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New Haven may be an urban area, but it’s no concrete jungle. In addition to the Green, a tree-lined park and recreation area located right in the middle of downtown New Haven, the city is home to a number of parks, rivers, mountains, nature trails...
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Accountability Katarina Staronova & Erik Láštic, Into the Labyrinth: The Rewards for High Public Office in Slovakia (May 2013) [ SSRN ] Joel Rheuben, Enhancing the Right to Know in Japan: Translation of and Commentary on Proposed Amendments...
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We recently acquired 18 pamphlets, many of them illustrated, on the 1820 trial of Queen Caroline of England, one of the most sensational events of Regency England. Her husband, the unpopular King George IV , put her on trial for adultery in the House...
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Accountability & Decision-making Processes Bennis Wai Yip Soa, Civic Engagement in the Performance Evaluation of the Public Sector in China, in: Public Management Review (April 2013) [ Taylor & Francis Online ] Nicholas Bagley, Bedside Bureaucrats...
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The Rare Book Collection is excited to announce that it now has its own section in the Lillian Goldman Law Library's eYLS Repository . Titled Yale Law Special Collections , it contains digitized rare books and manuscripts from the Rare Book Collection...
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Accountability & Decision-making Processes Daniel E. Walters, Litigation-Fostered Bureaucratic Autonomy: Administrative Law Against Political Control (March 2013) [ SSRN ] Thomas Owen McGarity & Sidney A. Shapiro, Regulatory Science in Rulemaking...
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Thursday night is date night. It’s a tradition that my husband and I started in 2009, shortly after I signed my life away to began working for a big law firm, as a way for us to make sure we spent some quality time together at least once a week...
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Michael von der Linn, lead curator of our current exhibit, " From Litchfield to Yale: Law Schools in Connecticut, 1782–1843 ," will be speaking about the exhibit on April 19 at the Litchfield Historical Society in Litchfield, Connecticut...
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Michael von der Linn's March 27 talk, "From Litchfield to Yale: Footnotes to the Exhibit," is now available online in the Lillian Goldman Law Library's Vimeo channel . Von der Linn, Manager of the Antiquarian Book Department at The Lawbook...
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The Yale Law Library Rare Books Blog turns five years old today, a good occasion for marking highlights and saying "thank you." Far and away the most popular posting of the last five years is " Holy diploma! Is Batman a Yale Law School...
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From Litchfield to Yale: Law Schools in Connecticut, 1782-1843 An exhibition talk by Michael von der Linn Connecticut gave birth to the earliest American law schools, one of which lives on today as the Yale Law School. A March 27 talk at the Yale Law...
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I’ll cut to the chase. Here’s what I love about the food at Basil Restaurant: it’s fast, it’s cheap, it’s tasty, and it’s diverse. For the law student on a budget, you really can’t ask for much more. Basil is...
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Accountability & Decision-making Processes Christopher R. Yukins & Jose A. Cora, Feature Comment: Considering the Effects of Public Procurement Regulations on Competitive Markets (March 2013) [ SSRN ] Robin Kundis Craig & J. B. Ruhl, Designing...
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The Legal History and Rare Books Section (LH&RB) of the American Association of Law Libraries, in cooperation with Cengage Learning, announces the Fourth annual Morris L. Cohen Student Essay Competition . The competition is named in honor of Morris...
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Accountability & Decision-making Processes Susan Rose-Ackerman & Thomas Perroud, Policymaking and Public Law in France: Public Participation, Agency Independence, and Impact Assessment (February 2013) [ SSRN ] Aziz Z. Huq, Removal As A Political...
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A few weeks ago, I mentioned (with great trepidation) that Asha and I would be taking a BYOB painting class together. Well, we did it. And it was pretty freaking awesome. Here's the backstory: this past fall, Asha found a Groupon deal for a three...
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Unless you have been living in a cave for the past few years (feel free to write your personal statement about the experience if you have), you have probably read at least one of the several hundred articles, op-eds, and blog posts written about the implosion...
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Accountability & Decision-making Processes Nina A. Mendelson, Should Mass Comments Count? (February 2013) [ SSRN ] Kenneth J. Arrow et al., How Should Benefits and Costs Be Discounted in an Intergenerational Context? The Views of an Expert Panel ...
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The news of Pope Benedict XVI's resignation brings to mind an image from our rare book collection that illustrates a previous papal resignation, that of Pope Celestine V. Celestine appears together with his successor, Boniface VIII, in an image at...
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We sincerely thank the following individuals for their help in making this exhibit possible. -- Michael von der Linn & Michael Widener Virginia Apple State of Connecticut Judicial Branch Whitney Bagnall Kate Baldwin Litchfield Historical Society The...
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Baldwin, Simeon E. “Zephaniah Swift.” In Great American Lawyers (William Draper Lewis; ed.; Philadelphia: John C. Winston Company, 1907-1909). Fisher, Samuel H. Litchfield Law School 1774-1833: Biographical Catalogue of Students . Yale Law...
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Affiliation with Yale helped to insure the continuity of Hitchcock and Daggett’s school. The others did not survive. Gilbert closed his school in Hebron around 1818. We’re not sure why, but he was probably responding to a combination of professional...
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A handful of college and college-affiliated law schools existed in the early decades of the nineteenth century. The College of William & Mary established a law department in 1790, which granted America’s first LL.B. in 1793. Others schools followed...
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In Connecticut and elsewhere, instructors in the proprietary schools played a crucial and self-conscious role in the Americanization of the common law. Applying practical experience, political beliefs, and the ideology of the American Revolution, they...
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Sir William Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-1769) was based on a course of undergraduate lectures that Blackstone delivered at Oxford University. Intended for future members of England’s ruling class, it was the first...
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In the first quarter of the nineteenth century law books became widely available at affordable prices, thanks to the growth of the American publishing industry and improved communications. Instruction shifted gradually to the textbook-lecture method....
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Reeve, Gilbert, Gould, and Swift taught their students through lectures. This was the most common pedagogical system of the eighteenth and early nineteenth century. The lectures presented a synopsis and interpretation of a given topic, along with case...
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Tapping Reeve (1744-1823) B.A., Princeton, 1763, M.A., 1766. Read law in Hartford under Judge Jesse Root, later chief justice of Connecticut. Judge of the Connecticut Superior Court, 1798-1815, chief judge, 1815-1816. Author of The Law of Baron and Femme...
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“Advertisement.” In Catalogue of the Litchfield Law School, from 1793 to 1827 inclusive (Litchfield, Conn.: S. S. Smith, 1828). [Image cropped.] Rare Book Collection, Lillian Goldman Law Library. For the most part, Connecticut law schools...
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Until the end of the nineteenth century most students prepared for the bar through an apprenticeship or self-study. These methods were often criticized by elite lawyers, who believed legal education would be more rigorous and thorough if it was taught...
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The European Ombudsman and the European Parliament have been pushing for some time now for the drafting of a European code of administrative procedure. The project is under way and the European Parliament has adopted a Resolution with recommendations...
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A new Yale Law Library exhibit celebrates Connecticut's role as the birthplace of vocational legal education in the United States. The exhibit, "From Litchfield to Yale: Law Schools in Connecticut, 1782-1843," is on display through May 2013...
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Accountability & Decision-making Processes Ryan Bubb & Patrick L. Warren, Optimal Agency Bias and Regulatory Review (January 2013) [ SSRN ] Bruce M. Owen, Decorrupting Government -- The United States Board of Overseers (January 2013) [ SSRN ]...
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My colleague at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library , Raymond Clemens, recently asked me for a list of the Law Library's medieval manuscripts in vernacular languages. The list is in three parts: (1) complete manuscripts, (2) facsimiles...
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A few months ago, I stumbled upon – and blogged about – Sababa , a recently-opened falafel/shawarma shop in the mix-and-match style of Chipotle. Well, there’s another new kid on the block that lets you pick and choose how you want your...
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Judicial Review Alexander H. Türk, Oversight of Administrative Rulemaking: Judicial Review, 19 European Law Journal 126 (2013) [ Wiley ] Linda D. Jellum, The Impact of the Rise and Fall of Chevron on the Executive's Power to Make and Interpret...
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I find it astonishing that I have to address Character & Fitness issues every year, but despite having written here and here about being completely candid in your application, every year I come across applications that provoke me to shut the door...
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The Lillian Goldman Law Library is pleased to announce a Rare Book Fellowship to train the next generation of rare law book librarians. We encourage applications from recent graduates and from those who are about to finish a degree in Library Science...
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Accountability Marc Hertogh, Why the Ombudsman Does Not Promote Public Trust in Government: Lessons from the Low Countries (November 2012) [ SSRN ] Judicial Review Wendy Wagner, Revisiting the Impact of Judicial Review on Agency Rulemakings: An Empirical...
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Best wishes for a HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON and a Prosperous 2013! MIKE WIDENER, Rare Book Librarian Tree of consanguinity from a 15th-century Austrian manuscript of Giovanni d'Andrea's Super arboribus consanguinitatis et affinitatis .
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Anyone who knows me knows that I don’t have an artistic bone in my body, and for those who don’t know me, the proof will be in the pudding when Asha and I take a BYOB painting class next month and I post the pictures of my finished product...
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Accountability/Transparency Dorit Rubinstein Reiss, The Benefits of Capture, 47 Wake Forest L. Rev. 569 (2012) [ Westlaw ] David Arkush, Democracy and Administrative Legitimacy, 47 Wake Forest L. Rev. 611 (2012) [ Westlaw ] Richard Murphy, Enhancing the...
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La justice à petits pas / Maud Hoestlandt; illustrations de Nicolas Hubesch (Paris: Actes Sud Junior, 2004). This guide to the French legal system for young readers is part of our Juvenile Jurisprudence Collection. The author, Maud Hoestlandt,...
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Le code pénal / illustrations de Jean Dratz (Bruxelles: Isy Brachot Fils, 1950). Acquired with the Gary and Brian Bookman Literature and Arts Fund. This 1950 edition of the Belgian Penal Code is illustrated by Jean Dratz (1903-1967), who studied...
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Circulez! texte officiel du Code de la route / illustré de 50 dessins humoristiques de Pecqueriaux; avec une pré-farce de Cami (Paris: Éditions Denoël et Steele, 1930). This edition of the French traffic code is graced with illustrations...
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Albert Dubout (1905-1976) was a successful French illustrator whose work appeared in dozens of books, magazines, advertisements, record sleeves, and movie posters. He was awarded the Legion of Honour in 1953. Among the French law books he illustrated...
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Code Napoléon mis en vers Francais / par B.-M. Decomberousse; orné de plus de 60 bois originaux de Pierre Noël; preface de Maurice Garçon (Paris: Editions d'Art de l'Intermediaire du Bibliophile, 1932-1933). Acquired...
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La Constitution en vaudeville / oeuvre posthume d'un homme qui n'est pas mort, publiée par lui-même, et dédiée a Madame Buonaparte (Paris: Impr. de la Constitution, 1799). This protest against Napoleon’s new constitution...
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Joseph Hémard was the leader in adding humorous illustrations to French law codes. However, he was not the only one, or even the first. The tradition began with the French Revolution and continues to the present. The Lillian Goldman Law Library...
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Over at the Worlds of Law blog, Mark Weiner has posted another video interview with me, titled " The Beauty of the Code ." Mark asked me to speak about some of the famous codes in our collection, such as the first edition of the French Code...
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The newest gallery in the Rare Book Collection's Flickr site is " Portraits: legal authors ." At present it contains the portraits of 30 authors, with more being added as opportunity allows. All the portraits come from printed books in the...
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Administrative Rulemaking Kevin M. Stack, Interpreting Regulations (Nov. 2012) [ SSRN ] Accountability Francesca Bignami, Comparative Administrative Law (Nov. 2012) [ SSRN ] Sidney A. Shapiro, Elizabeth C. Fisher & Wendy E. Wagner, The Enlightenment...
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Another cataloging milestone to report... All of the collections that the Lillian Goldman Law Library acquired from the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (ABCNY) are now completely cataloged in our online catalog, MORRIS . The Roman-Canon...
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I love food and I love Chicago (my hometown), so I thought it might be fun to do a little tribute to fellow foodie and proud Chicagoan Jeff Mauro, who not only has established himself as the Sandwich King of Food Network, but who also debuted a show this...
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Jonathan H. Adler, Placing 'REINS' on Regulations: Assessing the Proposed REINS Act (Oct. 2012) [ SSRN ] Mark Considine, Governance Networks and the Question of Transformation, in: Public Administration (Nov. 2012) [ Wiley ] Elaine Fahey &...
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Below is the second installment of the New Scholarship Series, a new initiative on the Comparative Administrative Law Blog. As always, please use the Contact form of the Blog to suggest scholarship for inclusion in forthcoming updates. Julia Black, Calling...
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Finally – karaoke (or “noraebang” as we call it in Korean) has come to New Haven in a major way. I am a huge fan of karaoke, particularly the private, box-style karaoke that is typically offered by Asian establishments. So you can imagine...
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We are excited to begin a new initiative on the Comparative Administrative Law Blog. We will be monitoring the academic literature and compiling lists of recent articles on administrative law broadly defined. These periodic updates will employ a variety...
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I've been increasingly getting writer's block when sitting down to write for the blog, and realized recently that it might be because we've been blogging now for FIVE YEARS and have already covered a lot of ground. Going back and reading some...
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We thank the following people for their help in organizing and mounting this exhibit: Shana Jackson Lillian Goldman Law Library Liliane McClenning Lillian Goldman Law Library Emma Molina Widener Adjunct Lecturer, Southern Connecticut State University...
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"I like work. I like idleness. I like all that I know (very little). I like on trust all that I know not (a very great deal). I like reading, good wine, talking to my friends (my wife says that I talk too much; she may be right). I like town, I like...
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Two years after illustrating the French family code, Hémard figured, why not illustrate a pharmacy manual? In 1927, his publisher, René Kieffer, published Formulaire Magistral , in identical format to the Code Civil, consisting of an illustrated...
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Hémard must have loved children as he made numerous drawings of them and also illustrated, and even wrote, books specifically intended for children. These include ABCs, coloring books, and fairy tales. In Trente Tableaux d'Historie de France...
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Hémard illustrated a great number of classics of French literature, including works such as Le Malade Imaginaire (1921), Gargantua et Pantagruel (1922), Jacques Le Fataliste (1922), Cyrano de Bergerac (1927) and Aucassin et Nicolette (1936), as...
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In 1925 someone, probably Hémard or his publisher, René Kieffer, came up with the brilliant idea of publishing an illustrated version of the part of the Code Civil of France containing the family law statutes that govern marriage, divorce...
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Joseph Hémard's life, and art, was repeatedly affected by war. He was captured shortly after World War I began and spent the remainder of the war in a German prisoner-of-war camp. During his captivity, he drew his surroundings, fellow prisoners...
