Robert Crown Law Library

Overview

From its humble beginnings of a single bookcase holding a set of The Pony Law Series, the Robert Crown Law Library has grown to a collection of over 500,000 print volumes and an incredible array of online databases. Our professional librarians and staff work closely with both faculty and students to answer a variety of research questions as well as help to identify and retrieve the legal and interdisciplinary materials.

The library is situated on four floors, with wireless internet access throughout. The first floor includes a beautiful, sunny reading room, with tables, carrels, and easy chairs along with computers and study rooms. The second floor includes, in addition to the reference staff, many resources for starting research. The second floor offers law students 24-hour access, a large reading room, an electronic information center, and a teaming area for collaborative projects. The third floor is ringed with study carrels situated among trees which grow on this floor — a peaceful place to work or relax.

Hours

Regular Hours
(Starting August 24, 2009)
2009-10 Calendar
Monday - Thursday 8:00 AM - Midnight
Friday 8:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Saturday 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Sunday 10:00 AM - Midnight
 
Holiday & Special Hours
2009
September 7 -- Labor Day Closed
November 21 -- Reduced hours (Sat.) 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
November 22 -- Pre-Thanksgiving (Sun.) Closed
November 23 - 25 -- Thanksgiving Week (Mon. - Wed.) 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
November 26 - 28 -- Thanksgiving Holiday (Thu. - Sat.)Closed
* Restricted Access Policy December 3 - 14: use of reading rooms is limited to law students only
December 4 -- Special study hours, Fri. 8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
December 5 -- Special study hours, Sat. 9:00 AM - 10:00 PM
December 11 -- Special study hours, Fri. 8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
December 12 -- Special study hours, Sat. 8:30 AM - 10:00 PM
December 15-17 -- Reduced Hours, Tue. - Thu. 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
December 18 -- Reduced Hours, Fri. 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
December 19 - January 1, 2010 (Holiday break)Closed
2010
January 18 -- Martin Luther King, Jr. DayClosed
February 15 --Presidents' Day 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
*Restricted Access Policy March 9 - 19: use of reading rooms is limited to law students only
March 12 -- Special study hours, Fri. 8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
March 13 -- Special Study hours, Sat. 9:00 AM - 10:00 PM
March 20 -- Reduced Hours 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
March 21 -- Pre-Spring Breack, Sun. Closed
April 10 -- Reduced Hours 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
*Restricted Access Policy May 29 - June 5: use of reading rooms is limited to law students only
May 29 -- Special study hours, Sat. 9:00 AM - 10:00 PM
May 31 -- Memorial Day 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
June 4 -- Special study hours, Fri. 8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
June 5 -- Special study hours, Sat. 8:30 AM - 9:00 PM
June 6 -- SLS Graduation 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
July 5 -- Independence DayClosed
September 6 -- Labor DayClosed
Spring/Summer Break Hours 2010
Spring Break: March 22 - 28
Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday 10:00 AM - Midnight
Summer Break: June 6- August 22
June 6 - 18 -- Special Paper Deadline Hours
Monday - Thursday 8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Friday 8:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Saturday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
June 19 - July 30 -- Bar Prep. Hours
Monday - Thursday 8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Friday 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday & SundayClosed
 
Reduced Hours: July 31 - August 22
Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday & SundayClosed
 

Note: Library hours and access policies are subject to change. For any updates, please call 650 723.2477.

Access

The Robert Crown Law Library welcomes Stanford students, faculty, and staff to delve into its collection of more than 500,000 books, 360,000 microform and audiovisual items, and approximately 8,000 periodicals, and invites them to turn to the Library's service-oriented staff with research questions.

For general questions about the Library, access, or services e-mail reference@law.stanford.edu or call 650 723.2477.

Stanford Law alumni/alumnae are always welcome to use the law library. If you are an alumnus or alumna and would like to obtain a special alumni library card (that will also grant access to other campus libraries), please fill out the online form or contact us at reference@law.stanford.edu. Please provide us with your name as you'd like it to appear on the card, your mailing address and your class year.

