Law Library Blog

St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio has posted Supreme Court of Texas cases on iTunes.
See Supreme Court of Texas Cases Available on St. Mary´s iTunes U by Beth Barbee (10-November-2009):
Supreme Court of Texas Cases Available on St. Mary´s iTunes U
Date: 2009-11-10     Author: Beth Barbee
Since 2006, St. Mary’s University School of Law and [...]

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USA.gov, which provides official information and services from the United States Government, has recently organized federal government blogs by subject.
Under the current organization there are 11 categories:

Business and Economics Blogs: Small business owners, economics news…
Defense and International Relations Blogs: Military, foreign policy, veterans…
Environment, Energy, and Agriculture Blogs: Agriculture, environmental protection, saving energy…
Family, Home, and Community [...]

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The library has expanded its subscription service to the Legal Scholarship Network (part of SSRN). Now you can get all of LSN’s eJournals delivered directly to your email inbox. Simply follow the instructions below to sign-up (and feel free to contact the reference desk — reference {at} law.stanford.edu– if you’re having any trouble).
Here are the [...]

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The library is pleased to announce the acquisition of the new OnLAW database from California’s Continuing Education of the Bar.  OnLAW 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.
The [...]

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[cross-posted on LegalResearchPlus]
China Labor Watch, a New York based NGO, posts English language translations of Chinese labor and employment statutes and regulations, as well as the constitution and some local Shanghai regulations. These are unofficial versions.
Examples of statutes and rules available:
Trade Union Law
Labor Law
Law of Assemblies, Processions and Demonstrations
Regulations of the Compositionof Gross Wage
China Labor Watch
http://www.chinalaborwatch.org/index.htm
click on [...]

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[Cross-posted on Legal Research Plus]
New ways to visualize information make the research so much more interesting.  And, so it is very appealing to see what the Palm Center at U.C. Santa Barbara does for the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell debate.
“Using the Institute for Human & Machine Cognition (IHMC)’s Public concept mapping or Cmap Tools, the [...]

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A new Brief Guide to Low/No Cost Online American Legal Research has been posted in the law library’s Online Research section.

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Free access to some two million eBooks — through August 4, 2009 — is available at the Fourth Annual World eBook Fair (underway since July 4).
See:
Resource of the Week: Roundup of Recent Posts About eBooks…and Some Kindle Stuff
Hat tip to ResourceShelf.
Cross-posted on LegalResearchPlus.

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By Sergio Stone

Japan’s Ministry of Justice has a new Website that offers official English translations of thousands of Japanese statutes and regulations. The site provides bilingual versions of the laws and regulations. It also includes lexicographic notes explaining the translation of difficult terms. Here is an example of Article 1 of the Copyright Act [...]

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[cross-posted on LegalResearchPlus]
Students and others who wish to publish in Sidebar, Unbound, First Impressions, CONNtemplations, PENNumba, Yale Law Journal Pocket Part, and several other online law review supplements, will find this new 7-page submission guide to be extremely helpful.  It lists the types of submissions accepted, from whom submissions are accepted, how to submit, and more [...]

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