Georgetown Law Library

Poverty Law Research

I. Introduction

The research of poverty law includes a broad range of legal and social science topics and issues. Poverty law has been defined as "the legal statutes, regulations and cases that apply particularly to the financially poor in his or her day-to-day life." See "Poverty Law: What Is It?" It encompasses the legal topics of public benefits law, health care law, housing law, education law, elder law, family law, juvenile law, employment law, welfare law, poverty lawyering and social security law. A broader list includes consumer law, health insurance expansion, public benefits for immigrants, domestic violence, child care, child support, election reform, and financial literacy of low income people.

During the 1990s much less scholarly work was published in the poverty law area than in previous decades, and the most current information available can, in many instances, be found on the internet.

This guide is designed to assist with research in the Georgetown University Law Library on poverty and poverty law in general, and includes general source information on the poverty law topics of Family Law, Global Poverty Law, Government Benefits Law, Homelessness Law, Housing Law, Legal Assistance to the Poor, and Social Security Law. Each section includes books, journals, web guides and resources, and statistics, where available.

When using this guide to research individual topics, it is important to explore the sources listed in all categories. Many of the organizations that provide information on poverty issues include several poverty-related topics in their collections, even though their titles may indicate a concentration in a single area.

II. Library of Congress Subject Headings

Use these headings to conduct Subject searches in the Library's catalog at http://gull.georgetown.edu.

• Domestic Relations
• Economic Assistance, Domestic
• Food Relief
• Food Stamp Program
• Food Stamps
• Homeless Children
• Homeless Persons
• Homeless Veterans
• Homelessness
• Housing
• Legal Aid
• Legal Assistance to the Poor
• Legal Services Corporation
• Poor
• Poor Laws
• Poverty
• Poverty Law
• Public Defenders
• Public Welfare
• Social Security
• United States--Social Policy
• Welfare Recipients

III. Poverty Law (General)

A. Books & Treatises:

• Russell Galloway, Justice for All?: The Rich and Poor in Supreme Court History 1790-1990 [KF8742 .G26 1991]. The Supreme Court's treatment of the rich and poor in cases involving business regulation, welfare benefits, indigent criminal defendants, racial discrimination, and economic issues.
• Helen Hershkoff, The Rights of the Poor: The Authoritative ACLU Guide to Poor People's Rights [KF3720.Z9 H47 1997]. Question-and-answer format used to explain how federal and state law can be used to procure and improve basic services such as income support, food assistance, health services, housing and education.
• Julie A. Nice & Louise G. Trubek, Cases and Materials on Poverty Law: Theory and Practice, (1997 & Supp. 1999) [KF390.5.P6 N52 1997]. The first poverty law case book written since 1976, and therefore a good general source of information on the study of poverty law. The 1999 supplement was published to address welfare reform legislation passed in 1996.

B. Journal Articles

Lillian Salinger, "Poverty Law: What Is It?" 12 Legal Reference Serv. Q. 5 (1992) [K12 .E357]. Pathfinder/annotated bibliography for poverty law research.

C. Journals

Print: Williams 1st floor and Wolff upper level; most recent year at Circulation Desks; Microform: Media Services, 1st floor
Online: Check individual journal titles on GULLiver.

Journals listed in this guide include those that often have articles on poverty and poverty law topics, and the list is useful for browsing. However, a search for journal articles should begin with a search of journal indexes. Use Index to Legal Periodicals and Books and LegalTrac. See GULLiver for the print versions of these publications. See the library's research guide on Using Articles for Legal and Non-Legal Research for detailed information on research using legal and non-legal periodicals.

The PolicyFile and PAIS International (Westlaw database PAIS) indexes are useful in searching for the papers and reports on poverty-related topics published by think tanks and academic institutions. As well, links to many of these organizations are provided in this guide.

• Clearinghouse Review [K3.L28], and online. Click "Clearinghouse Review " tab. Abstracts of case reports litigated by legal aid advocates; articles on civil rights, family law, disability, domestic violence, housing, elder law, employment, health, and welfare reform.
• Fordham Urban Law Journal [K6.O73], and online (1972- ). Policy issues affecting urban areas.
• Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy (continues Georgetown Journal on Fighting Poverty) [K7 .E495 and online]. Premier law journal on poverty issues.
• Loyola Journal of Public Interest Law (continues Loyola Poverty Law Journal) [K12 .O8665 and online]. Devoted to issues faced by the poor, children, and the elderly.