Attorneys may use the Library on a fee basis. For more information, e-mail reference@law.stanford.edu or call 650 723.2477.

Public Law Libraries

Services

Reference Services

Reference librarians are available to help you find your way around the Library and its legal materials, and assist you in locating materials that are not in our library. Reference assistance is available from 8:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. on Monday through Thursday and 8:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. on Friday. The reference desk phone number and voice mail is 650 725.0800, and our e-mail address is reference@law.stanford.edu.

Catalog (Socrates)

Socrates is the online catalog for all of the libraries at Stanford. All of the Law Library's collection is now on Socrates except for pre-1978 foreign materials and some statutes, court reporters, and reference books. Retrospective efforts are currently in progress and older material is continually being added to this online database.

Socrates is easy to use, but if you'd like assistance in using Socrates, please consult a reference librarian.

Circulation of Books

Monographs may be charged out for one month. Hardbound journals and pamphlets circulate out of the library for one day or longer to a carrel. The Course Reserve collection circulates for 2 hours. If you are unable to locate a book, please bring the call letters to the Circulation Desk for assistance; staff there can tell you which carrel the material is in or can initiate a recall or search. The Library uses an automated circulation system and all patrons who want to borrow will need a barcoded ID card.

If you wish to renew a book, you may not renew by telephone; however, you may renew by logging into My Account or sending an e-mail to CrownCirc@lists.stanford.edu.

Interlibrary Loan Services

Crown Law Library maintains agreements with libraries around the globe to obtain books, articles, documents, and other materials not available at Stanford's campus libraries. This service is available for Stanford Law School faculty, students and staff. If the research materials you need cannot be obtained at Stanford, fill out an Interlibrary Loan Request
Form
. Please contact our Interlibrary Loan Specialist with any questions you may have at smoss@stanford.edu or 650 723.1932.

CourseWork

CourseWork is Stanford University's web based course management system that displays announcements, syllabi, readings, and much more. All law school classes have a CourseWork page.

Digital Reserves

Digital Reserves functions as an archive of course materials that contains exams, model answers and reading materials from pervious years. Access is limited to the law school community.

Photocopying Facilities

The Library has 2 photocopy machines, both of which offer letter, legal and ledger size (17" x 11") copies. One machine is in the small room behind the Loan Desk on the first floor. The other is located on the second floor in the Teaming Room. You may purchase a copy card in either room by using the black card dispensing machine. The cost of the card is $1.00. The new card must be activated by putting additional value onto it, again by using the card dispenser.

Carrels, Cabinets & Shelves

On a space available basis, carrels on the third floor of the library may be reserved by JSD, and JD/PhD students, visiting law scholars, and law students working on faculty research projects.

Cabinet space on the third, and first floors of the library, and shelves on the third, and second floors of the library may be reserved by law students on a first-come, first-served basis. Students requesting more than two storage cabinet/shelves will be accommodated on a space available basis. Students may be asked to give up the additional shelves to accommodate additional students.

To register for a carrel, cabinets or shelves, please send an e-mail to reference@law.stanford.edu.

Student Journal Borrowing from Stanford University Libraries

Library borrowing must be set up through the law library before materials can be borrowed from campus libraries. Please check the authorized member lists from currently active journals and if your membership list is not posted, please do the following.

  1. Identify a library liaison, who will be responsible for returning recalled and overdue materials.
  2. E-mail the liaison's name and a list of students authorized to borrow for the journal to Naheed Zaheer.
  3. Contact reference@law.stanford.edu to set up your library journal space and arrange for liaison & source puller training.

Online Research

The Law Library—plus the Stanford University Libraries generally—provides access to hundreds of online research tools. For detailed descriptions of our most popular databases, please scroll down or click "i". To learn about these and other available tools from a reference librarian, please e-mail reference@law.stanford.edu or call 650 725.0800.

