1989-01-01
On reserve.
Cases and Materials on General Practice Insurance Law by Leo P. Martinez; John W. Whelan; Kenneth H. York
Call Number: KF1163 .Y64
ISBN: 0314241116
Publication Date: 2001-01-01