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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

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