Brief Guide to Low/No Cost Online American Legal Research

Popular Databases

BNA

BNA publishes over 200 print and electronic news, analysis, and reference products that provide intensive coverage of legal and regulatory developments for decision makers in business and government. Please inquire at the Reference Desk. BNA access is limited to the Stanford Law School community. Stanford Law students, staff and faculty can request electronic subscriptions to:

  • ABA/BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct
  • Antitrust & Trade Regulation Report
  • Bankruptcy Law Reporter
  • Criminal Law Reporter
  • Electronic Commerce & Law Report
  • Employment Discrimination Report
  • Environment Reporter
  • Family Law Reporter
  • Health Law Reporter
  • Intellectual Property Library
  • International Environment Reporter
  • International Trade Daily
  • International Trade Reporter
  • Labor & Employment Law Library
  • Patent Trademark & Copyright Journal
  • Securities Regulation & Law Report
  • Tax Management (TM) Portfolios Plus
  • TM Weekly Report
  • TM Weekly State Tax Report
  • U.S. Law Week
  • White Collar Crime Report
  • World Intellectual Property Report

Bloomberg Law

This product is from the well-known provider of business and financial news data and described as an "all inclusive tool providing in-depth legal analysis, filings, opinions, real-time and archival news, indexes, rankings, company and biographical information, research and streaming live trial coverage on a single, integrated desktop platform." Access is via either of the two dedicated Bloomberg terminals on the first floor of the law library or, more conveniently, using "Bloomberg Anywhere" together with a biometric device (called the "B-Unit") on any computer connected to the Internet/World Wide Web. For information, please inquire at the reference desk by telephone to 650 725.0800 or by e-mail to reference@law.stanford.edu. One particularly noteworthy feature is the current Bloomberg Law Report library of topical law reports in areas like antitrust & trade, banking & finance, and director & officer liability, among others.

CasemakerX

Free service (and a product of Lawriter, LLC, a division of Collexis Holdings, Corp., a "contextual" search software company) supported by the Casemaker Bar Consortium and its 475,000 attorney membership consisting of state bar associations across the United States. The suite of free materials includes case law, codes & statutes, medical support documents and experts, and languages. Each user signs up individually at the Member Login box.

CEB OnLAW

CEB OnLAW, a product of the non-profit legal publisher of the University of California, Office of the President (in association with the California State Bar) Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB), provides access to more than 125 of CEB's California practice guides. OnLAW's "libraries" organize the CEB guides by practice area, namely: business law; criminal law; estate planning; family law; litigation; and real property law. Access is IP based for Stanford University. Remote access is available using Stanford's proxy server instructions at: http://library.stanford.edu/apcproxy/index.html

Eighteenth Century Collections Online

Use Eighteenth Century Collections Online to access the digital images of every page of 150,000 books published during the 18th Century. With full-text searching of approximately 33 million pages, the product allows researchers new methods of access to critical information in the fields of history, literature, religion, law, fine arts, science and more.

Environmental Law Reporter

Published by the Environmental Law Institute, the ELR covers recent developments in the courts, Congress, and agencies and contains primary law sources and articles and analysis of environmental law issues. Stanford Law students and faculty can request the password at the Reference Desk.

Fastcase

Fastcase is an alternative legal research database that features a full national case law library (including tax, claims, and bankruptcy courts); state case law; and federal and state statutes and regulations. It also has an "interactive timeline" feature, which provides a way of visualizing the relevance of search results. Cases are represented as circles on a timeline graph. The bigger the circle, the more citations to that case, and therefore the more relevant it is likely to be to the research query.

Foreign Law Guide

Current sources of codes and basic legislation in jurisdictions from around the world. Foreign Law Guide access is limited to the Stanford Law School community.

Foreign Legal Periodicals Index

Foreign Legal Periodicals indexes articles from over 450 legal periodicals from 1985 to the present. It is updated quarterly. For advanced search tips, see the Database Field Guide link. Access to Foreign Legal Periodicals Index is limited to the Stanford University community.