D. Research Guides & Web Resource Guides

Internet Resources: Poverty Law, University of Mississippi Law Library.

E. Programs & Organizations

1. Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP). National nonprofit organization involved in law and policy affecting the poor. Includes the CLASP Update newsletter (January 1999- ) on welfare reform developments. Reports include analyses of legislation on poverty-related issues.
2. National Center on Poverty Law. Nonprofit organization engaged in legal and policy research. Site includes Clearinghouse Review journal, a Poverty Law library, Poverty Law News, and a case database (the cases can be searched or browsed by subject area).
3. National Center for Law and Economic Justice. Recent case developments, articles and links to poverty law topics.
4. National Equal Justice Library is "nation’s first institution established to commemorate the legal profession’s history of providing counsel to those unable to afford it." The recently moved to the Georgetown Law Library and is available by appointment.

IV. General Poverty Research

A. General Reference

The Green Book [Williams JK1430.W35 U585], and online at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/wmprints/green/. Standard reference work for U.S. social policy information. Program descriptions and historical data on social and economic topics including Social Security, employment, earnings, welfare, child support, health insurance, the elderly, families with children, poverty and taxation. Published every one to two years. (Official title: Background Material and Data on Major Programs within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means.)

B. Journals & Journal Articles

1. Poverty and Race [Williams K16 .O9 and online. Newsletter of the Poverty and Race Research Action Council. "Resources" section lists recent reports published in different subject areas such as Poverty/Welfare, Education, Families/Women/Children, etc.
2. Social Science Citation Index (SOCSCISRCH) via Westlaw. Social SciSearch coverage begins in 1972. It is an international, multidisciplinary listing of the literature of the social, behavioral, and related sciences, produced by the Institute for Scientific Information.
3. Social Sciences Index. Lists articles on social sciences topics, including anthropology, ethnic studies, political science, psychology, sociology, urban studies and women's studies and other disciplines. Indexes over 350 English language journals from 1983 to the present. (Also available on Westlaw as SS-ABS.)

C. Research Guides & Web Resource Guides

1. Poverty Research Guide, Pollack Library, Cal State, Fullerton.
2. Research Resources for the Social Sciences, Craig McKie, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario; from Using the Web for Social Research published by McGraw-Hill Ryerson.
3. Social Sciences Library and Information Services Research Guides, Yale University Library.
4. Interdisciplinary Research: Social Sciences, History and Public Policy Research Guide, Georgetown Law Library.

D. Programs & Organizations

1. The Brookings Institution. Performs independent analysis of scholarship and public policy. Some coverage of many poverty-related topics, including a welfare reform research project.
2. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Organization conducts research on a broad range of government policies and programs affecting low to moderate income people. Reports and topics include poverty and income distribution, federal and state welfare, health policies, food assistance, social security and housing.
3. Coalition on Human Needs (CHN). National policy issues related to low-income and other vulnerable populations. Articles, reports, legislative analyses, and data. Topics can be browsed or searched.
4. The Heritage Foundation. Research institute formulates and promotes conservative public policies. Reports and data available on a number of issues, including welfare/welfare reform, education, families, and poverty.
5. Joblessness and Urban Poverty Research Program, Harvard University and the National Institute for Social Science Information. Includes substantial online library.
6. Joint Center for Poverty Research, Northwestern University and University of Chicago. Working papers, a newsletter, policy briefs, research summaries and online books and reports. Very comprehensive links page to sources for statistics, policy and research centers, and welfare reform.
7. Institute on Race and Poverty, University of Minnesota Law School. Current events, newsletters and news articles.
8. Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin.
9. Moving Ideas, Policy Action Network. Collects "best ideas" and resources from leading progressive research and advocacy institutions, promotes high-quality websites, and publishes original content. Site includes a subject list, weekly news releases and articles that can be browsed by topic
10. Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC). Articles, citations to studies, and resource links on different poverty topics.
11. RAND. Nonprofit group performs research and analysis on policy issues. Well-organized site contains reports on research areas such as child policy, education, health and social welfare.
12. The Urban Institute. Extensive collection of reports, publications, and data on social topics, including Assessing the New Federalism, a multi-year project designed to analyze the devolution of responsibility of social programs from the federal government to the states.

