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The Face on Your Plate: the Truth about Food by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson. Published by Norton in 2009. Shelved at TX371 .M37 2009

This book shows how our food choices have an impact on more than just our waistlines! He shows what is wrong with the way we view animals, as well as the effect eating [...]

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American Society of International Law has released a brief paper on the Swine Flu, which includes a handy description of WHO pandemic phases.
The Swine Flu Outbreak and International Law
April 27, 2009
by David P. Fidler
David P. Fidler, an ASIL member, is the James Louis Calamaras Professor of Law and Director of the Center on American and [...]

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 These two books look at two very different areas of American politics and the way we are governed.

So Damn Much Money: the Triumph of Lobbying and the Corrosion of American Government. Published by Knopf in 2009, on the shelf at JK1118 .K35 2009

Lobbying is blamed for all kinds of problems with government and politics—how did [...]

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Indo-European Languages Tutorials is  a free site for learning twelve European languages. Grammar tips, verb conjugations, noun declensions, and vocabulary are available for French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Russian, Ukrainian, and Croatian. These tutorials are geared toward learning how to read the languages, but the French site includes audio files to help with pronunciation.  
 
Indo-European Languages [...]

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Take a break from studying and attend a presentation by two advanced degree students this Thursday:
Modeling Justice.  The selection of Judges and Justices in Latin America
Demian  Zayat and Everaldo Lamprea, Stanford Program in International Legal Studies (SPILS) Fellows
Thursday, April 30
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Bolivar House (582 Alvarado Row)
 
 
It’s just a short walk from the Law School.
http://campus-map.stanford.edu/
 
 
 

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[Cross-posted on LegalResearchPlus]
Law students working to improve the system — from the folks at Building a Better Legal Profession trying to improve the profession to the journal folks trying to redefine legal scholarship online with the Legal Workshop site — are inspiring.  And, here is another amazing feat: Robb, a law student at Lewis & Clark Law [...]

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Once in a while a couple books with similar themes arrive at the same time. These two titles are concerned with discrimination and civil rights, but their focus is very different.
More than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City by William Julius Wilson. Published by Norton in 2009. On the shelf at: [...]

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Reading Period starts on Friday, April 24th.   The Restricted Access period also begins on Friday — studying in the law library is restricted to law students only.  To help us enforce this policy, please bring your ID with you to the library.
Bring your appetite, too, as  April 24th also marks the start of the [...]

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As finals are just around the corner, you might be looking for a quiet place to study.
You have all come to love and live on the first and second floors of the law library. But, a really nice quiet space is hidden up on our third floor.
Tucked behind the book stacks, there are a [...]

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[Cross-posted on LegalResearchPlus]
A new, free, on-line publication — The Legal Workshop.
STANFORD, Calif., Apr 21, 2009 — A consortium of America’s most influential law reviews today launched The Legal Workshop ( www.legalworkshop.org), a free, online magazine featuring articles based on legal scholarship published in the print editions of seven participating law reviews: Stanford Law Review, New [...]

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