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Joseph Hémard was born in 1880, in a small town near Paris. He was a prolific artist, designing costumes, theatre sets, patterns for printed textiles, book bindings, posters, menus, letterheads, and even a façade for a bar in the 1925 Paris...
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Mark Weiner has posted a video on his Worlds of Law blog, which features our Supreme Court Bobblhead Collection. In “ A Philosophical Reflection on Judicial Bobbleheads ”, Weiner uses the bobbleheads as a point of departure for a comparison...
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Joseph Hémard was one of the most prolific book illustrators of the 20th century, and certainly one of the funniest, yet he remains virtually unknown outside of his native France. Farley P. Katz, a San Antonio tax lawyer and a leading collector...
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As of last week, summer has officially drawn to a close (commence weeping). When I reminisce about summer, one of the things I appreciate the most is the reappearance of farmers’ markets offering fresh, locally grown produce at affordable prices...
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Greetings from New Haven! I hope all of you had relaxing and productive summers. School has started and our new class has settled in, which means it's time to kick off the admissions season. The school year started in usual fashion with a weeklong...
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It would take a genius to illustrate one of the most boring books imaginable, a code of tax laws, and create a comic tour-de-force. That genius was Joseph Hémard (1880-1961), who in his lifetime was probably France's most prolific book illustrator...
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The Rare Book Collection, Lillian Goldman Law Library is proud to be a partner in an exhibition for an upcoming conference in the Italian Alps. The conference, "'Naturally separated': History and Autonomy of the Ancient Alpine Communities...
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Earlier this week -- August 19, to be exact -- was the 200th anniversary of one of the U.S. Navy's most famous battles, the victory of the U.S.S. Constitution over the H.M.S. Guerriere in the War of 1812. A trophy from that battle resides in the Yale...
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In my previous post I sought help identifying a signature that is found in many of the books that came from the library of the German legal historian Konrad von Maurer (1823-1902). Von Maurer's law books were acquired in 1904 by the Association of...
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Thomas Perroud brought to our attention an interesting Opinion of the Committee on Petitions of the European Parliament on the project of an EU Administrative Procedure Law. In this Opinion (available here ) the Committee first points out that ‘soft...
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On July 23, I am giving a brief presentation, "Early Law Books and Their Readers: Examples from the Yale Law Library," at the American Association of Law Libraries 2012 annual meeting in Boston. It is part of a session, "Connecting Roman...
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OK, so I'm a year late with the promised second round of my P.S. Boot Camp , and frankly, much later into the summer than I had hoped to be in writing this. But I was gone to San Diego for a much-needed vacation, and San Diego isn't a place where...
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We are always delighted when our resources find their way into published works. The latest example is the new book by Professor James Epstein of Vanderbilt University, Scandal of Colonial Rule: Power and Subversion in the British Atlantic During the Age...
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In the previous post I discussed a book by Johann Peter von Ludewig ( 1668-1743 ), one of the leading German jurists and historians of the early 18th century. I would be remiss if I did not mention that our Rare Book Collection includes a book from Ludewig's...
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One of my spare-time projects is trolling the Rare Books stacks looking for law books with illustrations, and also bookplates (you can see the most recent finds in our Flickr photostream ). That's how I discovered the allegorical frontispiece to the...
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The Lillian Goldman Law Library is one of the few U.S. libraries that owns a set of the Complete Collected Laws of the Russian Empire ( Polnoe sobranie zakonov Rossiiskoi Imperii ). We now know that our set is an Imperial set, one that came from a palace...
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"Monuments of Imperial Russian Law," now on display in the Yale Law Library, is perhaps the first rare book exhibit in the U.S. to focus on the history of Russian law. The exhibit's lead curator, Professor William E. Butler of Penn State...
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One of the hazards of allowing a thirty-something to blog is that you have to read posts that use phrases like " the straight dope ." As we learned from my last post , however, sometimes the straight dope is exactly what you need to navigate...
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One of my most pleasurable duties as a rare book librarian is reading the catalogues sent by rare book dealers. Each book's listing is typcally accompanied by a narrative description that describes the book's context and significance. The best...
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It's that time of the year again when we get inundated with emails from applicants letting us know that they have scholarship deadlines and that they "must" receive a decision from Yale or that they will be required to withdraw their application...
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The exhibit curators wish to thank the following individuals for their help in organizing this exhibit: Karen S. Beck Manager, Historical & Special Collections , Harvard Law School Library Molly Dotson Bookplate Project Archivist, Robert B. Haas Family...
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Szeftel, Marc. The Russian Constitution of April 23, 1906: Political Institutions of the Duma Monarchy . Brussels: Librairie Encyclopédique, 1976. Yale University Library The Russian defeat in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 weakened the monarchy...
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Wortman, Richard S. The Development of a Russian Legal Consciousness . Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1976). Lillian Goldman Law Library The period 1864 to 1917 is widely known as "The Golden Age" of Russian law and the Russian legal...
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Tomsinov, V. A. Kvestianskaia reforma 1861 goda v Rossii [ Peasant Reform of 1861 in Russia ]. Moscow: Zertsalo, 2012. Private Collection Sometimes reforms are born in the bowels of revolution, but like as not also in the measured reflections of a leadership...
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Speranskii, Mikhail Mikhailovich (1772-1839). Rukovodstvo k poznaniiu zakonov [ Manual for Knowledge of Laws ]. St. Petersburg, 1845. Rare Book Collection, Lillian Goldman Law Library M.M. Speranskii is the individual most closely associated with Russian...
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Polnoe sobranie zakonov Rossiiskoi Imperii [ Complete Collected Laws of the Russian Empire ]. 1st series. 48 vols. St. Petersburg, 1830. Rare Book Collection, Lillian Goldman Law Library Svod zakonov Rossiiskoi Imperii [ Digest of Laws of the Russian...
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Bentham, Jeremy (1748-1832). Papers Relative to Codification and Public Instruction: Including Correspondence with The Russian Emperor, and Divers Constituted Authorities in the American United States . London: Printed by J. M'Creery, 1817. Yale University...
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Bentham, Jeremy (1748-1832). Izbrannyie sochinieniia Ieremii Bentama. Tom Pervyi. [ Selected Works of Jeremy Bentham. Volume One. Introduction to the Bases of Morality and Legislation. Basic Principles of a Civil Code. Basic Principles of a Criminal Code...
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Blackstone, Sir William (1723-1780). Istolkovaniia angliiskikh zahonov [ Commentary on English Laws of Mr. Blackstone ]. Moscow, 1780-82. 3 vols. Special Collections, Harvard Law School Library Catherine II became aware of Blackstone's Commentaries...
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[Catherine II (1729-1796), Empress of Russia]. Armorial bookplate, engraved. Text: Catherine Alexievna II, | Imperatrice de toutes les Russies. Second half 18th century, after 1762. Irene D. Andrews Pace Memorial Collection, Haas Family Arts Library Special...
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[Catherine II (1729-1796), Empress of Russia]. Instruction donnée par Catherine II., impératrice et législatrice de toutes les Russies: a la commission établie par cette souveraine, pour travailler à la rédaction...
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Medal awarded to deputies of Catherine II's Legislative Commission. Private Collection The Legislative Commission summoned to Moscow has been seen as a "major, highly personal political experiment" formed by election and intended to represent...
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[Catherine II (1729-1796), Empress of Russia]. Nakaz jeio impieratorskogo velichestva Ekateriny Vtoroi samodevzhitsy vserossijskaia olannyi Kommissii o Sochinenii proekta novogo ulozheniia | Instructio Sacrae Imperatoriae Maiestatis Aecaterinae Secundae...
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[Catherine II (1729-1796), Empress of Russia]. The Grand Instructions to the Commissioners Appointed to Frame a New Code of Laws for the Russian Empire. London: T. Jeffreys, 1768. Rare Book Collection, Lillian Goldman Law Library The enduring contribution...
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Strube de Piermont, Friedrich Heinrich (1704-1790). Lettres russiennes: suivies des notes de Catherine II . Pisa: Goliardica, 1978. Facsimile reprint; originally published 1760 in St. Petersburg. Yale University Library Peter the Great set in motion the...
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Zertsalo. Russia. ca. 1750-80. Russian Historical Museum, Moscow. Photograph by M. Kravtsova. Peter the Great spent the majority of his years in power at war with his neighbors. His reforms were directed principally towards modernizing the structure of...
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Kormchaia Kniga [ Book of the Pilot ]. Moscow, 1650. Special Collections, Harvard Law School Library Ecclesiastical jurisdiction remained intact under the 1649 Ulozhenie . The Russian Orthodox Church immediately set about producing a modern version of...
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[ Sobornoe ulozhenie ]. [Moscow], 1649. Special Collections, Harvard Law School Library Throughout Europe the period 1648 to 1650 was a watershed. During those years in Russia, two major law codes, unprecedented in scope and size, became the first printed...
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Iaroslav I (c. 978-1054), Russkaia Pravda. [Bound with:] Ivan IV, the Terrible (1530-1584), Note on the Sudebnik of Tsar Ivan Vasil'evich. Russia, 18th century manuscript. Private Collection Virtually all surviving documents from the Kievan period...
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The post-Soviet era of Russian history has made the legacy of the pre-1917 era newly relevant in ways unimaginable. It is not merely a country recovering historical experience suppressed or distorted for ideological reasons during the Soviet regime, but...
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The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), the statutory body established under the Equality Act 2006 with a remit to monitor and promote human rights and equality in Great Britain, launched today the Human Rights Review 2012. This landmark document...
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"Monuments of Imperial Russian Law," the latest exhibit from the Yale Law Library's Rare Book Collection, is perhaps the first rare book exhibit in the U.S. to focus on the history of Russian law. The exhibition features principal landmarks...
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The latest issue of Law Library Journal is a special issue, "A Tribute to Morris L. Cohen (1927-2010)." Our own Fred Shapiro organized this fitting tribute to our mentor and friend. All of the articles can be downloaded from the LLJ website...
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The Lillian Goldman Law Library was delighted to host a book talk by Rosemarie McGerr on Feburary 24, on her new book, A Lancastrian Mirror for Princes: The Yale Law School New Statutes of England (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2011). The book...
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Since I was a student here, New Haven has really blossomed when it comes to dining. There were good restaurants here a decade ago, but not of the variety and quantity that exist today. When I first moved back, I didn't really believe it when I heard...
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The taxicab accessibility story in Connecticut: http://ctmirror.org/story/ 14587/ wheelchair-accessible-cabs-be-d eployed-advocates-still-fighti ng
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We hope you'll attend our RebLaw workshop on Taxicab Accessibility in NYC and New Haven! Hear about the advocacy that led to this exciting ruling from the advocates themselves. http://newyork.cbslocal.com/ 2011/12/24/ judge-rules-that-nyc-cabs-must...
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Last year we covered Executive Order 13,563 ("Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review") outlining the Obama administration's regulatory strategy. One of the prongs of that strategy was the retrospective analysis of existing rules that...
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I've been procrastinating about writing on the blog, because the more time that passes since my last post, the more embarrassed I am to come back. "Fell off the wagon" doesn't really do justice to the THREE posts we've been able...
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We have just acquired an early printing of Brazil's first constitution, Constituição politica do imperio do Brazil (Lisboa: Na impressão de João Nunes Esteves, 1826). Measuring only 10 cm. tall, it still retains its original...
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Our 15th-century manuscript of the statutes of Montebuono , Italy, is now available in a full-color facsimile edition, along with a full transcription and three scholarly studies. Lo Statuto di Montebuono in Sabina del 1437 (Rome: Viella Libreria Editrice...
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Ariel Stevenson Conscientious eaters are expert interrogators. They barrage their servers with well-meaning questions, like: Is it local? Is it organic? Is it fair trade? Did it descend from a proud heirloom lineage never sullied by human design? The...
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Ariel Stevenson The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change met in Uganda last week to discuss the current state of global climate change. The main conclusion of the meeting had a familiar ring: weather is changing, and it’s probably our fault...
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Yes, I've been away from the blog for a while, and my plans for a fall P.S. Boot Camp II got waylaid in light of recruitment travel, flexapp issues, and life in general. Usually, when I come back on the blog after the summer I try to write some cleverly...
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The Yale Law Library's online catalog, MORRIS, now provides an easy, automated way to learn about our recent rare book collections. You can subscribe to an RSS feed, "New Additions to Yale Law Library's Rare Book Collection," by adding...
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The Law Library is always delighted when research on materials in our collection is published. An entire monograph on a single one of our manuscripts is a rare privilege and honor. Such an honor has been bestowed on us by Rosemarie McGerr. Her latest...
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I love the fall! That was one thing I missed when I moved back to Miami. The leaves are always green there, which is nice, but doesn't get you into the spirit of the holidays the way a New England fall can. So now that fall is in full swing, for those...
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Our current exhibit, "The Remarkable Run of a Political Icon: Justice as a Sign of the Law", is now available online . Up to now, you've been able to view the Rare Book Collection's exhibits online via this blog. While the blog has been...
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The latest addition to the Rare Book Collection's Flickr galleries is a set dedicated to bookplates . The Bookplates set is a project of Drew Adan, Library Services Assistant in our Collections & Access department. He will be adding more images...
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One of my favorite recent acquisitions is a tiny pocket edition of Justinian's Institutes , printed in 1510 by Jean Petit. It measures only 3.375 inches tall (9.5 centimetres). Our copy is bound in gilt tooled vellum over pasteboards, with much of...
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Greetings from New Haven! School has started, the new class has settled in, and we're busy with recruiting trips and webinars. Although it doesn't seem possible to us in the Admissions Office (weren't we just reviewing applications?), the...
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Judith Resnik & Dennis Curtis, Representing Justice: Invention, Controversy, and Rights in City-States and Democratic Courtrooms (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011). "By mapping the remarkable run of the icon of Justice, a woman with scales...
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Thanks to the following individuals and institutions for their assistance in preparing this exhibit: Kathryn James Curator for Early Modern Books and Manuscripts, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University Nicholas Salazar Graduate School...
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This glimpse at the imagery of Justice makes plain the richness of its history and signification. Didactic emblems addressed fears of corruption, of irrational authority, and an absence of even-handedness. Blindfolds, double-headed Justices, and handless...
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Dumont, Jean. Corps universel diplomatique du droit des gens (8 vols.; Amsterdam: P. Brunel [etc.], 1726-31), vol 1. Lillian Goldman Law Library. Jean Dumont's Corps universel diplomatique du droit des gens ( The Universal Diplomacy of the Laws of...
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A clear-sighted Justice is at the center of the frontispiece to a 1788 German edition of Cesare Beccaria's On Crimes and Punishment , first published in 1764. Beccaria was an eighteenth-century Italian jurist, philosopher, and politician. His well...
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The engraved title page of Bernard van Zutphen's Practycke der nederlansche rechten van de daghelijcksche soo civile als criminele ( Dutch Law and Practice in Civil and Criminal Matters ) depicts a crowded and lively courtroom scene. At the center...