E. Statistics & Measurements

1. Administration for Children and Families U.S. Department of Health. Comprehensive collection of data sources for poverty topics.
2. The Development and History of the Poverty Thresholds, Social Security Administration. History of the U.S. government definition and measurement of poverty.
3. Panel Study of Income Dynamics, Institute for Social Research (University of Michigan). Survey of a representative sample of US individuals and the families in which they reside. Includes raw data, as well as working papers and dissertations on poverty and poverty-related topics that are based on the data.
4. Statistical Resources on the Web, University of Michigan Documents Center. Extremely comprehensive collection of statistical information on a great many topics, including Poverty.
5. U.S. Census Bureau (There is a good research guide on Census 2000 at the Cal State Fullerton library's web site.)
   • Poverty
   • Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, U.S. Census Bureau.
   • Statistical Abstract of the United States [HA 202 .A225], and online at http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-1995_2000.html. Annual publication that is the easiest and best place to start your statistical research. Provides extensive tables of statistical information, as well as citations to the agencies that produce and compile the statistics. There is a detailed index in the back of the book that will help you locate the tables you need.

V. Selected Poverty Law Topics

A. Family Law

1. Books & Treatises
   • Family Law and Practice [KF505 .F34 1985]. Well-known multivolume treatise in looseleaf format.
   • The Family Law Reporter [KF503.4.B8 and online]. Looseleaf service with highlights on court decisions, legislative action, reports and proposals, and Supreme Court proceedings.
   • Harry D. Krause, Family Law in a Nutshell [KF505.Z9 K7 2003].
2. Journals & Journal Articles
   (see information on using journal indexes above) Print: 1980-present on 3rd floor; before 1980 in compact shelving on 1st floor; most recent at Circulation Desk
   Microform: Media Services, 3rd floor
   Online: Check individual journal titles on GULLiver
   • American Journal of Family Law [K1 .M439]
   • Brandeis Journal of Family Law (1998) [K2 .R14] (continues University of Louisville Journal of Family Law (1992-1997) and Journal of Family Law (1961-1992). Became Brandeis Law Journal, a multi-subject journal, in 1998-99.
   • Family Advocate [K6 .A24], Section of Family Law, American Bar Association. Practical, how-to articles and advice on handling family law cases.
   • Family Law Quarterly [K6.A3], Section of Family Law, American Bar Association. (Abstracts online at http://www.abanet.org/family/familylaw/home.html (Spring 1996- )). Scholarly journal of important and emerging family law issues.
   • Journal of Law and Family Studies [K10 .O5122], University of Utah College of Law.
3. Research Guides & Web Resource Guides
   • Family & Elder Law, Hieros Gamos.
   • Research Guide: Family and Child Welfare, Social Work Library, Howard University.
   • Section of Family Law, American Bar Association. Also see the links to ABA entities that have news, reports, publications and links on family law topics.
     • Table Summarizing [Family] Law in All 50 States
   • Westlaw, All Databases > Topical Materials by Area of Practice > Family Law
4. Programs & Organizations
   • Children's Defense Fund. Papers, articles, and data about child and family poverty.
   • National Center for Children in Poverty, Columbia University. Papers, articles, and data.
5. Statistics & Measurements
   (also see "Statistics" under "General Poverty Research")
   • Children's Defense Fund Data Site. National and state data on child poverty.
   • Childstats.gov. Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics.
   • Families, University of Michigan Documents Center. Includes information on non-traditional family matters such as economic difficulties.
   • Families and Living Arrangements, U.S. Census Bureau.

B. Global Poverty Law

1. Books & Treatises
   (There are many more current works on Global poverty than U.S. poverty. This is small sampling.)
   • Else Øyen et al., Poverty: a Global Review: Handbook on International Poverty Research [Wolff HC79.P6 P6814 1996].
   • Poverty and the Law [Wolff HC79.6 .P68 2001].
2. Research Guides & Web Resource Guides
   • Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP), International Social Science Council. Reports and newsletters on global poverty topics.
   • Poverty Vision. Portal to global information on poverty. Includes "The Poverty World Times," a daily newspaper that covers poverty topics.
   • World Bank.
     • PovertyNet. Comprehensive resource on global poverty issues, including a newsletter, poverty data, and a library.
     • Urban Poverty. Section of the Urban Development subject area.
3. Statistics & Measurements
   (also see "Statistics" under "General Poverty Research")
   • Data on Poverty, World Bank.
   • Development Gateway Data/Statistics. Site developed by the World Bank that includes national and international organizations that offer data -- or information about data -- on their sites.
   • Poverty Worldwide, University of Michigan Documents Center.
     

