Legal Research

Library Removes Restrictions on Reproductions

Posted on May 13, 2009
Cornell library removes all restrictions on use of public domain reproductions In a "dramatic change of practice," Cornell University Library has decided it will no longer require its users to seek permission to publish public domain items duplicated from its collections...

New Faculty Publications from Bix, Sullivan, Tonry

Posted on May 12, 2009
Bix, Brian. Jurisprudence : theory and context. 5th ed. London : Sweet & Maxwell ; Thomson Reuters, c2009. Call number: K230.B57 J87 2009 Publisher?s Description: ?Professor Bix has a genius for writing about the most difficult and frequently arcane aspects of legal theory with a remarkable lightness of touch, an assurance, an authoritativeness, and a degree of accessibility which no other writer in this area can match? Adam Tomkins, Fellow and tutor in Law, St Catherine?s College, Oxford This title explains the often complex and difficult ideas in legal philosophy clearly and concisely but without over-simplification...

Updated Pretrial/Trial Practice Research Guide

Posted on May 11, 2009
Updated Research Guide: Pretrial & Trial Practice Materials A newly updated version of the Law Library?s ?Guide to Pretrial & Trial Practice Materials? is now available at: http://local.law.umn.edu/library/pathfinders/trialpractice.html. The guide?s primary focus is on trial practice in state and federal court in Minnesota...

Why do we have law libraries anymore?

Posted on May 08, 2009
If that?s a question that interests you, you?ll want to check out The Twenty-First Century Law Library [pdf], in the latest issue of Law Library Journal. The article is an edited version of a discussion that took place at the celebration of the renovation and expansion of Duke University?s Goodson Law Library in November 2008...

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Videos from FDLP

Posted on May 07, 2009
New Videos From the Federal Depository Library Program From the Announcement: GPO staffers recently took to the streets of Washington, DC to interview the public and find out how much they know about the FDLP. Three new videos are now available from the Desktop: What is a Federal depository library? Can you name a Federal Government publication? What comes to mind when you hear the word ?library?? We encourage you to spread the word about the FDLP by sharing the videos on your library?s Web site, various social media sites, social networking sites, or in presentations...

A Look at Law Day (May 1)

Posted on May 06, 2009
Law Day USA: A Reminiscence by the Author of the First Presidential Proclamation In 1958, President Eisenhower proclaimed the first Law Day a "day of national dedication to the principle of government under law" [text] following up on a suggestion by ABA President Charles S...

MN Grain Exchange Exhibit

Posted on May 05, 2009
Last week to view Minneapolis Grain Exchange Exhibit This is the last week to view the exhibit The End of an Era: Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX), on display at Magrath Library. You can view photographs of the items and more at the online exhibit site: http://magrath...

New resources from Law Library of Congress

Posted on May 05, 2009
Constitutional Interpretation and War Powers Resolution Sections Added to the U.S. Constitution Website The Law Library of Congress is proud to present two new articles focusing on U.S. constitutional issues. Both articles are available in their entirety in PDF on our U...

100 Law Related Twitter Feeds

Posted on May 05, 2009
100 Law Related Twitter Feeds Online Best Colleges has compiled a list of the Top 100 Twitter Feeds for Law Students. It is an interesting list of feeds from various legal folks and organizations, including law students, firms, attorneys, academics, law librarians, and more...

New Acquisitions in April 2009

Posted on May 05, 2009
Here is the list of new titles the Law Library acquired in April 2009. The list is on the Library's home page. April Acquisitions In addition, here are several highlighted titles of particular interest: The United States Constitution : a graphic adaptation / written by Jonathan Hennessey ; art by Aaron McConnell...

Librarian Quoted in Article about Westlaw

Posted on May 04, 2009
Suzanne Thorpe, Associate Director of Faculty Research and Instructional Services, was quoted in City Pages in an article about Westlaw. The article gives a detailed history of West Publishing and its rise over the years.

Exam Help from the Law Library

Posted on May 04, 2009
With exams here, the Law Library reminds you of some useful study aids available through the Library?s website: http://local.law.umn.edu/library/home.html Treatises, Hornbooks, Nutshells & Study Aids for Law Courses The most recent editions of the books on this list are in the reserve collection, available by request at the circ desk...

Quiet Hours May 4-15

Posted on May 01, 2009
During Law School exams May 4-15, part of the first floor of the Law Library is designated as QUIET STUDY AREAS. We have posted signs near the areas and would appreciate your cooperation in keeping this part of the library as quiet as possible. When studying in these areas please be sure to: ? turn off the sound on your laptop, ? turn off or silence your cell phone, ? and refrain from talking...

Martindale-Hubbell Connected

Posted on April 30, 2009
LexisNexis Officially Launches Martindale-Hubbell Connected LexisNexis has officially launched Martindale-Hubbell® Connected. In beta development since June 2008, the network launched with 3,000 members and six alliance partners - the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, Lex Mundi, the Council on Litigation Management, Pro Bono Net, the National Association of Women Lawyers, and TerraLex...

GPO Launches new Federal Digital System

Posted on April 29, 2009
GPO Launches FDsys I am pleased to announce the launch of FDsys, GPO's new Federal Digital System, an innovative tool to enable Americans and people worldwide to search and access the documents of the U.S. Government. FDsys is a one-stop site on which to find current, authentic, published information from all three branches of the U...