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By the sixteenth century, the blindfold had come to be seen as a potentially positive constraint on earthly Justice, seen to be at risk of corruption or of misplaced passion. But Justices without blindfolds remained commonplace, as seen in the 1669 edition...
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A rare and intriguing portrayal of a two-faced Justice, titled "A Portrait of Worldly Justice," comes from a popular sixteenth-century guide to civil procedure by the Flemish jurist Joost de Damhoudere. One face is sighted and the other has...
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Alciati, Andrea. Opera omnia (4 vols.; Basel: Thomas Guarinus, 1582), vol. 4. Lillian Goldman Law Library. Where might Ripa have gotten the blindfold? One possible source is Andrea Alciati, a professor of law. His friend Erasmus called Alciati a "shining...
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Two codifiers of Renaissance iconography, Cesare Ripa and Andrea Alciati, generated compendia of icons and emblems, replayed by didactic invocations in art and literature, in politics and theology, and in popular pastimes from tarot cards to the satirical...
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"The Fool Blindfolding Justice" was not the only image of that era deploying a blindfold as a warning against judicial error, as can be seen from the 1508 and 1580 editions of an illustrated volume, Die Bambergische Halsgerichtsordnung . The...
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The first image, known as "The Fool Blindfolding Justice" from Sebastian Brant's Ship of Fools , comes from the 1497 Basel edition and is sometimes attributed to Albrecht Dürer. The 1509 London edition offers a close copy. The woodcut...
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The image of Justice, a remnant of the Renaissance, has had a remarkable run as a political icon. We can all "read" Justice because we have been taught to do so by political leaders of every stripe. Courthouse designers, artists, and cartoonists...
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How is it that the figure of a woman, draped, holding scales and sword, has been so widely recognized as a symbol of the law for more than 500 years? This question is at the heart of the latest exhibit from the Yale Law Library's Rare Book Collection...
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On several occasions this blog has referred to the Obama Administration's initiatives to promote open government (see, e.g., here , here , and here ). Yesterday the White House released a Status Report on this topic ( The Obama Administration's...
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Anyone who uses modern American case reports, either print or online, is familiar with "star paging": "A method of referring to a page in an earlier edition of a book, esp. a legal source. This method correlates the pagination of the later...
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The Governance and Public Law Center at Sciences Po and the Continental Law Foundation are organizing their third seminar on economic analysis of public law and policies on the following theme: «CORRUPTION AND CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS». The...
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A new book by José Cárdenas Bunsen, Escritura y Derecho Canónico en la obra de fray Bartolomé de las Casas (Madrid: Iberoamericana-Vervuert, 2011), includes several illustrations taken from the Rare Book Collection, including...
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One of my favorite books in our collection is featured in the July/August issue of the Yale Alumni Magazine . Justin Zaremby (Yale Law School Class of 2010) wrote " Marginalia " about a heavily annotated copy of Sir Edward Coke's First Part...
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A big thanks to all those who helped make the " Law Books: History and Connoisseurship " course that I taught June 13-17 at the Rare Book School such a success. My wife, Emma Molina Widener, was a valuable source for advice and support. Elizabeth...
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In 1994, Susan Rose-Ackerman asked the following provocative question: American administrative law under siege: Is Germany a model? (107 Harv. L. Rev. 1279 (1994), also available here ). She noted: "The American regulatory state is under attack....
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As I have come to learn this past month, the International Festival of Arts and Ideas is a New Haven summer staple. Although the Festival was new to me, it began 15 years ago and is now established as a significant arts festival. The Festival offers a...
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I prepared the following set of links for the class I'm teaching at the Rare Book School next week, " Law Books: History and Connoisseurship ." Colleagues and readers of this blog might find some of them useful or interesting. If you want...
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There are two new sets in the Rare Book Collection's Flickr gallery... Justitia - headpieces is part of my continuing pursuit of images of Lady Justice (or Justitia). This set contains images of Lady Justice found in headpieces, which are defined...
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One of the interesting questions of administrative reform is setting up mechanisms to enable the direct involvement of the public in the administrative policymaking process. The U.S. Administrative Procedure Act (A.P.A.), adopted in 1946, provided early...
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In a press conference in Brussels today the European Ombudsman, Nikiforos Diamandouros, presented his Annual Report 2010. The full Report (79 pages) and an 8-page Overview are available here . The European Ombudsman explained that the key points of his...
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In a post on the White House Blog yesterday, entitled " Putting it plainly ," Cass Sunstein, the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, describes the huge difference that the use of plain language on the part of federal...
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Originally posted April 6, 2011. In my last post , I referenced some law schools' practice of giving "exploding" scholarship offers, requiring students to accept a major, full-tuition scholarship offer within a matter of days. Well, as usual...
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It is well-established law in France since at least 1932 that a public authority cannot delegate to private bodies core public functions, such as security for example. The Constitutional Council recently reiterated such a prohibition against Parliament...
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Saturday's performance of Romeo and Juliet by the Yale Repertory Theatre was my introduction to Yale's well-known theatre. I knew about Yale Rep's reputation while I was a student here, but I never managed to attend a production. That was...
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The Law Librarians of New England are meeting today here at the Yale Law School. In honor of their visit, I've posted a new gallery in our Flickr site , " Law Libraries ", with images of both real and imaginary law libraries. Below is one...
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"Yes: the Dark Knight went to Yale." That is the verdict of the Yale Alumni Magazine . Inspired by our "Superheroes in Court!" exhibit, the magazine devoted the cover and three articles in its March/April 2011 issue to Batman's...
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Among the most outstanding illustrated law books of all times is an edition of Justinian's Institutes published by a member of the Giunta printing dynasty of Venice, Instituta novissime recognita aptissimisq[ue] figuris exculta (Venice: Luca-Antonio...
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I wrote a few years ago in my post, The $42,000 All-You-Can-Eat Buffet , about the abundance of free food at the Law School. Three years later everything I mentioned in the post, except the price, still holds true. To help illustrate the importance of...
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The Court of Justice of the European Union issued today a press release (available here ) with statistics regarding judicial activity in 2010. According to this press release, in the entire history of the institution, there have never been so many cases...
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Chief Justice Roberts delivered today the 8-0 decision of the Supreme Court in the case Federal Communications Commission v. AT&T (Justice Kagan took no part in the case). The Court held unanimously that the protection in FOIA against disclosure of...
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This past month I've added 44 additional images containing depictions of Justitia (Lady Justice), to our Flickr gallery Justitia: Iconography of Justice . In addition, the Courtroom Scenes gallery grew by a dozen or so images. Below is an image that...
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According to a press release that came out today, the European Ombudsman, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, has invited citizens, interest groups, and other organizations to submit comments on a draft statement of principles that should guide the conduct of...
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The UK Human Rights Blog brought to our attention an interesting development in the UK. On February 11, 2011, the Coalition Government published the Protection of Freedoms Bill that has become the first proposed law to be opened to public comments via...
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The New York Times writes "A week from Tuesday, when the Supreme Court returns from its midwinter break and hears arguments in two criminal cases, it will have been five years since Justice Clarence Thomas has spoken during a court argument. If he...
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I am a fan of the University of Michigan's A2Z blog, written by Dean Sarah Zearfoss, whom I've quoted before in my posts (and who co-organized our blog panel last May). My admiration has only increased with her recent posts deconstructing on Michigan's...
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April 2, 2011 - Yale Law School - New Haven, CT Register Now! Keynote Speaker Lisa Heinzerling Panelists Bruce Ackerman, Alejandro Camacho, Michael Gerrard, Catherine O'Neill, Jedediah Purdy, and Robert Verchick. Plus workshops, parties and more ...
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We thank the following for their help and support in preparing this exhibit... Justin Zaremby & Mike Widener Stephen Parks , Librarian of the Elizabethan Club The Board of Incorporators of the Elizabethan Club Nadine Honigberg , The Elizabethan Club...
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Francis Beaumont, 1584-1616. The masque of the Inner Temple and Grayes Inne (London, 1613) . Collection of the Elizabethan Club of Yale University. In addition to serving as centers of legal training, the Inns of Court provided social activities for students...
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Lancelot Andrewes, 1555-1626. A sermon preached before the kings maiestie, at Hampton Court, concerning the right and power of calling assemblies (London, 1606) . Collection of the Elizabethan Club of Yale University; gift of Henrietta C. Bartlett. When...
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John Selden, 1584-1654. The historie of tithes that is, the practice of payment of them (London, 1618). Collection of the Elizabethan Club of Yale University; gift of the daughters of Samuel Hart Selden, May 1922. Early modern legal scholarship focused...
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Sir Edward Coke, 1552-1634. Les reports de Edvvard Coke l'attorney generall le Roigne (London, 1601?) . Rare Book Collection, Lillian Goldman Law Library; acquired with the John A. Hoober Fund. Sir Edward Coke, 1552-1634. [ Coke on Littleton ] The...
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Sir Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Albans, 1561-1626. Essayes. Religious meditations. Places of perswasion and disswasion. Seene and allowed (London, 1597). Collection of the Elizabethan Club of Yale University; gift of Alexander S. Cochran, December 1911...
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William Cecil, First Baron Burghley, 1520/21-1598. The execution of justice in England for maintenance of publique and Christian peace (London, 1583) . Rare Book Collection, Lillian Goldman Law Library; acquired with the Yale Law Library Patrons Fund...
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Edmund Plowden, 1518-1585. A treatise proveinge that if or soveraigne ladye Elizabeth ... should dye without issue, that the Queene of Scotte is nott disabled by the lawe of England, to receyue the crowne of Englande by descent [before 1676] . Rare Book...
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Abraham Fraunce, 1559-1592/93. The lawiers logike, exemplifying the praecepts of logike by the practise of the common lawe (London, 1588) . Rare Book Collection, Lillian Goldman Law Library; gift of Mary Kane Blair in memory of Waring Roberts, Law 1940...
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William Lambarde, 1536-1601. The duties of constables, borsholders, tythingmen, and such other lowe ministers of the peace (London, 1584) . Rare Book Collection, Lillian Goldman Law Library. William Lambarde, 1536-1601. Eirenarcha, or Of the office of...
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As we mentioned in our last post, President Levin has instituted a green certification scheme for schools and departments at the University. The Law School submitted its request for certification in November, in the first application period open by the...
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Jonas Adames. The order of keeping a court leete, and court baron (London, 1593) . Rare Book Collection, Lillian Goldman Law Library; acquired with the John A. Hoober Fund. As early as the thirteenth century, sheriffs and stewards could turn to a series...
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In August 2009, Westchester County in New York signed an agreement to spend over $50 million to construct hundreds of affordable housing units for moderate-income people. The agreement, brokered by the US Department for Housing and Urban Development,...
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Sir John Fortescue, 1533-1607. A learned commendation of the politique lawes of England (London, 1599) . Rare Book Collection, Lillian Goldman Law Library. Sir John Fortescue served as Lord Chief Justice under Henry VI and was a loyal partisan of the...
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Christopher St. Germain, 1460-1540/41. [ Doctor and Student ] The Dialogue in English, betweene a doctor of divinitie, and a student in the lawes of England (London, 1593) . Rare Book Collection, Lillian Goldman Law Library; acquired with the Judah P...
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The late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries saw a series of important legal debates in England. Under the reigns of Queen Elizabeth and the first two Stuart monarchs, James I and Charles I, lawyers, parliamentarians, and members of the court argued...
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English law not only underwent deep changes in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, but also played a leading role in politics and culture. "Life and Law in Early Modern England," a new exhibit from the Lillian Goldman Law Library...
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After a week of more record snow (and shoveling), I decided to reward myself with a fun night out—well, for a 30+ year-old, a night out usually signifies happy hour and dinner so don’t expect anything wild. Although, stay tuned because Asha...
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House Republicans' have introduced a new bill, the "No Taypayer Funding for Abortion Act" which would limit the exception to the federal abortion funding restrictions for rape to "forcible rape" only. Nick Baumann of Mother Jones...
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Panel: The Rise of American Imprisonment February 19th, 9.30am Over 2.3 million Americans are currently incarcerated and millions more are on probation or parole. While some incarceration is appropriate, America's current system is indefensible. In...
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Panel: The Future of the Labor Movement: What is the Lawyer’s Role? Saturday, February 19 th , 2011, 9.30am We’ve all seen the bumper stickers. Unions gave us the weekend, the 8-hour day, the middle class, etc. etc. But in 2011, with median...
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January at the Law School is guaranteed to bring three things: quiet , applications, and snow . In fact, it's snowing as I write this post. I enjoy winter, but I realize it's not everyone's favorite time of year. For those of you uneasy about...
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Today, President Obama signed an Executive Order (the text of which is available here ) outlining his regulatory strategy. This Executive Order "is supplemental to and reaffirms the principles, structures, and definitions governing contemporary regulatory...
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Best wishes for a happy & prosperous New Year from the Rare Book Collection, Lillian Goldman Law Library. From the Bambergische Halssgerichts Ordenung (Mentz: Johann Schöffer, 1508).
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Check out our homepage here and the registration site here for RebLaw 2011: Feb. 18-20. Our amazing/awesome/inspiring panels are listed here , in no particular order. Also, as a bonus, check out this rooster . So metal. Or maybe you like monkeys better...
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I spent the holidays alone , in my office, reading files. Seriously. Not J.D. admissions files (I'm all caught up with you guys!), but L.L.M. files, which are an international bunch. L.L.M. files are...interesting. Especially the transcripts. For...
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Single-sex public school s have become increasingly popular over the last decade. Should we worry about this? Are there equity concerns here? Or is this just a better and legally justifiable way to serve some low-income students?
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An interesting instance of well-intentioned regulation creating unintended problems: here . Is there a better way for the law to protect struggling homeowners?
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I am one of many, many people who are mourning the loss of Morris L. Cohen, Emeritus Professor of Law at Yale Law School and the director of its Law Library from 1981 to 1991. I join with them in extending my condolences to his wife Gloria and their family...
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This is to announce the publication of the edited volume based on the conference on Comparative Administrative Law that Professors Susan Rose-Ackerman and Peter Lindseth organized at Yale Law School in May 2009. The chapters in this book represent a broad...
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Upon my return from a recruiting trip a few weeks ago, I saw a big sign in Union Station that read: "New Haven Restaurant Week." I learned that like the restaurant week I was used to in Miami, the one here also offered prix fixe lunch and dinner...
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December Recess Period 12/22 Wednesday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Circ & Ref Services until 12:00 Noon 12/23 Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. No Services 12/24-26 Fri - Sun CLOSED - Christmas 12/27-30 Mon - Thu 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. No Services Reference...
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In response to the earthquake that devastated Haiti on January 12, 2010, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) stayed deportations of people with criminal convictions. On December 9, ICE lifted that ban. According to the Center for Constitutional...