C. Government Benefits Law (Welfare, Welfare Reform, Food Assistance)

1. Journals & Journal Articles
   (see information on journal indexes above)
   Print: 1980-present on 3rd floor; before 1980 in compact shelving on 1st floor; most recent at Circulation Desk
   Microform: Media Services, 3rd floor
   Online: Check individual journal titles on GULLiver
2. Research Guides & Web Resource Guides
   • Government Benefits, FindLaw.
   • Lexis Area of Law - By Topic > Public Health & Welfare.
   • Public Benefits, Health and Human Services, Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School. Includes references to federal statutes, cases and agencies.
     • Food Stamps
     • Health
     • Medicaid
     • Medicare
     • Mental Health
     • Social Security
     • Welfare Law
   • Social Service & Welfare, Hieros Gamos. "United States" section is good resource for U.S. laws and agencies relating to social services.
   • Welfare Reform Research Guide, Cal State Fullerton Pollak Library.
   • Welfare Reform Research Guide, University of Wisconsin College Library.
   • Westlaw Topical Material by Area of Practice, "Government Benefits."
3. Programs & Organizations
   • Administration for Children and Families. Federal agency responsible for programs that promote the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals, and communities.
     • Data and Statistics
     • Legislation and Regulations
     • Welfare Reform, including links to individual state information.
   • American Public Human Services Association (APHSA) (formerly American Public Welfare Association). Site includes text of congressional testimony and policy statements on public benefits topics. The organization publishes the Policy & Practice of Public Human Services periodical (available on Westlaw as Public Welfare (PBWF database)).
   • Center on Hunger and Poverty, Brandeis University. National and state data, publications, and research.
   • Food Research and Action Center (FRAC). Current news, analyses, reports, and programs.
   • GovBenefits.gov, Information and eligibility information on more than 1,000 Federal and State administered benefit and assistance programs, including food/nutrition, education, housing, disaster assistance, unemployment/job training, healthcare, small business, and more.
   • U.S. Department of Agriculture
     • The Food Assistance Landscape. Periodical includes food assistance program statistics, related economic and social indicators, and recent research.
     • Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs
     • Food Security in the United States.
     • A Healthy, Well-Nourished Population. Data, publications, research, and briefings on food assistance topics.
   • Economic Success Clearinghouse. Clearinghouse for information, policy analysis, technical assistance on welfare reform, and data.
4. Statistics & Measurements
   (also see "Statistics" under "General Poverty Research")
   • Food Security in the United States, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
   • Food Stamps, University of Michigan Documents Center.
   • Welfare Reform, U.S. Census Bureau.

D. Homelessness Law

1. Books & Treatises
   • Cynthia A. Beatty, Legal Remedies to Address Discrimination Against People who are Homeless and have Mental Illness (1996) [KF3742.B43].
   • Rick Fantasia, Homelessness: a Sourcebook [HV4505 .F36 1994].
   • Beth Ellen Harris, Defending the Right to a Home: The Power of Anti-Poverty Lawyers [KF3742 .H37 2004]
   • Rich Herz, No Homeless People Allowed: a Report on Anti-homeless Laws, Litigation and Alternatives in 49 United States Cities [Williams KF5730.Z95 H47 1994].
   • ABA Commission on Homelessness & Poverty, Lawyers Working to End Homelessness, KF336 .L393 2006
   • Mary Ellen Hombs, American Homelessness: a Reference Handbook [HV4505 .H647 1994].
   • Ken Kyle, Contextualizing Homelessness: Critical Theory, Homelessness, and Federal Policy Addressing the Homeless
     [HV4505 .K95 2005].
   • Madeleine R. Stoner, The Civil Rights of Homeless People: Law, Social Policy, and Social Work Practice [KF3742 .S76 1995].
2. Research Guides & Web Resource Guides
   • Research Guide on Homelessness, Cal State Fullerton Pollack Library.
3. Programs & Organizations
   • American Bar Association Commission on Homelessness & Poverty .
   • Federal Government Information
     • Department of Health and Human Services
     • Department of Housing and Urban Development
     • Department of Veterans Affairs
     • Interagency Council on Homelessness
   • National Alliance to End Homelessness.
     • Detailed Statistics of Homelessness
     • Policy and Legislation
   • National Coalition for the Homeless. Factsheets, legislation and policy information, and directory links to other homeless organizations.
   • National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty. Newsletter, reports and publications (many available to members only), and advisories on homelessness issues.
4. Statistics & Measurements
   (also see "Statistics" under "General Poverty Research")
   • Homeless, University of Michigan Documents Center
   • Newell, Facts about Homeless Children, THE CATALYST (ABA Steering Committee on the Unmet Legal Needs of Children, Washington, D.C.), Winter 2002 at 3, at http://www.abanet.org/unmet/catalyst/winter_2002.pdf.
     

