Legal Research

HUP's First New Journal in 30 Years, The Journal of Legal Analysis, is Now Online

Posted on February 05, 2009
The Journal of Legal Analysis, a new open-access law journal co-published by HUP and the John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business at Harvard Law School is up and running. The inaugural issue's articles include Adrian Vermeule's Many-Minds...

Oh Gosh! to be the only permitted expletive in the State of South Carolina

Posted on February 04, 2009
South Carolina State Senator Robert Ford has introduced S. 56 to outlaw naughty language. The bill states in part:Section 16-15-370. (A) It is unlawful for a person in a public forum or place of public accommodation wilfully and knowingly to...

Rethinking the Enrolled Bill Doctrine

Posted on February 04, 2009
The ?enrolled bill? doctrine requires courts to accept the signatures of the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate on the ?enrolled bill? as unimpeachable evidence that a bill has been constitutionally enacted. In Legislative Supremacy in the...

Information Errors in Wrongful Convictions

Posted on February 04, 2009
Information errors have contributed to a substantial number of wrongful criminal convictions in New York State, according to a new report, released January 30 by the New York State Bar Association?s Task Force on Wrongful Convictions. See the news release...

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Would Taxpayers Be Better Off By Paying Judges More?

Posted on February 04, 2009
Each year the U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice asks for pay raises for the federal judiciary in his year-end report [LLB post on the 2008 report] but if the notion is judges would be more productive if paid more, two...

Just Released, The International Politics of Judicial Intervention

Posted on February 04, 2009
Andrea Birdsall considers the most recent demands for justice within the international system, examining how such aspirations often conflict with norms of state sovereignty and non-intervention in The International Politics of Judicial Intervention: Creating a More Just Order (Routledge, 2009)...

Rex Libris Coming to the Big Screen

Posted on February 03, 2009
Sounds like Warner Bros. Pictures is bringing James Turner's comicbook "Rex Libris" to the big screen. I've never heard of "Rex Libris." You? According to Variety, the story revolves around head librarian Rex Libris, who must protect the world's knowledge...

Tech Trends and Copyright at ALA

Posted on February 03, 2009
ALA?s Midwinter meeting featured two programs of particular interest to law librarians. Georgia Harper?s presentation on copyright and open access, ?OA, IRs and IP: Open Access, Digital Copyright and Marketplace Competition," [paper | slides] sponsored by ALA ALCTS, makes the...

Beckman Center Report on Protecting Minors Online

Posted on February 03, 2009
The Berkman Center for Internet & Society has released the final report of the Internet Safety Technical Task Force, Enhancing Child Safety and Online Technologies.The Report finds that "risks minors face online are complex and multifaceted and are in most...

ABA Guide to Legal Issues for Distance Learning and Copyright

Posted on February 03, 2009
Distance Learning and Copyright: A Guide to Legal Issues explains the disparate treatment between what is permissible in face-to-face teaching situations versus distance learning; in forms educators and attorneys about the legal responsibilities of teaching distance learning courses; and helps...

February Issue of AALL Spectrum Online

Posted on February 03, 2009
The February issue of AALL Spectrum is available online in PDF format. This month?s articles feature: a librarian?s roadtrip to extend services statewide how to be a brand ambassador (Hint: Don?t emulate the big three auto execs.) why understanding personality...

Opening: Cataloging and Government Documents Librarian, Baylor Law School Library

Posted on February 03, 2009
POSITION: Cataloging and Government Documents Librarian QUALIFICATIONS: Master?s degree in library or information science from an ALA-accredited program; demonstrated knowledge and experience in original cataloging and authority control; knowledge of AACR2, LC classification, LCSH, MARC formats, and online catalog management...

Bart Simpson's Ad for Scientology

Posted on February 02, 2009
Nancy Cartwright, the voice of "Bart Simpson," made a recording promoting the Church of Scientology (below) upsetting the show's producers who did not authorize her use of the character and its use may violate Cartwright's contract with Fox. Will there...

Library Historian take on Google Books

Posted on February 02, 2009
More on the Google book deal from the NY Times. An optimistic take on the deal from Thomas Augst: ?A positive way to look at what Google is doing,? he said, ?is that it is advancing the circulating of books...