Goldstein on Copyright (CCH IntelliConnect)

A comprehensive treatise with detailed analysis of every aspect of copyright law, from registration to licensing to infringement and litigation. Written by Paul Goldstein, Stanford Law School professor and Of Counsel to Morrison & Foerster. Includes explanations of applicable copyright law to the music, publishing, motion picture, commercial art, and software industries. Also covers international copyright law, as well as the intersection of copyright law with bankruptcy, antitrust law, and Lanham Act doctrines that fill in the gaps in traditional copyright protection. Available to Stanford Law School users only -- requires free registration with CCH IntelliConnect.

HeinOnline

The Modern Link to Legal History...Hein-On-Line contains full text of many law journals dating back to the 1800's. Users may browse by journal name, author or article, and full-text searching is also available. Access to Hein-On-Line is limited to the Stanford University community. For easy access use: HeinOnline EZPROXY

Index to Legal Periodicals & Books

Bibliographic database citing articles from legal periodicals (including law reviews, bar association journals, university publications, yearbooks, institutes, and government publications) and indexing law books. Access is limited to the Stanford University community.

Knowledge Mosaic

Online information resources for legal professionals working in highly regulated industries, including securities, energy, and communication. Access is limited to the Stanford Law School community. Please inquire at the Reference Desk.

LawInfoChina

English-language resources on Chinese law created and maintained by Chinalawinfo Co., Ltd., and the Legal Information Center of Peking University. It includes full-text databases for laws, regulations, cases, and legal news.

LLMC Digital

LLMC is a non-profit cooperative serving member libraries' needs for preservation, space recovery, and collection development on film and online. In its first 27 years of operation, it filmed over 7,500 titles, some 90,000 volumes, of interest to researchers in law and history. Its backfile comprises the world's largest collection of legal literature and government documents in microform. That backfile, and future filming of some 10,000 volumes per year, are being made available for online access on this website.

Leadership Library

The Leadership Library Online provides who's who information from 14 sectors in the United States, including corporate, financial, government (federal, local and state) and non-profit. Access is limited to the Stanford Law School community. Please inquire at the Reference Desk.

Legal Scholarship Network

The Legal Scholarship Network publishes a series of electronic journals of abstracts -- of working papers as well as articles -- in various areas of law. The Legal Scholarship Network also publishes weekly Professional Announcements that include announcements such as important professional meetings, calls for papers and special issues of journals, and Professional Job Listings. Access is limited to the Stanford Law School Community. Please inquire at the Reference Desk.

LEXIS/NEXIS

Contact Information:

At Home:
Lexis/Nexis Customer Service: 1 800 45.LEXIS

Additional Service

Legal Education Applications Consultant: Jessica Bride
E-mail: jessica.bride@lexisnexis.com

Student Reps:
E-mail: lexis-help@lists.stanford.edu

Messages:
Messages for the student associates may be left in their mail slots downstairs.

LoisLaw

Loislaw.com's database includes statutes, acts, caselaw and administrative regs from all 50 states, decisions from federal appellate courts, and the U.S. Code, CFR and Federal Register. More databases probably will be added in the future. An activation code is required to register. Please inquire at the Reference Desk.

MoML

Ten million pages of legal history from America and Britain. Full text searching of more than 21,000 works from casebooks, local practice manuals, form books, works for lay readers, pamphlets, letters, speeches, etc. separated into 99 subject areas. Access is limited to members of the Stanford community. For easy access use: Gale Group EZPROXY

MoML Trials 1600-1926

More than 10,000 titles - and almost two million pages of fully searchable content – derived from the holdings of the law libraries of Harvard and Yale, as well as The Library of the Bar of the City of New York, about the courtroom dramas between 1600 and 1926 that rocked society in America, England and the British Empire. The texts give insights into familial relations and gender conventions, and may be the best source available for nineteenth-century divorce and marriage. The database also contains material offering constitutional value. Many trials engage important historical issues, including the Dred Scott case and the Scopes Monkey Trial. Access is limited to members of the Stanford community. For easy access use: Gale Group EZPROXY

Newspapers

Newspapers (current and historical) such as the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post can be accessed via ProQuest's Social Science Module on the Stanford University Databases webpage by searching under the subject "News" or for "ProQuest" or the individual newspaper's name. Access is limited to members of the Stanford community.