E. Housing Law

1. Books & Treatises
   • Compilation of Basic Laws on Housing and Community Development within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Financial Services: Revised through December 31, 2002 (end of the 107th Congress). KF5724 2003. Texts of the primary housing and community development laws within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives, as well as additional laws and materials of particular interest to members of the committee in considering legislation relating to housing and community development.
   • Housing & Development Reporter [KF5726.5]. Updated looseleaf with news reports and analyses with text of pertinent regulations, legislation, and agency guidelines. Congressional and federal agency actions and selected court decisions, trend reports, and case studies.
2. Journals & Journal Articles (see information on journal indexes above)
   • ABA Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law [KF5722 .A3].
   • Housing Law Bulletin [KF5722 .N373], and online at http://www.nhlp.org/html/hlb/index.htm (1995- ). Information and analysis of federal legislation, regulations, program developments and significant recent cases.
   • Housing Policy Debate. Quarterly journal on broad range of housing and community development issues.
   • Journal of Housing Research. Peer-reviewed articles on theoretical and empirical research on housing and residential mortgage finance. Topics include the economics of housing markets, home mortgage finance, international housing finance, and housing policy.
3. Research Guides & Web Resource Guides
   • Fair Housing Legal Research, National Fair Housing Advocate Online.
4. Programs & Organizations
   • Fannie Mae Foundation
   • Joint Center for Housing Studies. Harvard University's center for information and research on housing in the United States. Analyzes the dynamic relationships between housing markets and economic, demographic, and social trends. Reports, papers, and conference proceedings (1995- ) are mostly online beginning in 1999.
   • National Housing Law Project. Engaged in public policy advocacy, litigation assistance, training, and research and writing, focusing on issues that have the greatest impact on the housing rights of the poor.
   • National Low Income Housing Coalition. Comprehensive links, publications, and a Memo to Members newsletter with good current awareness sections on Capitol Hill and HUD.
   • U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
     • Legal Information (opinions, decisions, regulations, etc.)
     • Policy Development and Research Information Service
5. Statistics & Measurements
   (also see "Statistics" under "General Poverty Research")
   • Demographics and Housing, University of Michigan Documents Center.
   • Housing, U.S. Census Bureau.

F. Legal Assistance to the Poor

1. Books & Treatises
   • Hidden Agendas: What is Really Behind Attacks on Legal Aid Lawyers? [KF336 .H53 2001], and online at http://www.brennancenter.org/resources/atj/atj7.pdf. Good overview and history of Legal Aid.
   • Federal Practice Manual for Legal Aid Attorneys [KF336 .F43 2004] and online from the Shriver Center.
2. Journals & Journal Articles (see information on journal indexes above)
   Print: In compact shelving on 1st floor; most recent at Circulation Desk
   Microform: Media Services, 1st floor
   Online: Check individual journal titles on GULLiver
   • Dialogue Magazine [KF336 .D53], and online at http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/dialogue/dialarchive.html (Summer 1998- ). Magazine of the ABA Division for Legal Services. Topical information on the delivery of legal services to low and moderate income people.
3. Research Guides & Web Resource Guides
   • Legal Aid and Legal Services Resources, FindLaw.
   • Legal Services, Law Library of Congress.
4. Programs & Organizations
   • ABA Division of Legal Services. News items, reports, directories and publications on Legal Aid, the Legal Services Corporation and other access to justice areas. Also useful are links to the Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants and the Standing Committee on Pro Bono & Public Service.
   • Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law . Papers, articles, briefs, and news on the poverty issues of access to justice in civil cases and economic justice, as well as criminal justice and democracy. Provides a Legal Services E-lert listserv for current awareness.
   • LawHelp.org. Helps low and moderate income people find free legal aid programs in their communities, and answers to questions about their legal rights.
   • Legal Services Corporation. Private, non-profit corporation established by Congress to seek to ensure equal access to justice under the law for all Americans by providing civil legal assistance to those who otherwise would be unable to afford it.
   • National Legal Aid and Defender Association. Advocates for attorneys who seek equal justice in both criminal and civil law matters.