FT Sues for Unauthorized Password Sharing

Posted on February 02, 2009
On January 28, the Financial Times sued the Blackstone private equity firm for copyright infringement and violations of federal computer law due to an employee?s allegedly sharing his or her individual password to www.ft.com with other employees, according to the...

Congressional Quarterly for Sale

Posted on February 02, 2009
Congressional Quarterly is being offered for sale by its parent, the Times Publishing Company of St. Petersburg, Florida, according to Richard Pérez-Peña in the New York Times. See the press release. CQ is the publisher of several well-known information resources...

New Online Legal Research Tools from the UN

Posted on February 02, 2009
The UN Office of Legal Affairs, Codification Division has launched several new online resources: Official Records of Diplomatic Conferences; A new portal for all legal publications; UN Legal Publications Global Search; and RSS feed for the Audiovisual Library of International...

Visualization of Stimulus Plan

Posted on February 02, 2009
Following up on their mapping of where TARP funds are going, the great folks at ProPublica have designed a visualization of where funding in the pending American Recovery and Reinvestment Act would go. The interactive chart breaks down spending by...

Opening: Director of the Law Library, Saint Louis University Law Library

Posted on February 02, 2009
Saint Louis University, a Catholic, Jesuit institution dedicated to student learning, research, health care, and service invites applications for the position of Director of its Law Library. The Director of the Law Library also teaches advanced legal research courses and...

Vote for Your Favorite Super Bowl Ad

Posted on February 01, 2009
After the game, you can vote for your favorite ad at YouTube's Ad Blitz 2009. [JH]

Holding Celebrities Accountable for Their Service Pledges

Posted on February 01, 2009
The celebrity pledges in this video clip should make great fodder for the talking heads on Fox News. Note that this PSA was producted by Oprah Winfrey's production company. [JH]

An Interview with Obama's Campaign Manager, David Plouffe

Posted on January 31, 2009
The interview was conducted by Lloyd Grove and is available here. [JH]

And the First IHE to Break Into Fortune's Top 100 Workplaces Is ...

Posted on January 30, 2009
Vanderbilt is the first university to be named to Fortune's Top 100 Workplaces, coming in at 98th in this year's annual survey. The rankings are based on levels of credibility, respect, fairness, pride and camaraderie in the workforce. [JH]

HLS Receives $10 Million Gift for Laurence Tribe Chair

Posted on January 30, 2009
The WSJ Law Blog is reporting that Harvard Law School has received an anonymous gift of $10 million in honor of Laurence Tribe. [JH]

Friday Fun: All Beatle Songs Ranked

Posted on January 30, 2009
All 185 Beatle songs ranked with song-by-song commentary and YouTube links. Beatles fans can spend all day listening and debating. Here's the top ten and a video of the top ranked song. ?A Day in the Life? ?I Am The...

Legal Education Commons Launched by CALI

Posted on January 30, 2009
CALI in collaboration with Harvard?s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, has launched the Legal Education Commons, an open, searchable collection of resources designed specifically for use in legal education. Materials include 700,000 federal court decision obtained from public...

Legal Document Software Vendor Interwoven Acquired

Posted on January 30, 2009
Interwoven, Inc., vendor of popular document management software used by many U.S. law firms, has agreed to be acquired by Autonomy Corp. plc of Cambridge, UK, for $775 million in cash. Autonomy is a vendor of sophisticated search software, e-discovery...

Worried About Gmail Loosing Your Files?

Posted on January 30, 2009
GMDesk is an free application that lets you run Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs and Google Maps as a free stand-alone application to do all your mail handling, calendar event reading etc with. The little app is driven by Adobe...

Earn a Certficate in Copyright Management from SLA

Posted on January 30, 2009
The Special Library Association (via Click U) now offers a Certificate in Copyright Management. The program consists of 5 online courses (and a 6th just on Canadian copyright law for Canadians), with 2 in-person courses at the SLA conference in...

More New Titles on LLRX.com for January

Posted on January 30, 2009
New on LLRX: Collaboration Through Wikis at Hicks Morley Heather Colman explains how wikis were an ideal KM solution for her law firm. Quick and easy to set up, requiring little IT support, wikis support central data repositories and provide...

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