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Pulitzer-Prize winning Greenhouse (Becoming Justice Blackmun) who has covered the Supreme Court for nearly 30 years; together with Yale Law professor Siegel (Processes of Constitutional Decision Making) discuss their new book, "Before Roe v. Wade...
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The Law Library's list of new acquisitions for November 2010 are now available: All Acquisitions German, French and Italian Language Acquisitions Spanish Language Acquisitions Movies and TV Programs Or, as always, you can visit the library's new...
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Recruiting season has come to an end and we're happy to be back in our offices reading applications and making offers. During a recap of this year's recruiting visits and webinars we realized we received quite a few questions about our legal writing...
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For over 40 years legislation on food and agriculture was collected and disseminated by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) through a publication called Food and Agricultural Legislation . Since the advent of the digital in formation...
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Edward Gordon, my esteemed co-curator for our Fall 2009 exhibit, " Freedom of the Seas, 1609: Grotius and the Emergence of International Law ," has published an article based on the exhibit: Edward Gordon, Grotius and the Freedom of the Seas...
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The Yale Law Library is happy to announce an exciting book publishing event connected to our library, and an engaging web site created by our library related to the book. The book is the long-awaited " Representing Justice: Invention, Controversy...
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Judith Resnik and Dennis Curtis Representing Justice: Invention, Controversy, and Rights in City-States and Democratic Courtrooms Wednesday, December 15, at 6:15 p.m Labyrinth Books 290 York St., New Haven, CT The Lillian Goldman Law Library invites you...
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The Legal Information Institute of India (LII of India) is now open for public access prior to its formal launch in India in early 2011. LII of India at present has 50 databases, including over 300,000 decisions from 37 Courts and Tribunals, Indian national...
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The Ninth Session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will be held at the United Nations in New York this week December 6th to 10th 2010. Representatives from the 113 States Parties to...
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The recent Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board decision of the United States Supreme Court (see an earlier blog post on this case available here ) gives a wonderful occasion to show a major difference between this country...
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Responding to requests from law students, we will restrict non-law student access during undergraduate and Law School reading/exam periods. Effective the evening of Friday, December 3 and continuing through the afternoon of Wednesday, January 19, admission...
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We've concluded our recruiting for the season, and I hope that many of you got to see us in person, either at your school or on one of our webinars. I think I've covered most of the questions usually asked in our information sessions at some point...
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The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552 , allows citizens to access government documents unless one of nine numerated exemptions applies. Exemption 2 [5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(2)] exempts from disclosure records "related solely to...
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Linda Greenhouse and Reva Siegel Before Roe v. Wade: Voices that Shaped the Abortion Debate Before the Supreme Court’s Ruling Thursday, December 9, at 6 p.m Labyrinth Books 290 York St., New Haven, CT The Lillian Goldman Law Library invites you...
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A piece in today's Wall Street Journal (Ianthe Jeanne Dugan, In California, a Road to Recovery Stirs Unrest ) describes the legal challenge against the new highway to the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. This $1 billion project is a public-private...
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December 1 st marks World AIDS Day , commemorated annually since 1988. Events will take place around the world . The day is seen as one promoting human rights, and the campaign slogan is universal access and human rights . There is a major rights campaign...
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The Two Faces of American Freedom Aziz Rana in conversation with Bruce Ackerman Co-sponsored by the Lillian Goldman Yale Law Library s Wednesday, December 8, 2010 * 6:00 pm Labyrinth Books 290 York St., New Haven, CT The Two Faces of American Freedom...
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The Doing Business Law Library is the largest free online collection of business laws and regulations. Created by The Worldbank, the database links to official government sources wherever possible. Translations are not official unless indicated otherwise...
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Douglas Kysar and Robert Verchick Vision, Values and Environmental Law Thursday, December 2, at 6 p.m. Room 120, Yale Law School 127 Wall St., New Haven, CT The Lillian Goldman Law Library invites you to a discussion of two new powerfully sweeping books...
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The newest galleries in the Rare Book Collection's Flickr site feature two of the most heavily illustrated books in the history of legal literature, both by the Flemish jurist Joost de Damhoudere (1507-1581). Both were also among the most popular...
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Seeking to create its own version of Silicon Valley, the Russian government is building a new "technology incubator" zone. In September 2010, President Dmitri Medvedev signed a new law to establish the Skolkovo Innovation Center , located 20...
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Poland's Justice Ministry estimates the number of online registered and reviewed court cases in Poland this year to be at half a million. More than 300,000 e-cases were filed by September, something not many had expected. There are speculations that...
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As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday, many of you are putting the finishing touches on your law school applications. You might also be getting a few cooking tips from some of the great chefs at The Food Network. We here at 203 are especially big fans...
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Jacob Hacker Winner Take All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class Wednesday, December 1, at 5 p.m. Labyrinth Books 290 York St., New Haven, CT The Lillian Goldman Law Library invites you to a discussion...
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Professor Patrick Weil Maurice R. Greenberg Visiting Professor of Law, Yale Law School President, Libraries without Borders Haiti: the Impact of the Haitian Earthquake on its Libraries: A Report from the Ground Thursday, December 2, 2010 3:00 p.m. Sterling...
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The European Convention on Human rights turned 60 this month. In celebration of this event, the European Court of Human Rights has devoted a page to demonstrating the Convention in video and pictures. The page even has illustrations of the specific articles...
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DAY HOURS Wednesday Nov 24 th Library 8:00 am – 10:00 pm Circulation Desk 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Reference Desk 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Thursday Nov 25 th CLOSED CLOSED Friday Nov 26 th Library 8:30 am – 6:00 pm NO Circulation or Reference...
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The Acquisitions & Continuing Resources Department obtains library materials from worldwide sources - from Bemidji to Beijing, from New Haven to New Delhi, from Saint Louis to Saint Petersburg. MORRIS , our on-line library system, currently tracks...
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Patrick Weil How to Be French: Nationality in the Making Since 1789 Tuesday, November 16, at 6:15 p.m. Labyrinth Books 290 York St., New Haven, CT The Lillian Goldman Law Library invites you to a discussion of an important book by Professor Patrick Weil...
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I have added several more images of Justitia (or Lady Justice, if you prefer) to the Justitia gallery in the Rare Book Collection's Flickr site . Below is one of them, taken from no. 3 of the Bollettino delle leggi della Repubblica Romana (Rome, 1798...
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For an overview of the Singapore legal system, other than consulting the Foreign Law Guide and the law library Country-by-Country Guide , these open-source research guides are helpful. See here , here and here . The primary law of Singapore consists of...
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The Law Library's list of new acquisitions for October 2010 are now available: All Acquisitions German, French and Italian Language Acquisitions Spanish Language Acquisitions Movies and TV Programs Or, as always, you can visit the library's new...
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Legal forces are gathering, hoping to ensure all marriages are treated equally .
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Some innovative legal entrepreneurs are trying to use adverse possession to claim abandoned, foreclosed properties for the homeless-- but is the law on their side ? Come debate housing policy, racial and socioeconomic integration efforts, and much more...
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Although I visited and ate at some of New Haven's greats like Mory's and Pepe's during my law school years, there were still lots of things that I missed the first time around like eating a hamburger at Louis' Lunch or catching a performance...
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A recent blog posting on website of the International Vision Collective , dedicated to promoting universal values awareness, tells us of child worker exploitation in the cocoa-growing industry in Ghana and the Ivory Coast by the Hershey Company , the...
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Sciences Po organizes a workshop on Impact Assessments that will bring together scholars in law and economics from the U.S. and Europe. The workshop will take place on November 24, 2010, in Paris. For more information, please see the invitation attached...
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Due to popular demand, the library will be offering three more sessions of the brief-formatting workshop for first-year students this Wednesday, November 3rd. This program will give students the tools to properly format briefs in Microsoft Word, including...
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Finding cases from Canada has gotten much easier in recent years with the addition of online resources. Both the Bluebook (19th ed.) and the Canadian Citation Committee now require a neutral citation if one exists. Neutral citations are in the format...
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Cases from the UK are published in many reporters, both official and unofficial, and online in several databases. The new Bluebook (19th ed.) gives the names of the reporters considered authoritative and a list of acceptable online services. In fact,...
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On Friday, NPR unleashed a disturbing story on how the private prison industry influenced and drove Arizona's now-infamous immigration law (currently being challenged in the courts). NPR delved into the drafting bill and the lobbying and campaign...
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Bob Herbert penned a powerful Op-Ed this week about the atrocious rate of suspicionless stops that take place in New York City--which, of course, disproportionately affect young people of color, regardless of the neighborhood in which they are stopped...
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There are two new sets of images in the Rare Book Collection's Flickr galleries : Tractatus iuris (1549) and Tractatus universi iuris (1584-86) . Apart from the title pages, you won't see any pretty pictures in these image sets. What you will...
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The New York Times today has an excellent article about the effects of foreclosure laws in Spain . In Spain, foreclosure and eviction do not terminate the debt, so after losing their homes, many people owe the remainder of the mortgage. According to the...
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When Yale students discovered that police were harassing the Latino community in East Haven, they took action .
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The November 2010 issue of Smithsonian magazine, available online, has a feature article, " A Murder in Salem " by E.J. Wagner, on the notorious 1830 murder-for-hire of Captain Joseph White in Salem, Massachusetts and the several trials of its...
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Don't be a conformist. Be a cool cat and come to RebLaw 2001: February 18th-20th at Yale Law School.
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The Times ran a great magazine article on the topic that paints a vivid picture of the victims of this debate.
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A gazette is an official government pulication that conveys government business, news, and laws as they are passed to the public. Most countries have a gazette and many are available free online. The regularity of publication of gazettes varies by country...
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This week we are going to conclude our P.S. Boot Camp series, since it's almost the end of October and many of you have already sent out your applications (I begin reading next week!). Keep in mind that, unlike most schools, Yale's admissions...
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Senator Arlen Specter is calling for a law that would televise most U.S. Supreme Court arguments live. Is this an unnecessary formality--or will make the Supreme Court more democratic? vs.
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Read about it here .
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The library has just unveiled a new exhibit, The 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1960 (1960-2010)/ Congress Advances Voting Rights in an Era Marked by Bold Citizen Activism. The exhibit was curated by librarian Margaret Chisholm, and can be...
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We are pleased to report that our print Complete Collection of the Laws of the Russian Empire (Polnoe sobranie zakonov Rossiˇiskoˇi Imperii), 1649, has been in significant use by our patrons. PSZRI is the complete collection of legislation of the Russian...
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Exciting news . Do you think this change in policy will now take on its own momentum? Is more court intervention needed so that progress toward equity can't later be reversed?
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A video of Mark Zaid's exhibit talk , "Superheroes in Court! Law, Lawyers and Comic Books," is now available here , in the Yale Law Librarians channel at Vimeo.com. Zaid's 52-minute presentation, recorded on Sept. 30, 2010, gives a brief...
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Is a Texas law that allows DNA evidence in some instances but not other unconstitutional? The Post and the Times cover the argument.
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Spending is up on campaigns, ABC News , NPR , and others report--but does democracy or free speech benefit?
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In the 1960s, the Moynihan Report was criticized for describing a so-called "culture of poverty." The topic was off-limits for decades, but is once again receiving attention from groups like the Brookings Institution and even Congress , according...
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Several articles--one by the New York Times , one on MyStateline.com , and another from the San Diego Union-Tribune --debate what impact legalizing marijuana might have on politics in Mexico and on American's health. CBS News counters that legalizing...
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As the plane started to shake violently on my way back from a recruiting trip to California, one of the many thoughts that crossed my mind was of the recent meditation class I took at the law school and how if I knew how to breathe meditatively I might...
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...and i iz tellin you, come to RebLaw 2011. Feb.18th-20th. Yale Law School. U can haz sweet, sweet justice.
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A New York Times Editoria l reports that New York State will spend $170 million this year on it 21 juvenile facilities and calls the practice "wasteful and ineffective." Can you envision a more just and effective way to help at-risk youth? How...
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Rebels: How can we better serve children--and their families--to avoid tragedies like this ?
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A rash of suicides puts cyber-bullying--and particularly the harrassment of gay and lesbian youth--in the spotlight. Can the law help? http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/us/04suicide.html?scp=1&sq=several%20recent%20suicides%20put%20light%20on%20pressures...
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The Times worries that, in tough economic times, the future of Neighborhood Legal Services is in jeopardy. Can Rebels unite to keep low-income legal services strong? Come find out at RebLaw 2011!
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A victory for equality --but likely a long road ahead. What do you think about the recent ruling, Rebels?
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Save the dates. February 18th-20th, 2011. Yale Law School. Get ready to rock.
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Bruce Ackerman The Decline and Fall of the American Republic Wednesday, October 20, at 6:00 p.m. Labyrinth Books 290 York St., New Haven, CT The Lillian Goldman Law Library invites you to a discussion of an important and alarming new book by Professor...
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"Mexico Celebrates its Bicentennial: 1810-2010" is an exhibit in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15 - Oct. 15). It was curated by my colleague Teresa Miguel, Associate Librarian for Foreign & International Law, with some help from...
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The Paskus-Danziger Rare Book Room welcomed dozens of Yale Law School alumni to an open house during Alumni Weekend, Oct. 8-9. On display were books and manuscripts donated by alumni. It was especially gratifying to have two of the alumni donors among...
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On post-Lisbon EU: A guide to European Union law : as amended by the Treaty of Lisbon / by P.S.R.F. Mathijsen. London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2010. KJE947 .M38 2010 The regimes of European integration : constructing governance of the single market / Shawn...
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The Rare Book Collection was honored by a visit On October 11 from Ewald Nowotny, Governor of the Austrian National Bank, Dr. Peter Brezovsky, Consul General of Austria in New York, and their delegation. Later that afternoon, Governor Nowotny delivered...
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President Levin announced a comprehensive sustainability plan for the University on October 4 th . The plan sets specific, University-wide sustainability goals for the next three years. Various departments at the University have been tasked with achieving...
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While walking through the law library recently (I admit I was there for the extensive DVD collection) I discovered display cases filled with the type of books one does not expect to encounter in a typical law library. From a distance, I expected the cases...
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"Superheroes in Court! Lawyers, Law and Comic Books" was curated by Mark S. Zaid, Esq., and coordinated by Mike Widener, Rare Book Librarian. It is on display Sept. 4-Dec, 16, 2010 in the Rare Book Exhibition Gallery, Level L2, Lillian Goldman...
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Learn how to construct effective search queries and update research with Lexis. Pizza will be served and Lexis points rewarded. This 30 minute session will take place on Friday, October 8th at 12:10 p.m. in SLB120.
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We have free trials right now for: Brill International Law & Human Rights / eBooks bundle – through November 19 - IP Access Trade Law Guide – through October - IP Access BNA Tax Treaties – through October - IP Access IBFD - International...
