As part of its mission, OCLC a worldwide library cooperative prepares in depth studies and topical surveys of issues and trends of interest and concern to all types of libraries, including law libraries. One of their latest reports addresses the topic of sharing, privacy and trust in our networked world…
Articles Posted in Publication Announcements and Reviews
Video from Thomson West Regarding Comprehensive Changes to the Federal Civil Rules of Procedure
I”n response to the discussion about the far-reaching changes to the Federal Civil Rules of Procedure, we have posted a 5 minute video featuring the authors of the Federal Civil Rules Handbook. The authors, Steven Baicker-McKee and Professor William Janssen, discuss the dramatic amendments to the Federal Rule of Civil…
30 Books Every IT Leader Must Read
By Eric Chabrow Society for Information Management’s 2008 list of leadership books covers a wide-range of subjects, except IT itself. Books ranging from How to Read a Book to The Prince are among 30 books every CIO wannabe should read, according to an annual list of must-read books issued by…
HeinOnLine Announces First Federated Search Connection via 360 Search, Serials Solution
William S. Hein & Co., Inc. Announces the First Authorized Federated Search Connection to HeinOnline Buffalo, NY – November 13, 2007 William S. Hein & Co., Inc. announces the availability of the first direct and authorized federated search connection to HeinOnline via 360 Search, Serials Solution’s federated search engine. Serials…
ABA Publications With a Focus on Practice Essentials
The Negotiator’s Fieldbook The Desk Reference for the Experienced Negotiator “Eighty contributing authors with varied practical and academic expertise provide a full range of new knowledge about negotiation. The Fieldbook pulls together in readable, short chapters the current insights, strategies and techniques in negotiation from law, psychology, business, economics, cultural…
Review: Five Security Suites You May Not Know About
It seems everywhere we turn when it comes to information technology the topic sooner or later always turns to computer security. As mentioned below in this Review published on November 7, 2007 by InformationWeek, Norton and McAfee still dominate this field. The Review as posted consists of a major part…
ABA Publications: Focus on Criminal Law
Street Legal: A Guide to Pre-trial Criminal Procedure for Police, Prosecutors, and Defenders This book provides specific guidance on pre-trial criminal procedure of all sorts, and explains in understandable terms “what you can do and what you cannot do” under 4th Amendment search and seizure law. From traffic checkpoints and…
New on LLRX.Com for October 2007
The following are new articles and papers included in LLRX.com for October 2007: **Cultural Challenges in Cross Border Mediation http://www.llrx.com/features/crossbordermediation.htm Vikrant Singh Negi discusses how the role of cultural differences are crucial in cross border mediation. Although an individual’s nationality does not necessarily determine the attitudes and behavior brought to…
Law and Policy: Call for Papers
CALL FOR PAPERS Special Issue: Global Warming, Governance, and the Law Fiona Haines, Nancy Reichman, and Colin Scott, as editors of Law & Policy, are bringing together a series of papers on the legal and policy issues around global warming. We are interested in papers in all areas of law…
Recent and Forthcoming Books and E-Books: Criminal Procedure
The following is a list of new and forthcoming hardbound books and e-books with a publication date range from 2007 – 2009. This subject search was run on Bowker Books in Print Professional on October 22, 2007: Arkansas and Missouri DWI Defense: The Law and Practice Author: Abele, Jon R.…