RIA Checkpoint

RIA Checkpoint is a database of authoritative tax information, which includes current as well as archival tax research materials. Included in RIA is a complete library of federal, state, local and international tax materials, as well as WG&L treatises and daily updates of cases and rulings. Please inquire at the Reference Desk if you would like to set up an account.

PACER

Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) is an electronic public access service that allows users to obtain case and docket information from Federal Appellate, District and Bankruptcy courts, and from the U.S. Party/Case Index. A password is required. Please inquire at the Reference Desk.

Stanford University Databases

This is an alphabetical list of many networked databases available at Stanford. Many of the resources are restricted to members of the Stanford community.

Supreme Court Records and Briefs

Provides nearly 11 million pages of records and briefs from over 150,000 cases brought before the U.S. Supreme Court in the period 1832-1978. Also contains full-text search capabilities to more than 350,000 documents, including appellant's and appellee's briefs, oral transcripts, and petitions for writ of certiorari. Access is limited to members of the Stanford community. For easy access use: Gale Group EZPROXY

TRACFED

TRACFED is a unique source of authoritative information about federal enforcement activities. Coverage includes all criminal matters recommended for prosecution in the federal courts and t he civil income tax audits by the IRS. TRACFED allows you to enter TRAC's massive data sets and order your own customized data package.

WESTLAW

Contact Information

At Home:
West Customer Service: 1 800 850.WEST
West Reference Attorneys: 1 800 850.9378

Additional Service

West Academic Representative: Mark Cygnet
E-mail: Mark.Cygnet@thomsonreuters.com

Student Reps: Schedule
E-mail: westlaw-help@lists.stanford.edu

Messages:
Messages may be left for the student reps in their mail slots downstairs.

WorldTradeLaw.net

WorldTradeLaw.net provides searchable full text of GATT/WTO Panel and Appellate Body reports; WTO arbitration awards and decisions; Uruguay Round agreements; Tokyo Round agreements; Doha decisions/decla-rations; NAFTA Chapter 20 Panel reports; NAFTA and related legal instruments; Dispute settlement commentaries (DSCs) for awards and decision, and primary source documents related to international trade law.

Recent Catalog Additions

Below are the most recent 20 items (of 500) from the RSS feed.

