The University of Wisconsin Law Library announced today the release of the J. Willard Hurst Collection. Hurst is, "... the man commonly identified as the father of modern American legal history." "The collection primarily spans the years 1932 through Hurst’s death in 1997. ... The collection includes Hurst’s personal outlines and notes; course texts; publications; […]
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THE WEEK OF June 8 - June 12, 2009
K 230 W29 A38 2009 Title: Understanding jurisprudence : an introduction to legal theory / Raymond Wacks. Publisher: Oxford ; Toronto : Oxford University Press, 2009. Description: xxiv, 392 p. ; 25 cm. Subject: Jurisprudence. Subject: Law--Philosophy. K 1505 P37 2008 Title: Patent law and theory : a handbook of contemporary research / edited by […]
THE WEEK OF June 1 - June 5, 2009
HD 7105.35 A7 R67 2004 Title: Las pensiones por vejez frente al derecho a la seguridad social / equipo de investigacion, Julieta Rossi y Luis Campos. Publisher: Buenos Aires : CELS, Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales, c2004. Description: 77 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Subject: Old age pensions--Argentina. Subject: Social security--Law and legislation--Argentina. […]
June 8 - June 12, 2009
SUBJECT HEADINGS – A – Actions and Defenses — Great Britain The illegality defence: a consultative report. The Law Commission. London: TSO, 2009. KF 9240 G753 2009 Agency (Law) — Canada Harvey, Cameron. Agency law primer. 4th ed. Toronto: Carswell, 2009. KF 1345 H37 2009 Appellate Courts — Commonwealth Countries Thompson-Barrow, Cheryl. Bringing justice home: […]
June 1 - June 5, 2009
SUBJECT HEADINGS – A – Actions and Defenses — Netherlands Hooijdonk, Marieke van. Litigation in the Netherlands: civil procedure, arbitration, and administrative litigation. Austin: W. Kluwer Law & Business, 2009. KKM 1666 H66 2009 Antitrust Law Leoni, Bruno. Law, liberty, and the competitive market. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2009. K 3850 L46 2009 Asylum, […]
WolframAlpha Search Engine and Legal Research
You may have heard the buzz about this new search engine WolframAlpha which it's creator, Stephen Wolfram, has dubbed a 'computational knowledge engine.' How does this search engine do when tasked with legal research type questions? Rob Richards, over at the Legal Informatics Blog, has summarized a discussion he's been hosting there. So far it […]
Richard Susskind talks about the 'End of Lawyers?'
With a rather provocative title Richard Susskind's recent book, 'The End of Lawyers?: Rethinking the Nature of Legal Services?', has garnered a little bit of attention in the legal world. Jacquie McNish writing in the Globe & Mail said: "... his futurism is rattling the profession ..." If you haven't yet had a chance to […]
May 25 - May 29, 2009
SUBJECT HEADINGS – A – Animal Welfare — Law and Legislation — Australasia Animal law in Australasia: a new dialogue. Editors: Peter Sankoff, Steven White. Annandale, NSW: Federation Press, 2009. KF 3841 A95 2009 Antitrust Law — Economic Aspects McNutt, Patrick A. Law, economics and antitrust: towards a new perspective. Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA: E. […]
May 18 - May 22, 2009
SUBJECT HEADINGS – C – Customary Law — China — History Katz, Paul R. Divine justice: religion and the development of Chinese legal culture. London; New York: Routledge, 2009. KNN 469 K38 2009 – L – Law and Biology The nexus of law and biology: new ethical challenges. Edited by Barbara Ann Hocking. Farnham, England; […]
May 11 - May 15, 2009
SUBJECT HEADINGS – A – Arbitration and Award, International Bühler, Michael, Dr. Handbook of ICC arbitration: commentary, precedents, materials. 2nd ed. London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2008. K 2400 B836 2008 Arbitration and Award, International — Congresses Multiple party actions in international arbitration. [Edited by the] Permanent Court of Arbitration. Oxford [England]; Toronto: Oxford University Press, […]