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Legal Resources News Notes

Here are several recent new or updated legal resources of note:

Cuddihy's Definitive Analysis of the Fourth Amendment
The Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable search and seizure provides the bulwark for police regulation and many other government functions in the United States. One of the most controversial rights in the Bill of Rights, this amendment is also among the most frequently adjudicated provisions of constitutional law. Yet its meaning has remained deeply contested, and the story of its origins is largely unknown. William J. Cuddihy now provides the definitive analysis in his just released The Fourth Amendment: Origins and Original Meaning 602 - 1791 (Oxford UP, January 2009). Daniel J. Solove (George Washington University Law School) writes, "it's an absolutely essential volume for any scholar of constitutional history, criminal procedure, or the Fourth Amendment."

Legislative Resources Online: How Does GPO Access Measure Up to Other Government Websites and Fee-Based Websites?
The GPO has conducted a comparison of legislative information available on GPO Access to that available on selected, relevant Government Web sites and non-Government sites. This analysis compares two separate source bases of Government information to what currently resides on GPO Access. The first includes legislative resources available on external, free Government sites that provide resources to the public at no cost. The second includes legislative resources available on non-Government, commercial, fee-based Web sites.
Analyses and comparisons were executed on four Government Web sites including GPO Access, the House of Representatives Web site, the Senate Web site, and THOMAS. The commercial, fee-based Internet services evaluated were CQ.com, HeinOnline, Lexis-Nexis Congressional, and Westlaw.
Read more at the Law Library Blog

2008 Supplement to the U.S. Constitution
Providing analysis and Interpretation of the U.S. Constitution, as well as annotations of cases decided by the Supreme Court of the United States, the 2008 Supplement [Senate Document 110-17] is now available from the GPO.

Judges and Neroscience
Judges are now being educated about neuroscience. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in conjunction with the National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists (NCLS) has recently begun holding seminars on Neuroscience and Law aimed at educating judges and increasing the linkages between the scientific and legal communities. Read more at http://www.abanet.org/scitech/emergingnews/judsci.html

A New Minnesota Code of Judicial Conduct
By way of an Order issued December 18, the Minnesota Supreme Court promulgated a revised Code of Judicial Conduct that will take effect on July 1, 2009. Read more at Within the Scope blog.

Full post as published by LexLibris on December 22, 2008 (boomark / email).