Roger Williams University law review. Vol. 13, no. 1.
Publisher: Bristol, R.I. : Roger Williams University School of Law,c2008.
Subjects: Torts United States Congresses.
Recent developments in Minnesota law ; Recent Minnesota Supreme Court decisions : case notes ; Tobacco Law Symposium.
Publisher: Saint Paul, Minn. : William Mitchell College of Law,2008.
Subjects: Minnesota. Supreme Court. , Law Minnesota. Tobacco Law and legislation Minnesota.
The First Amendment and the fifth estate : regulation of electronic mass media / by T. Barton Carter, Marc A. Franklin, Jay B. Wright.
Author: Carter, T. Barton.
Publisher: New York : Foundation Press ;[Eagan, Minn.] : Thomson/West, c2008.
Subjects: Broadcasting Law and legislation United States. Cable television Law and legislation United States. Press law United States.
Prosecutorial misconduct : law, procedure, forms / Joseph F. Lawless.
Author: Lawless, Joseph F.
Publisher: Newark, N.J. : LexisNexis,c2008.
Subjects: Public prosecutors United States. Prosecution United States Decision making. Legal ethics United States.
Carbonomics : how to fix the climate and charge it to OPEC / by Steven Stoft.
Author: Stoft, Steven
Publisher: Nantucket, Mass. : Diamond Press,c2008.
Subjects: Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. , Energy policy. Petroleum industry and trade. Global warming.
Special issue : parallel applicability of international humanitarian law and international human rights law.
Publisher: Jerusalem : Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Law,c2007.
Subjects: Humanitarian law Congresses. Human rights Congresses.
Identity captured by law : membership in Canada's indigenous peoples and linguistic minorities / Sbastien Grammond.
Author: Grammond, Sbastien, 1970-
Publisher: Montreal ; Ithaca [N.Y.] :McGill-Queen's University Press, c2009.
Subjects: Linguistic minorities Legal status, laws, etc. Canada. Human rights Canada.
Decoding the U.S. corporate tax / Daniel N. Shaviro.
Author: Shaviro, Daniel N.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Urban Institute Press,c2009.
Subjects: Corporations Taxation Law and legislation United States.
Constitutional futures revisited : Britain's Constitution to 2020 / edited by Robert Hazell.
Publisher: Basingstoke [England] ; New York :Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Subjects: Constitutional law Great Britain.
Living constitution, dying faith : progressivism and the new science of jurisprudence / Bradley C.S. Watson.
Author: Watson, Bradley C. S., 1961-
Publisher: Wilmington, Del. : ISI Books,c2009.
Subjects: Constitutional law United States Philosophy. Constitutional law United States Interpretation and construction. Progressivism (United States politics)
Essays on Levinas and law : a mosaic / edited by Desmond Manderson.
Publisher: Basingstoke [England] ; New York :Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Subjects: Lvinas, Emmanuel. , Ethics. Law Philosophy.
The Fourth Amendment : its history and interpretation / Thomas K. Clancy.
Author: Clancy, Thomas K.
Publisher: Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press,c2008.
Subjects: United States. Constitution. 4th Amendment. , Searches and seizures United States.
Federalism as seen by the U.S. Supreme Court / by Richard H.W. Maloy.
Author: Maloy, Richard H. W.
Publisher: Lake Mary, FL : Vandeplas Publishing,2008.
Subjects: United States. Supreme Court. , Federal government United States. Constitutional law United States.
Special education law : statutes and regulations / [compiled by] Mark C. Weber, Ralph Mawdsley, Sarah Redfield.
Publisher: Newark, NJ : LexisNexis,2008.
Subjects: Special education Law and legislation United States. Children with disabilities Education Law and legislation United States.
Constitutional law : the religion clauses / by Daniel O. Conkle.
Author: Conkle, Daniel O.
Publisher: New York : Foundation Press ;[St. Paul, MN] : Thompson/West, 2009.
Subjects: United States. Constitution 1st Amendment. , Freedom of religion United States.
Trademark and unfair competition law and policy in Japan / Kenneth L. Port.
Author: Port, Kenneth L.
Publisher: Durham, NC : Carolina Academic Press,c2007.
Subjects: Trademarks Law and legislation Japan. Competition, Unfair Japan.
Fragmenting fatherhood : a socio-legal study / Richard Collier and Sally Sheldon.
Author: Collier, Richard, 1961-
Publisher: Oxford ; Portland, Or. :Hart, 2008.
Subjects: Fathers Legal status, laws, etc. England. Fathers Legal status, laws, etc. Wales. Parent and child (Law) England. Parent and child (Law) Wales. Fatherhood Social aspects. Family.
The unauthorised agent : perspectives from European and comparative law / edited by Danny Busch and Laura J. Macgregor.
Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; New York :Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Subjects: Agency (Law) Europe. Agency (Law) Third parties (Law) Europe. Third parties (Law) Fraud Europe. Fraud.
International courts and environmental protection / Tim Stephens.
Author: Stephens, Tim, LL. B., M. Phil.
Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; New York :Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Subjects: Environmental law, International Cases.
The development of intellectual property protection in the Arab world / Mohammed El Said ; with a foreword by Peter Drahos.
Author: El Said, Mohammed, 1976-
Publisher: Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press,c2008.
Subjects: Intellectual property Arab countries.

Reference Lounge Readings

We are pleased to present:

The Reference Lounge Readings series!

12:45 pm - 2:15 pm

Reference Lounge
(2nd Floor)

Come hear authors read and discuss their writings.

Home-baked sweets served! Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch.

Suggestions for future Reference Lounge Readings?
Let us know: reference@law.stanford.edu

 
Stephen Schultze, RECAP the Law and the Movement to Free Government Records January 11, 2010

Stephen Schultze


Co-hosted by Center for Internet & Society (CIS)

A talk on "RECAP the Law and the Movement to Free Government Records" given by Stephen Schultze, Associate Director at the Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton University.