G. Social Security Law

1. Books & Treatises
   • Social Security Handbook [HD7123 .A214], and online at http://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/handbook/ssa-hbk.htm. Basic guide to social security programs
   • Social Security Law and Practice [KF3646.5 .S6423 1987]. Updated Looseleaf. Controlling cases and relevant statutory provisions, regulations, rulings, and agency manuals.
   • Unemployment Insurance Reporter [KF3673.4 .C6]. Looseleaf. Covers unemployment insurance, Social Security, supplemental insurance income and disability issues.
2. Journals & Journal Articles (see information on journal indexes above)
   • Print: in compact shelving on 1st floor; most recent at Circulation Desk
     Microform: Media Services, 1st floor
     Online: Check individual journal titles on GULLiver
   • Benefits Quarterly [K2 .E62]. Comprehensive coverage of the latest trends and innovations in benefits and compensation.
   • Social Security Bulletin [HD7123 .S56] (1999-current). Articles on the OASDI and SSI programs, the income of the aged, private pension coverage, the poverty status of various groups (such as women and children), and other timely subjects.
3. Research Guides & Web Resource Guides
   • Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School
     • Social Security Law
     • Social Security Library
   • Social Security, The Washington Post. Collection of articles, polls, and other current event information about Social Security. Includes an overview and Q & A Primer.
   • Social Security, Time Magazine. Collection of its articles covering Social Security issues. Full text beginning in 1934.
4. Programs & Organizations
   • Social Security Administration Online.
     • Program Rules. Laws, regulations, Commissioner rulings, and proposed legislation and regulations.
     • Legislative History of the Social Security Act.
     • Representing Social Security Claimants. Hearings and Appeals information.

5. Statistics & Measurements
   (also see "Statistics" under "General Poverty Research")
   • Social Security, University of Michigan Documents Center.

H. Consumer Law

                  Books and Treatises

NCLA Reports: Developments and Ideas for the Practice of Consumer Law

• [ KF1606.3 .N35] Consumer Law looseleaf covering the latest consumer law issues and developments. Provides analysis and practice tips. Consists of six separate editions: Consumer Bankruptcy; Consumer Usury; Debt Collection & Repossession; Deceptive Practices; Federal Credit Laws; and Warranties & Odometers.
  
  Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices
• [KF1609 .S34 2001] National Consumer Law Center manual providing a survey of the Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices law in all 50 states. Topical coverage includes: automobile leases and financing; automobile selling techniques; service contracts; credit card abuses; deceptive credit practices; loan brokers; insurance practices; new federal and state telemarketing Law; FTC Holder Rule; attorney fees; federal preemption of UDAP claims; cancellation and rescission; punitive damages; failure to disclose; unfairness standards; federal and state RICO statutes; State Attorney General enforcement; and UDAP pleadings.
  
  Consumer Protection and the Law ( by Dee Pridgen)
• [KF1609 .P75] Legal treatise analysing legal and procedural aspects of consumer protection law. Topics covered include advertising, sales practices, unfair and deceptive trade practices, consumer fraud, and product warranties.
  
  Consumer Product Safet Guide
• [KF3945.A6 C65 1972] Three volume CCH looseleaf containing full text coverage of consumer safety statutes and regulations with explanations with annotations. Coverage includes: official text of the Consumer Product Safety Act and the motor vehicle safety provisions of the Federal Transportation Code; full text of allied laws from the EPA and FDA; details of the Consumer Product Safety Commission and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's recall and enforcement powers; new and proposed regulations; established standards; court decisions; new developments; and semimonthly reports and summaries.
  
  
• [KF3945.A6 C65 1972 Electronic] Electronic copy now available as a useful complement to the three volume set available in Williams.

Web Resources

• Federal Trade Commission; Official website for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the government agency in charge of enforcing the laws that prohibit business practices that are anticompetitive, deceptive, or unfair to consumers.
• National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), Official website for NCLC which is an established consumer protection organization that advocates for the rights of low-income consumers providing support on issues involving consumer fraud, debt collection, consumer finance, energy assistance programs, predatory lending, and sustainable home ownership programs.
• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Official website of the CPSC which is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from more than 15,000 types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction.