From the ABA Judicial Division:
The ABA Judicial Division presented and received favorable press coverage of the many wonderful programs during the 2008 Midyear Meeting in Los Angeles, CA, February 6-10. You can read, listen, and/or view these programs by clicking on the links below. This information is also posted to: http://www.abanet.org/jd/
Stranger in a Strange Land: Cross-Cultural Issues in the Courts — Video | Audio
We have recently received information on the following recent American Bar Association Publications:
ABA Standards for Criminal Justice, Third Edition: DNA Evidence
“The ‘black letter’ Standards contained and discussed in this publication relate to collecting, preserving and use of DNA evidence, DNA testing, pretrial proceedings, trial, post-conviction, charging by DNA profile, and DNA databases. The ‘black letter’ Standards were approved by the American Bar Association’s policymaking House of Delegates in August 2006. The commentary was approved by the Criminal Justice Standards Committee in July 2007. Although this publication is part of the Third Edition of the Criminal Justice Standards, this is the first volume relating to DNA Evidence.”
We just received the following announcement and thought some of you might be interested even if you are not able to participate.
Calling All Library Auteurs: Library Movie Festival!
Free Nylink Community Brown Bag Session
Jackson, William. “Wireless Rules for Oregon Courts,” Government Computer News, (February 1, 2008).
“Officials at the Oregon Judicial Department (OJD) ran into a problem several years ago when they began looking for a new home for the department’s information technology staff and equipment. ”
“Managers had to figure out how to connect the network operations center (NOC) with the state’s data center and support more than 2,000 department employees at 70 locations statewide without requiring IT staff members to spend all their time on the road….”
Law Firms ‘Abysmal’ Associate Attire Leads to Fashion Counseling Jan 31, 2008, 07:05 am CST
“The generational divide is playing out in law firm fashion wars, with younger lawyers favoring business casual and even yoga pants and older lawyers tending to wear more traditional business attire”…Continue reading
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January 2008 Newsmakers of the Year 2007 and 2008 Featured Stories:
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From LexisNexis, In the Know:
In an exciting move, LexisNexis has been able to work with numerous cities, municipalities, and villages to obtain the right to publish their local codes, statutes or ordinances (depending on the term that the location uses). These sources are currently scheduled for updates twice a year, but some municipalities are working to enable us to update their ordinances with greater frequency.
We currently have ordinances from 35 states, including Illinois, Florida, Georgia, Texas, California, Ohio, and Washington. The number of cities included for each state varies, and we are looking forward to adding more cities in the future.
From Cassidy Cataloguing Inc.
“We are pleased to announce that… Cassidy Cataloguing [is offering] MARC21 records for the World Trials Library. The MARC21 records for this collection will be developed and managed wholly by Cassidy Cataloguing, who is offering the records at a one-time subscription price. A subscription will include MARC21 records for up to 1,900 titles comprising Phase I of the World Trials Library. It will also include monthly updates that will coincide with new content released in Phase I of this library in HeinOnline. On average, we have been adding approximately 100 titles per month to the World Trials Collection and will continue to do so until the digitization of the Cornell Law collection is completed. After the digitization of Phase I is complete, we plan to further develop this library by adding additional historically significant trial collections, providing even greater access to trials that have been locked away for hundreds of years!”
If you have any questions about this service, please contact Cassidy Cataloguing at info@cassidycat.com or 973-586-3200
From William S. Hein and Company, Inc.:
1. Dahl’s Law Dictionary – Spanish/English 4th Edition
Now in its fourth edition, Dahl’s was the first bilingual dictionary containing encyclopedic definitions. This new edition includes more than 11,000 words and phrases to aid researchers in defining legal terms in both English and Spanish.
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Screening Justice – The Cinema of Law:
Significant Films of Law, Order and Social Justice
This recent publication from Hein contains more than 50 essays written by 50 legal scholars, professionals and professors, focusing on significant films about law, order and social justice. The essays selected for the book address a rich and diverse variety of films and issues, from justice in Nazi Germany to the American Dust Bowl to the role of military justice.
Sexual Orientation and the Law
A Research Bibliography Selectively Annotating Legal Literature Through 2005 AALL Standing Committee on Lesbian and Gay Issues
This indispensable research bibliography on sexuality issues is now available from Hein. This new edition aims to provide guidance to all librarians in both developing a core collection of relevant material and in providing research assistance to professors, students, attorneys and judges. It features 877 new entries and 235 new cases.
The Law and Mr. Smith
In this new acid-free reprint, author Max Radin attempts to explain to the average layperson what exactly the law is and the reasons behind why it is that way. This book is divided into three parts. The first part is devoted to theory and answering basic questions, the second part traces the evolution of law from the ancient Greeks, and the third part analyzes several legal categories such as obligation, compensation, property and crime.
The Law Relating to Works of Literature and Art
Embracing the Law of Copyright, the Law Relating to Newspapers, Law Relating to Contracts Between Authors, Publishers, Printers, etc., and The Law of Libel
This acid-free reprint from Hein is a great historical resource for your intellectual property collection. The work is intended to provide a compilation of all laws relating to literature and art. It is aimed towards the legal profession and those engaged in literary and artistic pursuits, whether as editors or publishers, with a complete statement of the law bearing on the subjects of their labors.
The Life and Letters of Roscoe Conkling Orator, Statesman, Advocate
This biography of a great and influential politician is now available newly reprinted from Hein. A New York lawyer and political leader, Roscoe Conkling was a very active politician throughout his life in the nineteenth century. Conkling was a member of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
Modern Democracies
This new acid-free reprint from Hein is an in-depth comparative study of the great democracies of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and will be an excellent addition to any legal history collection. Author James Bryce analyzes the religion, art, industry, inner working and structure of such governments as the United States, Canada, Switzerland, France and Australia.
A Practical Treatise on the Law of Contracts, Not Under Seal;
and Upon the Usual Defenses to Actions Thereon 4th Edition
The newly reprinted fourth edition of this popular book on the law of contracts contains a much more complete and comprehensive collection of cases and subjects, making it nearly twice the size and twice as useful as all previous versions.
Prize Law During the World War
A Study of the Jurisprudence of the Prize Courts, 1914-1924
This new acid-free reprint from Hein provides a survey of the organization, function and jurisdiction of the prize courts during World War I, which provided the most important contribution of the war to international law. Author James Wilford Garner sets out to summarize and compare the interpretation and conclusions of the prize courts of various nations in which such tribunals were formed and to point out the divergent decisions made in identical or similar circumstances.
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