 
Jonathan Zittrain, Civic Technologies and the Future 
of the Internet October 28, 2009

Jonathan Zittrain

Co-hosted by Center for Internet & Society (CIS)

A talk on "Civic Technologies and the Future of the Internet" given by Jonathan Zittrain, author of The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It.

 
Helen Stacy, Human Rights for the 21st Century: Sovereignty, Civil Society, Culture April 14, 2009

Helen M. Stacy
Human Rights for the 21st Century: Sovereignty, Civil Society, Culture

Co-hosted by Stanford International Human Rights Law Association (SIHRLA)

“This fundamental and timely book responds to the pressing need among international lawyers and human rights advocates for a stronger theoretical foundation to support international human rights law.”
— M.N.S. Sellers, University of Baltimore

 
Lawrence Lessig, Remix February 10, 2009

Lawrence Lessig
Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy

Co-hosted by Stanford Law and Technology Association (SLATA)

Remix is a wealth of interesting examples and theories on how and why digital technology and copyright law can promote professional and amateur art. As [Lessig] sees it, reforming copyright law is the only way to salvage it: 'We can't stop our kids from using the technologies we give them to remix the culture around them.'”
— M.J. Stephey, TIME

 
Richard Thompson Ford, The Race Card November 20, 2008

Richard Thompson Ford
The Race Card: How Bluffing About Bias Makes Race Relations Worse

Co-hosted by Black Law Student Association (BLSA)

“Engagingly written and urgently argued, Ford's take on how identity politics in America have gone horribly wrong manages to be both provocative and fair.”
— Dahlia Lithwick, Slate

 
Samantha Barbas, The First Lady of Hollywood: A Biography of Louella Parsons

Lawrence M. Friedman, Guarding Life's Dark Secrets: Legal and Social Controls over Reputation, Propriety, and Privacy
October 28, 2008

Samantha Barbas, (SLS '10)
The First Lady of Hollywood: A Biography of Louella Parsons

Lawrence M. Friedman Guarding Life's Dark Secrets: Legal and Social Controls over Reputation, Propriety, and Privacy

Co-hosted by Stanford Entertainment and Sports Law Association (SESLA)

“Historian Barbas' thoroughly researched and footnoted biography of the powerful gossip columnist who virtually invented celebrity journalism asks to be taken seriously as a chronicle of American history at a pivotal time.”
Publishers Weekly

 
Geoffrey King, Liberty Portrait Studio September 5, 2008

Geoffrey King (SLS ’09)
Liberty Portrait Studio: Political Demonstrations, March 2003 to March 2008

Co-hosted by American Constitution Society (ACS)

An opening for an exhibit of photographs of political demonstrations taken by Geoffrey King between March 2003 and March 2008. This exhibit open in the Robert Crown Law Library, August–December 2008.

 
Paul Goldstein, A Patent Lie September 4, 2008

Paul Goldstein
A Patent Lie

Co-hosted by Stanford Law and Technology Association (SLATA)

A Patent Lie, the new novel by Paul Goldstein, trumps John Grisham's work in every way.”
— Alan Cheuse, NPR's All Things Considered

 
Yifat Holzman-Gazit, Land Expropriation in Israel April 10, 2008

Yifat Holzman-Gazit
Land Expropriation in Israel

“Dr. Holzman-Gazit's book is a dispassionate, insightful and illuminating exploration of the relationship between legal and political institutions and the power and non-power of courts to affect policy in the modern world.”
— Lawrence M. Friedman

 
Barbara Olshansky, Democracy Detained November 20, 2007

Barbara Olshansky
Democracy Detained: Secret Unconstitutional Practices in the U.S. War on Terror

“This important book portrays an administration dedicated to... dismantling the rights that were partially instituted by the Constitution and deepened and enriched through dedicated struggle ever since.”
— Noam Chomsky

 

 

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