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The Law Library's list of new acquisitions for September 2010 are now available: All Acquisitions German, French and Italian Language Acquisitions Spanish Language Acquisitions Movies and TV Programs Or, as always, you can visit the library's...
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October 5 th marks Raoul Wallenberg Day . This is the day he was awarded United States citizenship in 1981, posthumously. (The second person to receive this honor after Winston Churchill) . Part of 15th Street, SW in Washington, D.C., the section where...
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The Inter-American Commission on Human Right s has filed the first sexual orientation-based discrimination case before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. The IACHR published the following press release : IACHR TAKES CASE INVOLVING CHILE TO THE...
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Bruce Wayne, a.k.a. Batman, just might be a graduate of Yale Law School. On page 16 of Detective Comics no. 439 (March 1974), one can see a framed "Diploma of Law" from Yale University on the wall of Bruce Wayne's study, on the right side...
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If you were unable to attend Professor William N. Eskridge, Jr.'s discussion of his new book, A Republic of Statutes on October 5th - you may now view the lecture online here .
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Hello, 203 readers. I'm back in town after being on the road for a few information sessions. If you're interested in having some of your questions answered, check out our recruiting schedule to see whether we will be visiting your college this...
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From the exhibit, "Mexico Celebrates its Bicentennial: 1810-2010", curated by Teresa Miguel and Michael Widener, and on display in the Rare Book Exhibition Gallery, Level L2, Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School. All works are part of...
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It still feels unreal that I am back in New Haven. A Miami native, I never thought when I moved back down to Florida after law school that I would be back in New Haven, let alone walking around the law school again. It has been an unexpected, yet thrilling...
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The Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School Invites you to an exhibition talk... SUPERHEROES IN COURT! LAWYERS, LAW AND COMIC BOOKS By Mark S. Zaid, Esq., Guest Curator Thursday, September 30, 2010 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Room 129, Sterling Law Building...
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There has been a lot of coverage in the press and the blogosphere of President Obama's appointment of Professor Elizabeth Warren as special adviser to the White House to oversee the development of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (for...
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The Law L ibrary opens now at 8:00 a.m. Monday thru Friday via L3 – Reading Room entrance. Level 2 opens at 9:00 a.m. as usual, and the rest of the hours stay the same, including weekends. For other library hours and services please visit http:...
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The library is now offering SMS text alerts for all circulation notices. After you submit your cell phone information, you will receive all library notices via text message, including: - Items you requested that are ready to be picked up - Items you've...
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We have just created two new research guides for those of you interested in foreign and international law research; one on International Arbitration and another on International Investment Law . You will find tabs for treatises, journals, awards and decisions...
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The Yale Law Library has obtained a trial subscription for the next month or so to the Trade Law Guide . This database is a new WTO research product. It is the only database on WTO law that enables the user to "note up" WTO law. "Noting...
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Greetings from New Haven! School has started, the new class has settled in, and we're busily booking recruiting trips, which means it's time to kick off the admissions season. The school year started with a week-long orientation for new students...
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From the exhibit, "Superheroes in Court! Lawyers, Law and Comic Books", curated by Mark S. Zaid, Esq., and on display Sept. 4-Dec, 16, 2010 in the Rare Book Exhibition Gallery, Level L2, Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School. In the early...
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From the exhibit, "Superheroes in Court! Lawyers, Law and Comic Books", curated by Mark S. Zaid, Esq., and on display Sept. 4-Dec, 16, 2010 in the Rare Book Exhibition Gallery, Level L2, Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School. Led by a...
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From the exhibit, "Superheroes in Court! Lawyers, Law and Comic Books", curated by Mark S. Zaid, Esq., and on display Sept. 4-Dec, 16, 2010 in the Rare Book Exhibition Gallery, Level L2, Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School. The successful...
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From the exhibit, "Superheroes in Court! Lawyers, Law and Comic Books", curated by Mark S. Zaid, Esq., and on display Sept. 4-Dec, 16, 2010 in the Rare Book Exhibition Gallery, Level L2, Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School. Alanna Wolff...
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From the exhibit, "Superheroes in Court! Lawyers, Law and Comic Books", curated by Mark S. Zaid, Esq., and on display Sept. 4-Dec, 16, 2010 in the Rare Book Exhibition Gallery, Level L2, Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School. The Young...
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From the exhibit, "Superheroes in Court! Lawyers, Law and Comic Books", curated by Mark S. Zaid, Esq., and on display Sept. 4-Dec, 16, 2010 in the Rare Book Exhibition Gallery, Level L2, Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School. The Defenders...
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From the exhibit, "Superheroes in Court! Lawyers, Law and Comic Books", curated by Mark S. Zaid, Esq., and on display Sept. 4-Dec, 16, 2010 in the Rare Book Exhibition Gallery, Level L2, Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School. Mr. District...
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From the exhibit, "Superheroes in Court! Lawyers, Law and Comic Books", curated by Mark S. Zaid, Esq., and on display Sept. 4-Dec, 16, 2010 in the Rare Book Exhibition Gallery, Level L2, Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School. Teen-Age...
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From the exhibit, "Superheroes in Court! Lawyers, Law and Comic Books", curated by Mark S. Zaid, Esq., and on display Sept. 4-Dec, 16, 2010 in the Rare Book Exhibition Gallery, Level L2, Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School. Secrets...
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Beginning today, Tuesday, September 14, 2010, and for the next three days, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea will be transmitting live hearings from Tribunal on their website: http://www.itlos.org/procedings/video/live_en.shtml . The subject...
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From the exhibit, "Superheroes in Court! Lawyers, Law and Comic Books", curated by Mark S. Zaid, Esq., and on display Sept. 4-Dec, 16, 2010 in the Rare Book Exhibition Gallery, Level L2, Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School. Crime Detective...
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From the exhibit, "Superheroes in Court! Lawyers, Law and Comic Books", curated by Mark S. Zaid, Esq., and on display Sept. 4-Dec, 16, 2010 in the Rare Book Exhibition Gallery, Level L2, Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School. Comic books...
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Lawyers have played both fictional and real-life roles in the 80-year history of the comic book industry. Their story is told in an exhibition, "Superheroes in Court! Lawyers, Law and Comic Books," now on display in the Yale Law School's...
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The Law Library's list of new acquisitions for August 2010 are now available: All Acquisitions German, French and Italian Language Acquisitions Spanish Language Acquisitions Movies and TV Programs Or, as always, you can visit the library's new...
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The newly released 2010 World Trade Report focuses on trade in natural resources, such as fuels, forestry, mining and fisheries. The entire report, which can be downloaded from the official WTO website, examines the characteristics of trade in natural...
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OK, back on the wagon here with writing on the blog (sorry, things get hectic with the start of the school year). So, where were we? Oh yes, I think in our last Boot Camp we discussed obstacles versus disappointments , and why it's important to know...
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A recent arrival in the Foreign and International Law Collection is Religion, Race, Rights: Landmarks in the History of Modern Anglo-American Law (Oxford/Portland,OR: Hart, 2010). Written by Eve Darian Smith , Professor of Global & International Studies...
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Academic Library Hours and Access 2010 - 2011 Library Hours Monday - Thursday Friday 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 Midnight (Level 3) 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 Midnight (Level 2) 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. (Level 3) 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. (Level 2) Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 10:00...
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Over the summer we made some changes to the arrangement of our collection. What follows outlines those changes. Note: The location of books can also be ascertained by looking the title up in the MORRIS catalog. Now in Reading Room A – E call numbers...
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World Treaty Index (WTI) is a new database that aspires to contain every known international agreement of the 20th century by January 2011 -- over 85,000 treaties! At the moment there are about 53,000 agreements. This new database will eventually allow...
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We now have IP access to Global Arbitration Review , one of the leading sources of information for international arbitration professionals. This is a subscription for the Yale community and requires a VPN connection off-campus. The URL is: http://www...
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Welcome to the new Yale Law School (YLS) Green Team (GT) Blog! We are excited to have this blog become a useful spot to find out about sustainability efforts and resources at YLS, elsewhere on campus, and in the greater New Haven community. And we’ll...
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The invaluable and immense three-volume study on customary international humanitarian law conducted by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and published by Cambridge University Press in 2005 is now available free online: http://www.icrc...
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For this book club selection, we're going to move into nonfiction territory. Like my fiction tastes, my proclivities in nonfiction are kind of all over the place: Indian royalty, personal finance, Renaissance history, and childrearing, are all random...
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The Law Library's list of new acquisitions for July 2010 are now available: All Acquisitions German, French and Italian Language Acquisitions Spanish Language Acquisitions Or, as always, you can visit the library's new acquisitions web page: http...
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Sorry I've been away from the blog...we admissions deans take vacations too, and I was in the Great State of Texas for the past week. Love Texas -- I have to be honest, if you like Mexican food, Connecticut is definitely not where it's at. Anyway...
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The Lillian Goldman Law Library in memory of Sol Goldman at Yale Law School has just finished its new strategic plan . Below Law Library Director Blair Kauffman introduces the strategic plan: This is an exciting time of change in libraries, and it’s...
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Another provenance puzzle solved! I was intrigued by the inscription on the title page of Charles du Moulin's Consilia quatuor (Paris, 1552), because I had remembered seeing the same inscription on a law dictionary I had purchased when I was at the...
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The " Justicie atque iniusticie " gallery in the Rare Book Collection's Flickr site now contains all of the illustrations from our copies of Guillaume Le Rouillé's Justicie atque iniusticie . We own the first edition of this intriguing...
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You can now take a video tour of the Lillian Goldman Law Library's Rare Book Collection, thanks to Yale Law School's Office of Public Affairs. The 20-minute tour is available as Rare Books Library Tour - Part 1 and Rare Books Library Tour - Part...
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The Law Library's list of new acquisitions for June 2010 are now available: All Acquisitions German, French and Italian Language Acquisitions Spanish Language Acquisitions New Movies and TV Programs Or, as always, you can visit the library's new...
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Learn how to use the new library equipment like the Nook, iPad, Kindle, etc. at the Tech Workshop. Librarian for Emerging Technologies, Jason Eiseman will demonstrate all of these eReader devices and answer your questions. This event will take place on...
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As promised, I'm officially kicking off the 203 Summer Fun Book Club. Never mind the fact that it is already the middle of July: my summer starts about now, as we begin wrapping up our transfer applications (and don't be surprised if "Summer...
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OK, this week we're going to talk about another one of my least favorite law school personal statements: the One-Trick Pony Essay. Simply put, the OTPE usually involves an applicant who is extremely accomplished in or committed to a particular activity...
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One of the difficult administrative law questions facing most legal systems today is the tradeoff between independence and accountability. Last Monday, June 28, the US Supreme Court handed down a 5-4 decision in the case of Free Enterprise Fund v. Public...
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OK, it's time to kick off my promised Personal Statement Boot Camp , which is designed to help you avoid some of the major mistakes I see in law school applications, and hopefully give you some ideas of how to make your P.S. better. I'm going...
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We've been wrapping up the class over the last month or so, and now are pretty much set to coast for the summer. Usually we sign off for the summer, but this year I thought I'd try to do something different: for those of you getting a head start...
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The Law Library's list of new acquisitions for May 2010 are now available: All Acquisitions German, French and Italian Language Acquisitions Spanish Language Acquisitions New Movies and TV Programs Or, as always, you can visit the library's new...
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The European Ombudsman, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, gave a talk on the role of Ombudsmen in promoting and protecting human rights. This was part of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights Symposium on "Strengthening the fundamental rights...
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Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. (Level 3) Level 2 Entrance CLOSED - June 1st - August 16th Reference Desk: 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. & 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Circulation Desk: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. & 1:00 p.m. –...
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The Law Library has subscriptions to four new e-resources from LexisNexis: EU Tracker EU Tracker tracks the implementation of key EU Directives across 20 Member States in 10 practice areas. There are links to consultation papers, draft legislation and...
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In addition to performing my regular, admissions dean-y duties, I get approached by a variety of media people throughout the year asking for "help." Sometimes these are authors writing books on how to get into law school. Sometimes they are...
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You know, I didn't get around to many BIJ posts this year, mainly because it's been a good season. Applicants were very well-behaved -- even the admitted students who turned down our offers this year (yes, people do turn us down, and it makes...
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The Law Library's list of new acquisitions for April 2010 are now available: All Acquisitions German, French and Italian Language Acquisitions Spanish Language Acquisitions New Movies and TV Programs Or, as always, you can visit the library's...
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If you've ever wondered about the origins of Cinco de Mayo , here's a short article that nicely summarizes the popularity of the holiday in the U.S.: Cinco de Mayo, from the Battlefield to the Beer Bottle Cinco de Mayo celebrates the Mexican victory...
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I received dozens of wonderful thank-you letters from the fourth-grade students of Ridge Road Elementary School in North Haven, who visited on April 22, like the one pictured here from Chandler. I read every single one of them. Judging from the letters...
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Thank you to all the students who took our survey. A selection of graphs from the responses received are published below. We appreciate the helpful suggestions some of you made for improving our services and facilities. We will strive to implement those...
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On April 22 the Rare Book Collection hosted 84 4th-grade students from Ridge Road Elementary School in North Haven, CT. They toured our current exhibit, "Reused, Rebound, Recovered: Medieval Manuscript Fragments in Law Book Bindings." They posed...
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Since we've been getting quite a few queries from those of you on our wait list, I thought I'd do a quick post and answer some FAQs. First, there's been some scuttlebutt about the number of people we have on the wait list. We keep a fairly...
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Responding to requests from law students, we will restrict non-law student access during undergraduate and Law School reading/exam periods. Effective the morning of Monday, April 26 and continuing through the afternoon of Friday, May 21, admission to...
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On Wednesday, April 21, from 3:10-5:10pm in room 122, the Law School hosted the program: Lawyering Skills, A Crash Course in Legal Writing, Research, and Practice. The schedule was: 3:10-3:40: Research: practice pointers for avoiding false starts, dead...
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Public MORRIS and Encore will be down from approximately 4:00 - 7:00 pm today (Monday) for maintenance.
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Book Talk featuring Chesa Boudin ’11 discussing GRINGO: A COMING OF AGE IN LATIN AMERICA, in conversation with Carlos Barrezueta ‘06 , at Labyrinth Books , on Wednesday, April 21, at 5:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Lillian Goldman Law Library....
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Learn the top ten cost and time effective Lexis and Westlaw legal research strategies on Friday, April 16 from 12:00-1:00pm, in YLS library computer lab on L2. No preregistration required. This is one of many programs being offered in April by the Law...
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The next Movie Night @ YLS is scheduled this coming Thursday, April 15, at 6:20pm in SLB Room 127. The movie we will screen is La Lengua de las Mariposas (Butterfly). For Moncho, it is an idyllic year: he starts school, has a wonderful teacher, and makes...