This Week's Highlighted Acquisitions

Posted on April 28, 2009
Ebbesson, Jonas and Phoebe Okowa, eds. Environmental law and justice in context. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. Call number: K3585 .E5793 2009 Publisher?s Description: This innovative collection of essays discusses the extent to which considerations of justice and fairness have permeated the legal debate on environmental protection...

New Research Guide on Vatican City State

Posted on April 27, 2009
Separating State from Church: A Research Guide to the Law of the Vatican City State Stephen Young (Catholic University) and Alison Shea (Fordham) have deposited Separating State from Church: A Research Guide to the Law of the Vatican City State in SSRN...

New Resource: The Legal Workshop

Posted on April 24, 2009
April 22, 2009 Chronicle of Higher Education "The Wired Campus Blog" Law Reviews Create Web Magazine Offering Condensed Articles Lawyers study for years to develop the patience to wade through dense legal tomes on such topics as the ?takings clause,? but what about the rest of us? A coalition of publications at a handful of prestigious law schools is looking out for curious laypersons who might be interested in the debate over intentionalist and textualist interpretations of the law, but don?t have the time to wrestle with a 78-page document brimming with footnotes and legalese...

New from LexisNexis: CaseMap

Posted on April 23, 2009
What is CaseMap? According to Sue Altmeyer, Electronic Services Librarian at Cleveland-Marshall: It's a research log tool provided by LexisNexis. Sue explains that LexisNexis CaseMap allows one to create tables of the actors, documents, evidence, pleadings and legal authorities, link them and create reports...

New Criminal Procedure Research Guide

Posted on April 21, 2009
The Law Library is pleased to announce the publication of a new research guide, ?Researching Criminal Procedure in Federal & Minnesota Trial Courts? . This guide covers print and electronic primary and secondary sources for criminal procedure research...

This Week's Highlighted Acquisitions

Posted on April 20, 2009
This week we highlight recent acquisitions received from the ABA. Enjoy! Friedman, Gary J. and Jack Himmelstein. Challenging conflict : mediation through understanding. Chicago, IL : American Bar Association, 2008. Call number: KF9084 .H56 2008 Publisher?s Description: This revolutionary book shows how through mediation parties can escape the trap of conflict rather than remain ensnared within its grasp at enormous cost to themselves and others...

MN Legal History Project

Posted on April 20, 2009
An excerpt from the MN Legal History Project website: The objective of The Minnesota Legal History Project is to increase knowledge of and research into the legal history of the State of Minnesota. It will do so by making available previously published articles and by publishing new or original studies of Minnesota?s legal past...

US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs

Posted on April 17, 2009
U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs http://indian.senate.gov/public/ In 1984, the U.S. Senate voted to make the Committee on Indian Affairs permanent, and the basic mission is "to study the unique problems of American Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native peoples and to propose legislation to alleviate these difficulties...

Military Law Review

Posted on April 15, 2009
Military Law Review [pdf] http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/Military_Law/Military-Law-Review-home.html The Library of Congress' Research Center of Military Legal Resources contains, among other publications, the Military Law Review. The Military Law Review has been published quarterly since 1958, and is meant to be used by military attorneys in their work and "'provides a forum for those interested in military law to share the products of their experience and research...

This Week's Highlighted Acquisitions

Posted on April 14, 2009
International criminal law / edited by M. Cherif Bassiouni. 3rd ed. Leiden, Netherlands : Martinus Nijhoff Pub., c2008. Call number: K5165 .I58 2008 Publisher?s Description: The definitive treatise on international criminal law, M. Cherif Bassiouni?s unique 3- volume collection is now in its third edition...

National Library Week Book/Media Drive Apr 13-17

Posted on April 13, 2009
During this week, National Library Week April 13-17, the Law Library will be collecting donated books, magazines, and media (CDs, videos, etc) for distribution to area nursing homes, jails, and community organizations without a full library. Consider donating your gently used materials! If you have any questions about this event, please contact Paula Seeger at seege030@umn...

Author Portraits Digital Collection

Posted on April 12, 2009
"Ever wondered what Louisa May Alcott looked like? That's her at left; it's her portrait in the New York Public Library's digital authors collection. Look how she had to perch sideways on the couch in order to accommodate her bustle. And how upright she sits! Did they ever slump in her day? Did they wear pajamas? My goodness, how could a woman write all corseted up like that? Of course, we can't learn much from looking at authors' photos, but that doesn't stop me from being curious...

Women in the Law

Posted on April 12, 2009
Here are some resources of note on the topic of Women in the Law: The Fairer Sex: What do we mean when we say we need more female justices? By Dahlia Lithwick, Slate blog It's almost an article of faith among Supreme Court watchers that President Obama will fill the bench's next vacancy?and perhaps the one after that, too?with a woman...

Ready for Your Close-up?

Posted on April 10, 2009
Academic Earth is making available "full video courses and lectures from the world's leading scholars." A number of disciplines are represented, including law. At the moment, only two courses are linked to from the law site: Introduction to Copyright Law by Professor Keith Winstein from MIT, and Climate Change: Law and Policy by Professor William Collins of the University of California at Berkeley...

ULibs Award Presentation April 22

Posted on April 09, 2009
University Libraries to be Presented with Prestigious "Excellence in Academic Libraries" Award The University of Minnesota Libraries are bringing in the cupcakes and trumpets to celebrate winning this year's prestigious Excellence in Academic Libraries Award (previously reported here)...

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