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Fair Housing Law: Treatises and Books

Selected resources on fair housing law

Treatises

Cook, Joseph G. Civil Rights Actions. New York, N.Y. : M. Bender, 1983.  KF4749 .C65 10th Fl.
Treatise covering numerous civil rights actions. It includes a chapter on fair housing actions, with accompanying sample pleadings. Also available on Lexis.

Equitas Media (Firm) et al. Fair Housing--Fair Lending. New York: Aspen Law & Business, 1985. KF5740.A61 10th Fl

HDR Handbook of Housing and Development Law Treatise. St. Paul, Minn.: Thomson/West, 199-. KF5729.H37 10th Fl. An annual update of current developments in housing law, also available in Westlaw.

Kushner, James A. Fair Housing: Discrimination in Real Estate, Community Development, and Revitalization. 2nd ed. Colorado Springs, Colo: Shepard's/McGraw-Hill, 1995.  KF5740 .K87 10th Fl

Lewis, Harold S. Civil Rights and Employment Discrimination Law. St. Paul, Minn: West Pub, 1997. KF3464 .L48 10th Fl

Relman, John P. Housing Discrimination Practice Manual. Deerfield, IL: Clark Boardman Callaghan, 1992. KF8925.D5 R45  10th Fl. A regularly updated treatise that is also available in Westlaw.

Schwemm, Robert G. Housing Discrimination Law and Litigation. St. Paul, Minn.: Thomson/West, 199-.  KF5740.S39 10th Fl. Practice oriented treatise. Regularly updated and also available in Westlaw.

Smolla, Rodney A. Federal Civil Rights Acts. 3rd ed. New York: Clark Boardman Callaghan, 1994. KF4749 .An87f 10th Fl. Regularly updated treatise. It contains a chapter on the Fair Housing Act. Also available in Westlaw.

Zuckerman, Howard R. Fair Housing Litigation Handbook. New York, N.Y: J. Wiley & Sons, 1993. KF5740 .Z83 10th Fl

Books

After Mount Laurel: The New Suburban Zoning. New Brunswick: Center for Urban Policy Research, 1977.  KF5698.A5 Af89 10th Fl.

Colker, Ruth. Federal Disability Law in a Nutshell. 4th ed. St. Paul, Minn: West/Thomson, 2010. KF480 .T79 2010 10th Fl

Combatting Housing Discrimination. New York: Garland Pub, 1991. KF5740 .C66 1991 10th Fl.

 Dimond, Paul R. Beyond Busing: Reflections on Urban Segregation, the Courts, and Equal Opportunity. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2005. KF4155 .D56 2005 10th Fl

Disabilities & the Law. St. Paul, Minn.: Thomson/West, 2010.  KF480 .R68 10th Fl.

John Marshall Law School (Chicago, ILL. ). An Introduction to Fair Housing Law and Practice. Chicago, Ill: John Marshall Law School, 1995.  KF5740. I45 10th Fl.

John Marshall Law School (Chicago, Ill.). A Layperson's Guide to Mortgage Lending and Insurance Discrimination Under the Fair Housing Laws. Chicago: John Marshall Law School, 1997. KF697.D5 10th Fl.

---. Accessibility for Mental and Physical Disabilities. Chicago: John Marshall Law School, 1997.  KF 5740.A24 10th Fl.

---. Attorney Forms Relevant to a Fair Housing Case. Chicago: John Marshall Law School, 1996. KF5740.A65 10th Fl.

---. Celebrating Thirty Years of Fair Housing: A Focus on Fair Housing Enforcement. Chicago: The John Marshall Law School, 1998. KF5740 .C45 10th Fl.

---. Practical Tips on Litigation Mortgage Lending & Insurance Discrimination Cases. Chicago: John Marshall Law School, 1997. KF695 .P73 10th Fl.

---. Primer on Fair Housing Law. 2007 ed. Chicago: The John Marshall Law School, 2001. KF 5740. P75 10th Fl.

Johnston, R. J. Residential Segregation, the State, and Constitutional Conflict in American Urban Areas. London: Academic Press, 1984. KF5698 .J64 1984 10th Fl.

Mortgage Lending, Racial Discrimination, and Federal Policy. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute Press, 1996. HG2040.2 .M67 9th Fl.

Parry, John, and American Bar Association. Disability Discrimination Law, Evidence and Testimony: A comprehensive Reference Manual for Lawyers, Judges and Disability Professionals. Chicago, Ill: American Bar Association, Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law, 2008. KF480 .P361 2008 10th Fl.

Polikoff, Alexander. Waiting for Gautreaux: A Story of Segregation, Housing, and the Black Ghetto. Evanston, Ill: Northwestern University Press, 2006. KFI1660.5.D5 P65  9th Fl.

Rothstein, Laura F. Disabilities and the Law. 4th ed. Eagan, MN: West, 2009. KF480 .R68 10th Fl.

Satter, Beryl. Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, and the Exploitation of Black Urban America. 1st ed. New York: Metropolitan Books, 2009. HD7288.76.U52 C43 9th Fl.

Schafer, Robert. Discrimination in Mortgage Lending. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 1981. HG2040.2 .S29 9th Fl.

The Politics of Fair-Housing Legislation: State and Local Case Studies. San Francisco: Chandler Pub. Co., 1968.  KF5740.A75 E5 10th Fl.

United States Commission on Civil Rights. Equal Opportunity in Suburbia: A Report of the United States Commission on Civil Rights. Washington, D.C: The Commission, 1974. KF5740. A814 10th Fl.

---. Housing, Chicago Style: A Consultation Sponsored by the Illinois Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights. [Washington, D.C: The Commission], 1982. HD7293 .A5 9th Fl.

Wallace, James E. HUD Processing of Title VIII Fair Housing Complaints: Case Study. Washington, D.C: The Office, 1985.  KF5740.A7 W24 10th Fl.

Why the Poor Pay More: How to Stop Predatory Lending. Westport, Conn: Praeger, 2004. HG2040.2 .W49 9th Fl.

Yinger, John. Closed Doors, Opportunities Lost: The Continuing Costs of Housing Discrimination. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1995.  HG2040.5.U5 Y56 9th Fl.

Zuckerman, Howard R. Fair Housing Litigation Handbook. New York, N.Y: J. Wiley & Sons, 1993.  KF5740 .Z83  10th Fl.

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