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Food & Drink Policy for Law Library Effective Spring Semester 2010 The Lillian Goldman Law Library’s Food & Drink Policy is intended to preserve our library materials, computer equipment, and furnishings, and to maintain a pleasant and comfortable...
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Book Talk featuring Rhonda Joy McLean '83, Deputy General Counsel, Time, Inc. discussing THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK OF SUCCESS: LAWS OF LEADERSHIP FOR BLACK WOMEN at Labyrinth Books , on Friday, April 9, at 5:30 p.m. Co-sponsored by the Lillian Goldman...
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Book Talk featuring James Kwak ’11 discussing 13 BANKERS: THE WALL STREET TAKEOVER AND THE NEXT FINANCIAL MELTDOWN, with commentary by Professor Jonathan Macey, at Labyrinth Books , on Thursday, April 8, at 6 p.m. Co-sponsored by the Lillian Goldman...
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A brief research guide, Researching Race in the American Trials Collection , is now online. A link to the guide is in the Law Library's Research page, under the heading "Legal Research Guides. While the guide's focus is on trials involving...
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There is an article on the European Parliament (EP) website today (available here ) examining the impact of the Lisbon Treaty on comitology. Until now the European Commission's implementation of much EU legislation was overseen by committees of Member...
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Yesterday afternoon the Law School was host to a screening of the movie The Rainmaker , with an introduction by none other than John Grisham. Following the movie, Grisham answered questions from the audience before joining us for a reception in the Law...
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Learn the top ten cost and time effective Lexis and Westlaw legal research strategies on Wednesday, April 7 from 3:00-4:00 , in YLS library computer lab on L2. No preregistration required. This is one of many programs being offered in April by the Law...
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The Law Library's list of new acquisitions for March 2010 are now available: All Acquisitions German, French and Italian Language Acquisitions Spanish Language Acquisitions New Movies and TV Programs Or, as always, you can visit the library's...
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Microsoft has released several critical updates to address vulnerabilities in all of the various flavors of Microsoft Windows. YLS IT Services has planned maintenance for our server infrastructure to take place on Sunday, April 11th in order to apply...
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Congratulations to Lindsey Trachtenberg and Stephanie Keene, both 1Ls, who won the raffle for our two iPods. Thank you to all the students who entered the raffle by filling out our student survey. Your responses will go a long way towards helping us improve...
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In an article, entitled " White House to seek input on roles of private contractors, federal workers ," the Washington Post reports today that the Obama administration will begin seeking formal input from stakeholders on a pair of questions...
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Over 40 members of the Medieval Academy of America attended our open house on March 19, as part of the Academy's 2010 Annual Meeting at Yale. The occasion was our current exhibit, "Reused, Rebound, Recovered: Medieval Manuscript Fragments in...
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There are a number of events particularly geared to 3Ls coming up over the next two months that we encourage you to attend. These programs cover a range of topics to help you prepare for work and life after law school, from financial planning to enhancing...
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On March 9, 2010, the European Court of Justice (Grand Chamber) handed down a very interesting judgment regarding the required degree of independence of the authorities responsible for monitoring compliance with Directive 95/46/EC "on the protection...
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The Yale Daily News published an excellent feature on the Rare Book Collection, " Amid legal scholarship, some wacky stacks ", on the front page of its March 26, 2010 issue. Thanks to reporter Danny Serna and photographer Joseph Breen for the...
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The next Movie Night @ YLS is scheduled this coming Wednesday, March 23rd, at 6:20 PM in the Foreign and International Law Reading Room on L1 of the Law Library. We will be screening Richard Attenborough's award-winning Gandhi, a biographical film...
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If you’re working on a paper, this event may interest you. Room 127 will be reserved for the entire day--on Saturday, March 27--so that YLS students can work on their academic papers. The event (known as SATURDAY’S AWESOME WRITING SESSION...
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This past week was a reminder that there can be absolutely beautiful spring days... in March... in New Haven. Many of the law students were off in Belize scuba diving or home visiting family and friends - it was spring break here at YLS - but the students...
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The Green Bag , "An Entertaining Journal of Law," has selected the Lillian Goldman Law Library to be the official archive of its Supreme Court Bobbleheads. To mark this momentous event, the Rare Book Collection has put a selection of Supreme...
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The Washington Post reports today that federal auditors on Monday put a stop to Army plans to award a $1 billion training program for Afghan police officers to the company formerly known as Blackwater (now Xe Services), concluding that other companies...
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The Court of Justice of the European Union issued today a press release with statistics concerning judicial activity in 2009. The press release is available here . The ECJ completed 543 cases in 2009, one of the highest numbers in the Court's history...
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Library Hours Friday 3/12 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. Saturday 3/13 10:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. Sunday 3/14 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 midnight Mon–Thu 3/15-18 Friday 3/19 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 midnight 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. Circulation...
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As some of you start getting antsy awaiting a decision as the end of admissions season approaches, you might have read my first BIJ post from last year, which exhorted you not to call or write to check on your status. I was admittedly grumpy in my second...
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On Monday, March 8th, the law library will host a lecture by George Mason University Law School’s Professor Ross Davies - “The Last Word,” in room 122 of the Law school at 1 PM. Professor Davies graduated from the University of Chicago...
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There are so many incredible speakers and guest lecturers that pass through the doors of the Law School that I admit I have become slightly jaded to the prominence and import of the visitors. Should I go to the Arianna Huffington lecture or catch up on...
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House of Fins came today to empty the tank of all our fish. This is the first step in a three step process to convert the tank to freshwater. We should have the fish back in the tank within 30 days. The tank is temporarily out of commission but will be...
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The Law Library's list of new acquisitions for February 2010 are now available: All Acquisitions German, French and Italian Language Acquisitions Spanish Language Acquisitions New Movies and TV Programs Or, as always, you can visit the library's...
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I have two people to thank for independently solving my Provenance Puzzle #2 : my friend the San Antonio tax attorney and bibliophile Farley Katz, and Christopher Frey of Antiquariat Inlibris Gilhofer in Vienna. The armorial stamp, shown at left, is of...
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"RebLaw, smashing success!" - the New York Review of Conferences "Originalism, schmoriginalism! Thanks RebLaw." - Justice Scalia "RebLaw set my thoughts on fire with the burning intensity of one thousand suns. By Odin's eight...
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Thanks for coming. Come find us in Room 122 if you have questions.....
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This is another posting in my quest to let you all in on the hidden gems of New Haven. If you are a cheese lover, this entry is especially for you. I am tempted to simply cut and paste the menu from this next restaurant, because it speaks for itself....
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Please join us Thursday, February 18 at 6:20pm in the Law Library's Foreign and Int'l Reading Room on L1 for the screening of The Story of Qiu Ju. Directed by internationally renowned Chinese director Zhang Yimou, The Story of Qiu Ju is one in...
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Thanks to the following individuals for their assistance in the preparation of this exhibit: Moshe Bar Asher Academy of the Hebrew Language Binyamin Elizur Academy of the Hebrew Language Ezra Chwat National Library of Israel Margot Fassler Yale University...
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Fragment: Unknown Date: c.1475-1525 Found in: Caccialupi, Giovanni Battista. De pesionibus tractatus uere aureus . Rome: F. Minizio Calvo, 1531 . The vast majority of medieval manuscript fragments found in the Law Library's bindings are in Latin,...
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Fragment: Maimonides's Mishneh Torah / Vidal of Tolosa's Maggid Mishneh Date: c. 1300-1500 Found in: Milan (Duchy). Constitutiones dominii mediolanensis . Novara: Francesco Sesalli, 1567 . Between 1170 and 1180 the famous rabbi, physician, and...
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Fragment: Sextus liber decretalium (Bologna or Padua) Date: c. 1320-1330? Found in: Bologna (Italy). Statutorum inclytae civitatis ... Bononiae , vol. 2. Bologna: Giovanni Rossi, 1569 . Pope Boniface VIII (1294-1303) held a doctorate in canon and civil...
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Fragment: Decretales Gregorii IX , with gloss (Bologna or Avignon) Date: c. 1240-50 Found in: Massa, Antonio. De usuris . Rome: Valerio Dorico, 1557 . The landscape of medieval jurisprudence changed radically in the 12th century, when the monk Gratian's...
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Fragment: Codex Iustiniani (Italy, probably Bologna) Date: c. 1275-1325 Found in: Savoy (Duchy). Statuta Sabaudie . [Turin: Bernardus de Sylva, 1530.] It was probably not mere coincidence that a leaf of the Corpus iuris civilis was used to cover this...
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Fragment: Cicero's "Dream of Scipio" (Italy) Date: c. 1275-1325 Found in: Jame, Pierre. Aurea et famosissima practica . [Lyons: A. Dury, 1527.] The parchment used to cover this volume features a portion of Cicero's "Dream of Scipio"...
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Fragment: Aquinas's Commentary on the Metaphysics Date: c. 1375-1475 Found in: Barbier, Jean. Viatorium utriusque iuris . [Strassburg: Johann Pruss, 1493.] The philosopher and theologian Saint Thomas Aquinas (c. 1226-1274) lived at a time of great...
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Fragment: Sermon (Italy or Germany) Date: c. 1325-1475 Found in: Bottoni, Bernardo. Casus longi super quinque libros decretalium . [Basel: Michael Wenssler, not after 1479.] Preaching was an important part of Christian life throughout the Middle Ages...
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Fragment: Unknown (Italy) Date: c. 1350-1450 Found in: Corpus iuris civilis . 12 vols. Lyons: Guillaume Rouillé, 1581 . Each of the twelve small volumes of this 1581 edition of the Corpus iuris civilis is neatly covered in parchment featuring passages...
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Fragment: Legendary (Italy) Date: c. 975-1075 Found in: Rolandinus, de Passageriis. Flos testamentorum . Padua: Matheus Cerdonis, 1482 . From the earliest days of Christianity, the faithful (and not-yet-faithful) were inspired by the words and deeds of...
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Fragment: Unknown Date: 1350-1425 Found in: Repetitiones decem legum . [Paris: André Bocard for Jean Petit, 1507.] The nature of the fragments used here as pastedowns is not entirely clear. The front pastedown (the first of the two images above...
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Fragment: Mahzor Date: c. 1300-1500 Found in: Parsons, Robert. Elizabethae reginae Angliae edictum promulgatum Londini 29. Novemb. anni M.D. XCI . [Rome?: s.n.], 1593 . Alongside the many pieces of the Christian liturgy preserved in the Law Library's...
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Fragment: Breviary (England) Date: c. 1225-1325 Found in: [Year Books, Edward III.] Regis pie memorie Edwardi Tertii a quadragesimo ad quinquagesimum . London: Richard Tottell, 1565 . Here we find a good example of how 15th- and 16th-century bookbinders...
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This one's a classic, coming straight from Woodstock in 1969. Country Joe McDonald and his band were famous for songs protesting the Vietnam war. In the Fixin' to Die Rag, they satirized the fact that so many young people were being sent off to...
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Fragment: Breviary (Germany) Date: c. 1150-1200 Found in: Mascardi, Alderano. Communes i. v. conclusiones, ad generalem quorum cunque statutorum interpretationem acommodatae . Frankfurt: Wolfgang Richter, 1609 . The fragment of a breviary seen here was...
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Fragment: Antiphonal (Italy) Date: c. 1050-1150 Found in: Denari, Odofredo. Refugium advocatorum . Milan: Giovanni Giacomo da Legnano, [1522] . The unassuming example presented here is one of the more unusual medieval items in the Law Library's collection...
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Fragment: Missal (France?) Date: c. 1150-1225 Found in: La Pape, Guy de. Lectura subtilis et aurea ... Guidonis Pape . [Lyons: for Simon Vincent?, 1517.] The parchment cover for this 16th-century book is made from a medieval missal. The folio visible...
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Fragment: Gradual (Italy) Date: c. 1425-1525 Found in: Naples (Kingdom). Capitula regni una cum apparatu, ac utilissimis, et necessariis prioribus . [Campagna: Domenico Nibbio], 1561 . This cover is made from an Italian gradual and features part of the...
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Fragment: Epistolary (Northern France) Date: c. 1175-1250 Found in: Bartolomeo, da Brescia. Casus Decretorum. Basel: Nicolaus Kessler, 1489 . The parchment used here as a pastedown comes from an epistolary and shows the epistle readings for two Masses...
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In 2006, Congress passed The Secure Fence Act, calling for construction of 700 miles of fence along the U.S.- Mexico border. They were not prepared for what followed. "The Wall documents the construction of the border fence across the Southwest,...
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Bearing Witness to Military Commissions in Guantanamo Friday, 4 – 5:30 pm, Room 121 The Obama Administration announced late last year that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other Guantanamo detainees would be transfered to the mainland U.S. for trial in...
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The liturgy of the Church in medieval Europe was built around two core elements: the Mass and the Divine Office. The Mass was a once-daily celebration of the sacrament of Holy Communion. The Divine Office was a sequence of eight services that made up...
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Fragment: Bible (Italy) Date: c. 1100 Found in: La Pape, Guy de. Singularia Guidonis Papae . [Lyons: Jacob Giunta], 1540. This example illustrates nicely one of the most common uses for medieval manuscript fragments in 15th- and 16th-century bindings...
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Fragment: Bible Date: Before c. 1100 Found in: Constitutiones marchie anconitane noviter emendate. [Perugia:] Franciscus Baldassaris, 1502. Early Latin-speaking Christians used several versions of the books of the Bible, which had been translated piecemeal...
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In 15th- and 16th-century Europe, reusing and recycling was second nature. Linen rags were turned into paper, human urine was used to create lye, iron was melted down and refashioned. Bookbinders, for their part, cut apart discarded medieval manuscripts...
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Organized Labor in Our Age: Is There Still a Seat at the Table for Unions in the Future of the American Workforce Saturday 2/20 at 3 - 4:30 pm in Room 128 As American jobs have transitioned away from manufacturing, union membership has declined. Yet,...
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Hi RebLaw! We'll see you all in less than a week. Safe travels and email us at rebellious dot law dot questions at gmail.com if you have any last minute concerns! Feb 19, 2010 3pm: REGISTRATION OPEN S 4:00 - 5:30pm: First round of panels . They are...
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Reducing Drug Crime Without Putting People in Prison: The High Point Initiative In May 2004, the High Point, NC Police Department launched an innovative crime initiative in an effort to reduce drug related crimes in the most violent sections of the city...
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So, rather than do a traditional "Ask Asha" post this round, I thought I would answer some of the questions -- and correct some of the off-base answers -- which have been circulating in the online forums. Yes, we do read them. And yes, it's...
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Check out the new op-ed by Linda Greenhouse about the U.S. decision to relocate the Uigher detainees to Switzerland, and thus to arguably moot out the Kiyemba v. Obama case scheduled for Supreme Court argument on March 23, 2010. Learn more at RebLaw Bearing...
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Muslim Americans and the Legal Profession After September 11 A Conversation with Sameer Ahmed , Skadden Fellow, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund Umbreen Bhatti , Staff Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union of Delaware Asaad Siddiq i...
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Nearly 150 early printed books in the Yale Law Library have bindings that incorporate visible pieces of medieval manuscript. A number of these books are featured in the latest exhibit from the Law Library's Rare Book Collection, "Reused, Rebound...
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Hi everyone - We are happy to announce that the new Dean of the Yale Law School, Robert Post , wil be introducing our Keynote speaker, Bryan Stevenson, on Friday night 2/19 at 6:30pm in the YLS Auditorium. On Saturday, Febuary 20th, The J. Skelly Wright...
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This is how we are all feeling right now! Safe travels, everyone and SEE YOU SOON!
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In my blog posts I frequently make passing references to the numerous centers and programs at YLS. There are over twenty centers, programs, and workshops that focus on a wide range of subjects, from legal reform in China and legal topics in South America...
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Hey everyone, It's been super long since we've had a rebellious track! Going to one of the most incredible and revered musicians of the 20th century for this one, here's Fela Kuti's "Zombie." For those unfamiliar with Fela, here's...
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One of my favorite events each year is the visit by the students from the Yale Law School's Linkages Program. Over a dozen law students from Argentina, Brazil and Chile visited the Paskus-Danziger Rare Book Room on February 5. The items they viewed...
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As RegBlog reports, the White House recently announced the online availability of extensive government datasets through Data.gov . On December 8, 2009, the White House issued the Open Government Directive, instructing Executive Departments to publish...
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Locked Up and Locked Out: the Experiences of LGBT Prisoners Come to this panel 3:00- 4:30pm pm on Saturday, February 20th!! In addition to facing the often harsh and degrading conditions of the general prison population, LGBT prisoners face unique challenges...
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Today is the anniversary of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. You can see an image of the Treaty on the National Archives website. Per the National Archives, "the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which brought an official end to the Mexican-American War...
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The Law Library's list of new acquisitions for January 2010 are now available: All Acquisitions German, French and Italian Language Acquisitions Spanish Language Acquisitions New Movies and TV Programs Or, as always, you can visit the library's...
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It is the first week of spring semester at the Law School, with all of the excitement and energy that this entails. The term begins, like each new term, with the anticipation of a new curriculum and the comfort of catching up with old friends. The beginning...
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Meredith, our LexisNexis representative will be hosting workshops in February to teach students how to efficiently search in LexisNexis. The first workshops will be on February 17th, starting at 3:00 p.m.; the second series with be on February 24th starting...
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Hear Gene Fidell, Travis Crum Valerie Kaur and Muneed Ahmed (an all-star line-up!) speak about their recent visit to Guantanamo Bay and their experience on the island, conversations with soldiers, and the inside perspective from inside the Military Commissions...
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That is Publishers’ Weekly description of The Miner's Canary: Enlisting Race, Resisting Power, Transforming Democracy . Fellow Reblaw speaker, Ian Haney Lopez calls the book “a hymn of hope” for those who fear the future. The authors...
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We here at 203 are thrilled to know that we aren't the only admissions office on campus that likes to have fun and doesn't take ourselves too seriously: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGn3-RW8Ajk It's technically a plug for Yale College, but...
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One of the speakers coming to RebLaw is Julia "Judy" Bonds, a coal miner's daughter and the director of Coal River Mountain Watch. Over the past six to eight years, Bonds has emerged as a formidable community leader against a highly destructive...
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I hope 2010 is off to a good start for all of our readers. We've been busy reading your applications and admitting some of you (contrary to some rumors, we do, in fact, admit applicants). January is traditionally a great time to get a lot of work...
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Just yesterday, violent earthquakes rocked the nation of Haiti, leaving thousands dead and thousands upon thousands more in need of immediate help. Haitian President Rene Preval says the situation is "unimaginable" and describes stepping over...
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By now, pretty much everyone is exhausted of the American health care debate, even though the slog is going on, and on, and on. It's hard to stay dogged and determined, even for something so essential, when dealing with ludicrous assertions by even...
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The January 12, 2010 issue of the Yale Daily News has an excellent article on our " Images of Justice " exhibit, curated by my intern Seth Quidachay-Swan of Southern Connecticut State University. Thanks to the reporter, Alison Greenberg, for...
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When Vanessa and I attended the Shaking the Foundations conference at Stanford in the fall, we heard many fascinating and inspiring stories about progressive lawyering on the west side. Luckily, one of those stories has a video -- check out Vilma's...
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The Cupcake Truck is a quirky and beloved New Haven experience. The flavors change daily and so does the location of the truck. In order to stop by the truck for one of their delicious $2 cupcakes, you will first have to visit their blog ( http://fooddriven...
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The Law Library's list of new acquisitions for December 2009 are now available: All Acquisitions German, French and Italian Language Acquisitions Spanish Language Acquisitions New Movies and TV Programs Or, as always, you can visit the library's...
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Happy holidays, rebels! As we are bombarded with images of rampant consumerism in advertising, 30 000 more American troops gear up to go to war in Afghanistan, and a new would-be Al Qaeda terrorist dominates headlines and brings the war on terrorism back...
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Olivier de Schutter, the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, will be delivering the keynote address that kicks off our conference. He will be giving his address at 6 PM on April 16, 2010, in the Yale Law School Auditorium. Mr. De Schutter was appointed...
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"Images of Justice" is an exhibit prepared by Seth Quidachay-Swan, who recently completed an internship in the Lillian Goldman Law Library as part of his work toward a Master's in Library Science from Southern Connecticut State University...
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The Lillian Goldman Law Library prides itself on having what may be the best collection of early Italian statutes in the Western Hemisphere. However, our collection will never come close to matching the superb collection of statuti at the Biblioteca del...
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The Law Library has received a gift of Japanese law treatises from Janice Rabinowitiz, the widow of alumnus, Richard W. Rabinowitz, B.A. (Yale, '47), LL.B. (YLS, '50), M.A. (Yale, '51). The gift consists of a collection of treatises on Japanese...
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On a recent trip to Rome I had the great professional and personal pleasure of reuniting an Italian town with an important piece of its history. Among the volumes in our outstanding collection of early Italian statutes is a 15th-century manuscript of...
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The Law Library's hours during the recess and holiday period will be as follows: December 19-20, Sat - Sun, 12:00 noon - 5:00 p.m. 21-23, Mon - Wed, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 24-27, Thurs - Sun, Closed 28-31, Mon - Thurs, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Access...
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Since I introduced 203's B.I.J. feature last spring, many of you have waited anxiously for the next post, perhaps for no other reason than to discover a new 80's reference you've never heard of as reaffirmation that you're still under...
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Recent developments in agricultural production and dramatic spikes in food prices have provoked increased awareness of the importance of food policy. The rocketing prices of wheat in early 2008 and the subsequent droughts across the globe have sent individuals...
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Over 50 of Professor Morris L. Cohen's friends gathered on December 2 to honor him and the gift of his Juvenile Jurisprudence Collection to the Lillian Goldman Law Library's Rare Book Collection. Cohen, Professor Emeritus of Law at the Yale Law...
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One panel in the works for RebLaw, "Organized Labor in Our Age: Is there still a seat at the table for unions in the future of the American workforce?" will examine the changing make-up of unions in the US and the role lawyers can play in defending...
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The Environmental Protection Agency moved closer Monday to issuing regulations on greenhouse gases, a step that would enable it to limit emissions across the economy even if Congress does not pass climate legislation. According to an article published...
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The Supreme Court heard oral argument on Monday in Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (08-861), an important separation of powers case. In 2002, Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which created the Public Company Accounting...
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The port of Mystic, Connecticut, is a great daytrip from New Haven. The drive only takes an hour and whenever I go I really feel like I have had an excursion out of town. Now I have to confess, the first time I drove out to Mystic it was to check out...
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The Law Library's list of new acquisitions for November 2009 are now available: All Acquisitions German, French and Italian Language Acquisitions Spanish Language Acquisitions New Movies and TV Programs Or, as always, you can visit the library's...
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All previous Yale Law School Exams can be found online by going to: http://morris.law.yale.edu/search~S2/a Hardcopy volumes are located at the Upper East Side (UES) opposite side of the copy machine. Hardcopy volumes do not circulate during the exam period...
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Responding to requests from law students, we will restrict non-law student access during undergraduate and Law School reading/exam periods. Effective the evening of Friday, December 4 and continuing through the afternoon of Wednesday, January 20, admission...
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Book Discussion with YLS Professor Daniel C. Esty '86 with commentary by Visiting Lecturer in Law, Stephen D. Ramsey on Tuesday, December 8, 2009 6:00 p.m. at Labyrinth Books, 290 York Street, New Haven, CT The Yale Law Library and Labyrinth Books...
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Here is a link to a brief interview with Michael Cashman, the British MEP who has been entrusted by the European Parliament with the job of looking at openness and transparency, including access to documents, in the European Union (he describes himself...
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Most people know Mos Def's "Mathematics" for its dirty DJ Premier beat. In his lyrics, however, Mos Def uses numbers and statistics to touch on a wide range of social issues, which, taken together, trace the links between racism, drugs,...
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Kluwer Arbitration is now available via IP Access on the CCH IntelliConnect platform. You must register though it is very quick -- just email and password. According to CCH: Kluwer Arbitration is the world's leading online resource for international...
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A big shout-out to last year's Reblaw Directors (pictured below). We just opened registraiton --- and one of the first few registrations and shirt purchases are from ---- them. Reblove! Keep on registering, folks. We look forward to seeing you soon...
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The Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School, presents... “Bookbindings: What They Tell Us About Early Printed Books” Presented by Scott Husby December 10, 2009 1:10 - 2:00 p.m. Sterling Law Building, Room 129 Since 1999 Scott Husby has...
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After a lot of work from the whole RebLaw team, we've opened registration. We're still finalizing programming information, and will be making changes for the next couple of months. But for now, come check out what we have in store, let us know...
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When: Wednesday, December 2nd, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Where: Library Computer Classroom on L2 Event Details: Foreign and International Law Librarian Teresa Miguel will discuss where to find foreign and international law on the web and how to identify which...
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Happy Thanksgiving to all the Americans out there, and TGIF to everyone else! As part of our preparation for Reblaw 2010, the Reblawg will be featuring commentary from our panelists on topics they will be discussing at the conference. Ann Skelton, a human...
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Our Keynote speaker, Bryan Stevenson, recently was quoted in the NY Times regarding his representation of Joe Sullivan, a young man sentenced to life in prison without parole for a crime he commited when he was 13 years old. Bryan Stevenson asked the...
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President Obama has recently called a summit to discuss the Afghan war and to debate the contentious issue of whether to send 40,000 more troops to fight in the conflict that has been battering the country since 2001. Polls in the U.S. indicate that people...
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HeinOnline's Blog this week has a nice entry on the Treaty of Lisbon with links to finding scholarly articles about the "Road to Lisbon" and other EU treaties. Briefly, Czech President Vaclav Klaus ratified the Treaty of Lisbon on November...
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The High Court of Justice in Israel put an end to years of controversy Thursday, November 19, by ruling that privately run prisons are unconstitutional. The full text of this landmark decision is currently only available in Hebrew on the Court's website...
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November 25, Wed, 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m., reduced staff November 26, Thur, Closed (Thanksgiving) November 27, Fri, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., reduced staff November 28, Sat, Regular Hours 10:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. November 29, Sun, Regular Hours 10:00 a.m....
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Directed by Pantelis Voulgaris , the award-winning and beautifully filmed Brides is set in 1922 aboard the SS King Alexander . Niki is a mail order bride from Greece bound for her new husband in Chicago. Norman is an American photographer on his way home...
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November 25, Wed, 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m., reduced staff November 26, Thur, Closed (Thanksgiving) November 27, Fri, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., reduced staff November 28, Sat, Regular Hours 10:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. November 29, Sun, Regular Hours 10:00 a.m....
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Foreshadowing the Brixton race riots of the 1980s, The Guns of Brixton (1979) reflected growing local discontent due to ongoing oppression by police. When they kick down your front door, how you gonna come?
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Hi everybody! Welcome to the Reblawg, the 2010 Rebellious Lawyering Conference's official blog. We are going to start posting regularly about all things RebLaw, and I hope you keep checking back to see what we're up to as the conference approaches...
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The Law Library's list of new acquisitions for October 2009 are now available: All Acquisitions German, French and Italian Language Acquisitions Spanish Language Acquisitions New Movies and TV Programs Or, as always, you can visit the library's...
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Dear Asha, I am a senior in college and am planning to work or teach for a year or two after graduation. If I know I will be taking time off, is it better for me to apply now and defer, or wait until I'm ready to go to law school? If the former, how...
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The Yale Journal of International Law (YJIL) announces the launch of its new website, www.yjil.org , featuring unique online content for the first time in its thirty-five year history. YJIL Online provides authors a forum for short analytical essays relevant...
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Westlaw has rolled out its OnePass password security change since November 1st. It is a new sign on process where Westlaw users are to create their unique usernames and passwords. OnePass security change will be implemented in phases and users can convert...
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I was pleased to welcome about 30 freshmen from Yale's Directed Studies program to the Paskus-Danziger Rare Book Room on November 4. They were accompanied by three of the Directed Studies faculty: Edwin Duval (French), Paul Freedman (History), and...
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Principal facts The applicant, Patricia Chaudet, is a French national who worked as an air hostess from 1982. Between 1997 and 2001 she suffered five work-related accidents as a result of air turbulence. She was awarded a disability pension in June 2002...
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According to its website , the Commission recognizes that lobbying is a legitimate, even essential part of democratic decision making, whether it is carried out by public affairs consultancies, private companies, NGOs, law firms, think tanks or trade...
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When: October 26th from 4-4:30, repeats on Oct. 28th from 3:00-3:30 and Oct. 30th from 11:00-11:30 am. Place: Computer Classroom, L2 This program will give 1L students the tools to properly format briefs in Microsoft Word, including how to create a table...
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Scanners at the Law Library – Announcement There are three options for you to scan documents/pictures here at the Law Library: Level 1, Foreign & International Area. You must log in with your Yale Net ID and Password to be able to scan and email...
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Freedom of the Seas, 1609: Grotius and the Emergence of International Law An exhibit marking the 400th anniversary of Hugo Grotius's Mare Liberum ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Thanks to the following individuals and institutions for their assistance in preparing...
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Freedom of the Seas, 1609: Grotius and the Emergence of International Law An exhibit marking the 400th anniversary of Hugo Grotius's Mare Liberum The Development of the Law of the Sea in the 17th Century: A Bibliography of Modern Scholarship Compiled...
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Freedom of the Seas, 1609: Grotius and the Emergence of International Law An exhibit marking the 400th anniversary of Hugo Grotius's Mare Liberum Part 8 For the 17th century Mare liberum and Mare clausum were the centerpieces of the debate between...
