Legal Guide Books
The Pocket Guide Series
A separate kind of product from the site’s courses and long-form articles: short, strict, exam-focused PDF reference books, one per subject — the kind of pocket study guide worth reading cover to cover on a train, not a textbook. Every rule is condensed to its essential elements, one real example, and the single thing worth remembering under time pressure — nothing outside the standard curriculum.
5 Chapters · ~53 pages
Contract Law
The Pocket Guide
Every black-letter rule a first-year contracts exam actually tests - formation, terms, breach, remedies, and third parties - reduced to its essential elements, one real example each, and the single thing worth remembering under time pressure. No padding, no filler cases, nothing outside the standard curriculum.
5 Chapters · ~61 pages
Criminal Law
The Pocket Guide
Every black-letter rule a first-year criminal law exam actually tests - the elements of a crime, homicide, crimes against persons and property, inchoate offenses and accomplice liability, and the real defenses - reduced to its essential elements, one real example each, and the single thing worth remembering under time pressure. No padding, no filler cases, nothing outside the standard curriculum.
5 Chapters · ~59 pages
Constitutional Law
The Pocket Guide
Every black-letter rule a first-year constitutional law exam actually tests - justiciability, federalism and congressional power, equal protection and due process, the First Amendment, and separation of powers - reduced to its essential elements, one real example each, and the single thing worth remembering under time pressure. No padding, no filler cases, nothing outside the standard curriculum.
5 Chapters · ~61 pages
Property Law
The Pocket Guide
Every black-letter rule a first-year property exam actually tests - estates and future interests, concurrent ownership and landlord-tenant law, land use and takings, easements and servitudes, and real property transactions - reduced to its essential elements, one real example each, and the single thing worth remembering under time pressure. No padding, no filler cases, nothing outside the standard curriculum.
5 Chapters · ~61 pages
Tort Law
The Pocket Guide
Every black-letter rule a first-year torts exam actually tests - intentional torts and defenses, negligence's duty and breach, damages and strict liability, products and vicarious liability, and defamation, privacy & economic torts - reduced to its essential elements, one real example each, and the single thing worth remembering under time pressure. No padding, no filler cases, nothing outside the standard curriculum.
5 Chapters · ~55 pages
Civil Procedure
The Pocket Guide
Every black-letter rule a first-year civil procedure exam actually tests - jurisdiction and venue, pleadings and joinder, discovery and pretrial adjudication, the Erie doctrine and trial, and preclusion and appeals - reduced to its essential elements, one real example each, and the single thing worth remembering under time pressure. No padding, no filler cases, nothing outside the standard curriculum.
5 Chapters · ~60 pages
Evidence Law
The Pocket Guide
Every black-letter rule an evidence exam actually tests - relevance and character evidence, hearsay's definition and exemptions, hearsay exceptions, witnesses and expert testimony, and privileges, authentication & the best evidence rule - reduced to its essential elements, one real example each, and the single thing worth remembering under time pressure. No padding, no filler cases, nothing outside the standard curriculum.
5 Chapters · ~58 pages
Business & Commercial Law
The Pocket Guide
Every black-letter rule a business associations and commercial law exam actually tests - entities and formation, corporate governance, commercial transactions under the UCC, and M&A and securities regulation basics - reduced to its essential elements, one real example each, and the single thing worth remembering under time pressure. No padding, no filler cases, nothing outside the standard curriculum.
Each book teaches general doctrine using original hypothetical examples. It does not provide legal advice about any specific situation and does not create an attorney-client relationship. For advice about your own circumstances, consult a licensed attorney. Each book is generated fresh from its source content on every download, so a revision as underlying law changes reaches every owner automatically — the same purchase, not a separate new edition to buy again.