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Publications:   Prof. Edward J. Kionka

Prof. Kionka has authored or co-authored a number of law books, book chapters, law review articles, bar journal and newsletter articles, continuing legal education materials, and other professional publications. Among his more significant writings are:

Books:

  • EVIDENCE: MATERIALS FOR AN AGE OF SCIENCE AND STATUTES (Lexis/Nexis Law Publishing, 6th edition 2007) (co-authored with three other law professors). Used in law schools throughout the United States as a course book for the Evidence course.
  • PRACTITIONER'S HANDBOOK FOR APPEALS TO THE ILLINOIS SUPREME AND APPELLATE COURTS (new edition forthcoming). A concise summary of Illinois appellate practice and procedure for lawyers who do not often handle appeals.
  • TORTS IN A NUTSHELL (West Group, 4th edition 2005). A concise (500-page) survey of American tort law for use by law students and others.
  • TORTS BLACK LETTER OUTLINE (West Group, 4th edition 2006). One of the books in West's outline series for law students.

Law Review Articles:

  • Things To Do (Or Not) To Address the Medical Malpractice Insurance Problem, 26 N. Ill. U. L. Rev. 469 (2006)
  • Recent Developments in the Law of Joint and Several Liability and the Impact of Plaintiff’s Employer’s Fault, 54 La. L. Rev. 1619 (1994)
  • Evidence, 17 S. Ill. U. L.J. 873 (1993) (survey) (co-authored with Jim Williams)
  • Evidence, 14 S. Ill. U. L.J. 985 (1990) (survey)
  • Evidence, 12 S. Ill. U. L.J. 967 (1988) (survey)
  • Implied Assumption of the Risk: Does It Survive Comparative Fault?, 1982 S. Ill. U. L.J. 371

Book Chapters:

  • Internal Operating Procedures of the Illinois Reviewing Courts, Chapter 14, Illinois Civil Practice After Trial (IICLE 1970, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989)
  • Instructions and Special Interrogatories, Chapter 11, 3 Illinois Civil Practice (IICLE 1991)
  • Trial Practice - Plaintiff, Chapter 5, Illinois Structural Work Act Practice (IICLE 1976, 1979, 1985, 1991) (with Jack Norton and Keith Smith)
  • Fatal Cases, Chapter 8, Illinois Workers' Compensation Practice (IICLE 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986) (with Ken Lewis)

Bar Journal and Newsletter Articles:

  • Through the Looking Glass: Humpty Dumpty and Opinions That Aren't, THE APPELLATE ADVOCATE, 2003 Issue 3 (newsletter of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers)
  • Comparative Negligence Comes to Illinois, 70 ILL. B.J. 16 (1981)
  • The King is Dead, Long Live the King: State Sovereign Immunity in Illinois, 59 ILL. B.J. 660 (1971)
 

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