April 12-18, 2009 William S. Hein & Co., Inc. is pleased to offer special pricing on a selection of our newest and best selling titles during National Library Week! Purchase ONE title and receive 10% off Purchase TWO titles and receive 20% off Purchase THREE titles and receive 30% off…
Mark Estes, Editorial Director of AALL Spectrum, has forwarded the following Press Release about an important study published in the March/April 2009 issue of American Libraries, the journal of the American Library Association. The study suggests that people with untreated severe mantal illness may pose a greater risk to America’s…
Search limited to forthcoming hardcover books published in english: Criminal Justice in China: A History Author: Mühlhahn, Klaus Publisher: Harvard University Press ISBN or UPC: 0-674-03323-X (Active Record) Format: Trade Cloth Date: Apr 2009 Price: $29.95 Market: United States Availability: Readily Available LC Class #: KNN1572.M84 2009 Dewey#: 364.951 ISBN…
From the ABA General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division. Effective Strategies for Litigators Convincing the Judge: Practical Advice for Litigators by Cecil C. Kuhne III Learn what judges like and do not like and how to deal with the judge throughout the entire litigation process. This book distills the…
The new Information and Communications Index of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) compares developments in information and communication technologies (ICT) in 154 countries over a five year period from 2002 to 2007. The Index combines 11 indicators into a single measure that can be used as a benchmarking tool globally,…
Criminal Mental Health and Disability Law, Evidence and Testimony: A Comprehensive Reference Manual for Lawyers, Judges and Criminal Justice Professionals Exaamines in detail the legal relationships that link criminal justice, mental health, and disability discrimination law. Co-sponsored by ABA Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law and the ABA Criminal…
The TS-SIS Awards Committee is pleased to announce that the recipient of the Renee D. Chapman Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions in Technical Services Law Librarianship for 2009 is Curt E. Conklin. Curt is the Associate Director for Technical Services at the Brigham Young University Howard W. Hunter Law Library…
BY LYONETTE LOUIS-JACQUES Foreign Law Librarian and Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago D’Angelo Law Library Published by GlobaLex June/July 2007 From the Introduction: “This bibliography lists selected English-language resources on comparative criminal procedure. It focuses on journal articles, book chapters, and treatises covering comparative criminal procedure generally,…
March, 2009 Volume 21 Issue 2 LEAD ARTICLES: Strategies for Combating Anti-Gay Sentiment in the Courtroom by Sean Overland “This article describes the extent and nature of anti-gay sentiment, how it differs from racial bias, and how attorneys and jury consultants concerned about homophobia can combat anti-gay bias in the…
From: Lori Hedstrom, Marketing Manager, Librarian Relations, West a Thomson Reuters Business: Starting with the January 2009 issue (volume 10, number 1), Practice Innovations was converted to an electronic format. In part, this was done in accord with Thomson Reuters’ “going green” initiative; however, we also want to take full…