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The Law School and Yale's School of Management (SOM) unveiled a pilot three-year joint degree program last spring for students interested in an integrated law and business curriculum. At the end of the three year Accelerate Integrated JD-MBA program...
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Freedom of the Seas, 1609: Grotius and the Emergence of International Law An exhibit marking the 400th anniversary of Hugo Grotius's Mare Liberum Part 7 In supporting his case with a massive showing of state practice, Selden was able to draw upon...
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Freedom of the Seas, 1609: Grotius and the Emergence of International Law An exhibit marking the 400th anniversary of Hugo Grotius's Mare Liberum Part 6 William Welwood's work eventually drew a response from a Dutch lawyer, Dirck Graswinckel,...
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Freedom of the Seas, 1609: Grotius and the Emergence of International Law An exhibit marking the 400th anniversary of Hugo Grotius's Mare Liberum Part 5 England's own claims to maritime sovereignty ran counter to both Spain and Portugal's...
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Freedom of the Seas, 1609: Grotius and the Emergence of International Law An exhibit marking the 400th anniversary of Hugo Grotius's Mare Liberum Part 4 As it happens, the publication of Mare liberum came too late to influence negotiations with Spain...
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Freedom of the Seas, 1609: Grotius and the Emergence of International Law An exhibit marking the 400th anniversary of Hugo Grotius's Mare Liberum Part 3 The tension generated by Spanish and Portuguese claims to maritime dominion intensified at the...
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Freedom of the Seas, 1609: Grotius and the Emergence of International Law An exhibit marking the 400th anniversary of Hugo Grotius's Mare Liberum Part 2 Early efforts to codify maritime law did little to resolve claims growing out of acrimonious political...
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Freedom of the Seas, 1609: Grotius and the Emergence of International Law An exhibit marking the 400th anniversary of Hugo Grotius’s Mare Liberum Part 1 Grotius, Hugo (1583-1645). Mare liberum (Leiden, 1609). Grotius launched his illustrious career...
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The European Court of Human Rights (a Chamber of seven judges) notified in writing today its judgment in the case of Lombardi Vallauri v. Italy (application no. 39128/05). The Court held that the Catholic University of Milan, which is a public law entity...
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I was sorry to learn that Charles J. Tanenbaum, Yale Law School Class of 1937, passed away on Oct. 17, 2009, at age 94. Mr. Tanenbaum was a noted book collector and philanthropist. The Lillian Goldman Law Library was one among a great many institutions...
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The current official website of International Criminal Court (ICC) has comprehensive research resources including basic legal texts relevant to doing research relating to ICC. The Official Journal includes the full text of the Rome Statute , the Rules...
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New exhibit... Freedom of the Seas, 1609: Grotius and the Emergence of International Law October 2009 - January 2010 Rare Book Exhibition Gallery Level L2, Lillian Goldman Law Library Yale Law School In 1609, a little pamphlet touched off a big debate...
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Washington Post has an article today on President Obama scolding business groups that have fought his plan to create a new federal agency (Consumer Financial Protection Agency) to oversee mortgages, credit cards and other consumer financial products,...
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On October 6, 2009, the Council of the European Union publicized its draft conclusions on Better Regulation for the 3-4 December 2009 Competitiveness Council. The text of these conclusions is available here . In its draft conclusions, the Council acknowledges...
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As of July 2009, Yale tightened security for online access all over the campus. To access the wireless network at the Yale Law School, laptop users can log on through VPN, Yale Secure (with netID), or Yale Guest. VPN and Yale Secure wireless connections...
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New Haven can be a wonderful place to spend the summer. The campus quiets down, but that doesn't mean that the activities stop. In fact, one of New Haven's most famous events, the International Festival of Arts and Ideas takes place in June. The...
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To answer the most frequently asked question of the week.... The fish are back! right next to (but not to be confused with) the fiche, on the UES.
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Today marks the formal opening of the UK Supreme Court with the swearing in of its 11 justices in a ceremony in London. The Supreme Court, housed at Middlesex Guildhall, replaces the Law Lords as the last court of appeal in all matters other than criminal...
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U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson announced yesterday a proposal requiring large industrial facilities that emit at least 25,000 tons of greenhouse gases (GHGs) a year to obtain construction and operating permits covering these emissions. These permits...
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FROM: YLS IT Services TO: YLS Class of 2009 RE: Important IT Update for Class of 2009 Graduates An important date for YLS Class of 2009: October 1st, 2009: All email accounts will be closed and email stored on Yale's servers will be unavailable...
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The OIRA Draft 2009 Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations is available here . According to the summary provided in the Federal Register Notice of Availability and Request for Comments (which is also available on that same...
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On September 14, 2009, the European Ombudsman appeared before the Committee on Petitions of the European Parliament to present the Annual Report for the year 2008. The presentation is available here . According to the presentation, the Ombudsman closed...
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The fish tank on L1 will be dismantled for some work over the long weekend. It will be re-assembled sometime next week. ***UPDATE*** 9/23/2009 The arrival of the new fish tank has been delayed. We are expecting it to be set up again in a few weeks.
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On September 14, 2009, the European Commission issued a Report to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the application and effectiveness of the directive on strategic environmental...
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Welcome back to 203! I hope all of you had relaxing and productive summers. As Dean Rangappa mentioned last week, the Admissions Office has some new things in store for you this fall including our Twitter feed and e-visits/webinars. While the e-visits...
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In an op-ed published in the Washington Post of September 13, 2009 (available here , Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.) argues that the deployment of a great number of White House "czars" "sets a dangerous precedent that undermines the...
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If you are a 1L and were either unable to attend a Lexis/Westlaw training session this month, or if you do not have one scheduled for your small group and are still interested in learning about these databases, please attend this session on Friday, September...
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The Senate confirmed Professor Cass Sunstein to be Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, on September 10, 2009 (see New York Times ). He was approved 57 to 40, with the vast majority of his...
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Our blog aims to help inform scholars and practitioners of administrative law about new developments in adminstrative law in a wide range of countries and institutions. Akis Psygkas is organizing the posts. He will be monitoring the press and the academic...
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Feliz Dieciocho , Chile! Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, also sends her congratulations to Chile today, on its 199th anniversary of independence. Not only is Chile know for its wines , but it is also one of the top five legal publishers in...
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FROM THE YALE STATLAB: We are pleased to announce our Fall 2009 statistical workshops. We offer several introductory workshops this fall. These workshops are free and open to interested faculty and students of all disciplines,...
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Summer's over, school has started, and we've got the ball rolling for another admissions season! This year, we've got a few new things up our sleeve. First, we're on Twitter, at www.twitter.com/ylsadmissions . Sign up to receive our tweets...
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Today marked the kick-off season of Reblaw 2010 recruitment. We had a lot of interest from a great group of 1Ls -- all whom seemed to have interesting ideas for panel or workshop content. Last year's Conference drew a record number of visitors from...
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Sign up now for a First Year CaseMap session scheduled next week. All sessions will take place in the Computer Classroom in the Law Library. You will receive 400 points for attending and we will raffle off a $50.00 Starbuck’s card at the end of...
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My Flickr frenzy continues... Another new portrait gallery in the Rare Book Collection's section of the Yale Law Library Flickr site comes from Lodovico Vedriani's Dottori Modonesi di teologia, filosofia, legge canonica, e civile (Modena, 1665...
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Labor Day Weekend Saturday, September 5th, 2009 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. (L3 Access) 10:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. (L2 Access Reference Desk: 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. Circulation Desk: 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. Sunday, September 6th, 2009 9:00 a.m. –...
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One of the first portrait albums ever published featured Italy's outstanding jurists, Antoine Lafréry's Illustrium iureconsultorum imagenes (Rome, 1566?). The book consists of 25 portraits, attributed to Niccolò Nelli, that reportedly...
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The Rare Book Collection's image galleries on Flickr are now part of the Yale Law Library's Flickr site. All the previous content is still there -- Legal Trees , Dutch Court Scenes , and Provenance Markings -- and I continue to add images to these...
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... Benjamin Yousey-Hindes of Stanford University. Congratulations, Ben! I am doubly pleased to announce this award: first because Professor Morris Cohen is the Director Emeritus of the Lillian Goldman Law Library, and a friend & mentor to so many...
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The latest issue of Max Planck Institute's Zeitschrift für Chinesisches Recht includes a comprehensive bibliography of academic writings in Western languages published in 2008. See here ( Bibliography2009.pdf ) for the bibliography compiled by...
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Harold I. Boucher was a great friend and supporter of law libraries and legal history, and a personal friend of mine. I am sad to report that he passed away on May 27, 2009, in San Francisco, a month shy of his 103rd birthday. Mr. Boucher was a proud...
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We sent out an earlier announcement about the new Westlaw password security change. The gist of the new security change is that Westlaw will not support log-in with the alphanumeric Westlaw password (e.g."5922679noql") and will switch to only...
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The Law Library's list of new acquisitions for May 2009 are now available: All Acquisitions German, French and Italian Language Acquisitions Spanish Language Acquisitions New Movies and TV Programs Or, as always, you can visit the library's new...
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Westlaw is transitioning away from using the Westlaw password and moving to the web standard of "OnePass" username and password for log-ins to their different portals ( lawschool.westlaw.com, TWEN and Westlaw). See here for the timeline for...
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Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. (L3 Access) 7:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. (L2 access) Reference Desk: 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. & 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Circulation Desk: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. & 1:00 p.m. – 5:00...
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The following select bibliography includes the sources consulted in the preparation of this exhibit. The image is of the opening leaf of the Liber Assisarum , a collection of Year Book cases from the reign of Edward III (manuscript in Law French, ca....
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Well, summer is finally here so it's time for us to bid all of our 203 readers adieu until the fall. We will be back in action around the first week of September, so stay tuned! In the meantime, you can continue to send any questions you have to 203blog...
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LexisNexis Associates Serving Public Interest Research (ASPIRE) Program provides complimentary LexisNexis access to deferred fall associates pursuing public interest work this coming year. Eligibility is expanded to all 2009 graduates pursuing verifiable...
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All previous Yale Law School Exams can be found online by going to: http://morris.law.yale.edu/search~S2/a Hardcopy volumes are located at the Upper East Side (UES) opposite side of the copy machine. Hardcopy volumes do not circulate during the exam period...
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The just-released Treaties in Force 2009 publication by the U.S. Department of State will tell you what bilateral and mulitlateral treaties to which the United States is a party are currently in force. This is an annual publication also available in print...
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The Law Library's list of new acquisitions for April 2009 are now available: All Acquisitions German, French and Italian Language Acquisitions Spanish Language Acquisitions New Movies and TV Programs Or, as always, you can visit the library's...
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John B. West & Co., The Syllabi , vol. 1, no. 1 (Oct. 21, 1876; reprint ed.; St. Paul, Minn., 1991). John B. West & Co., The Northwestern Reporter , vol. 1 (1st ed.; St. Paul, Minn., 1879). After the Civil War, the number of cases being reported...
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Report of the Copy-Right Case of Wheaton v. Peters: Decided in the Supreme Court of the United States: with an Appendix, Containing the Acts of Congress Relating to Copy-Right (New York, 1834). Henry Wheaton had been unofficial reporter of U.S. Supreme...
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Alexander James Dallas (1759-1817), Reports of Cases Ruled and Adjudged in the Several Courts of the United States, and of Pennsylvania, Held at the Seat of the Federal Government , vol. 2 (Philadelphia, 1798). In 1790 (one year after Ephraim Kirby began...
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William Johnson (1769-1848), letter to John Wells Esq., (Albany, NY, October 23, 1819). William Johnson was Chief Justice Kent’s handpicked successor to George Caines as official reporter for the New York Supreme Court. During his tenure, Johnson...
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George Caines (1771-1825), Cases Argued and Determined in the Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors, in the State of New-York (New York, 1805). There was no formalized system of reporting in the U.S. until 1804, when both the New...
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Ephraim Kirby (1757-1804), Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Superior Court of The State Of Connecticut, from the Year 1785, to May 1788 (Litchfield, Conn., 1789). Although American courts were producing a small number of written opinions after the Revolutionary...
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W. T. S. Daniel (1806-1891), A Letter to Sir Roundell Palmer ... on the Present System of Law Reporting, Its Evils, and the Remedy (London, 1863?). W. T. S. Daniel was active in many areas of law reform, and in 1863 he began working for a better system...
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Sir James Burrow (1701-1782), Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench ... (5 vols.; London, 1766-80). Burrow's Reports established the modern pattern of what a law report should contain: the reporter’s statement of the facts...
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Sir John Popham (1531?-1607), Reports and Cases Collected by the Learned, Sir John Popham, Knight, Late Lord Chief-Justice of England (London, 1656). Popham’s Reports is but one of “the flying squadrons of thin reports” published in...
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Sir Edmund Saunders (d. 1683), Les Reports du Tres Erudite Edmund Saunders ... des Divers Pleadings et Cases en le Court del Bank le Roy (2 vols.; London, 1686). Edmund Saunders authored the best law reports of the late 17th century, known for their accuracy...
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Sir Francis Moore (1558-1621), Cases collected and reported by Sir Francis Moore (manuscript in Law French, 2 vols., 1621). ________, Cases Collect & Report per Sir Fra. Moore Chevalier, Serjeant del Ley ... (2nd ed.; London 1688). Sir Francis Moore...
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William Tothill (1560-1627), The Transactions of the High Court of Chancery, Both by Practice and President (London, 1671). Although reports of Chancery cases had occasionally appeared in manuscript Year Books and various printed case reports, Tothill's...
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Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634), Les Reports de Edvvard Coke l’Attorney Generall le Roigne ... (London, 1600?). Sir Edward Coke's Reports are perhaps the most influential reports in the history of English law, so much so that they are cited simply...
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Edmund Plowden (1518-1585), Les Commentaries, ou Reportes de Edmunde Plowden un Apprentice de le Comen Ley (London, 1571) [with] La Second Part de les Reports, ou Commentaries ... (London, 1610). Edmund Plowden's Commentaries was the first of the...
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[Year Book, 27 Henry VIII.] De termino Pasche anno regni Regis Henrici Octaui. XXVII (London, 1556). Printers began publishing Year Book cases in the 1480s. Two and a half centuries of Year Book reporting came to an end with the cases from 27 Henry VIII...
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Dear Asha, I am interested in transferring from my current law school to Yale. Do you have any comments for those of us who are willing to make the jump and apply to transfer to YLS? In particular, what are you looking for in a transfer applicant that...
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[Year Books, 20-45 Edward III.] Liber Assisarum (manuscript in Law French, ca. 1450). The origin of our case reports lies in the late 13th century, with what are now called the "Year Books." The Liber Assisarum, shown here, is a collection of...
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Case reports are a fundamental source for the study and practice of law in the Anglo-American common law system. "Landmarks in Law Reporting," the Spring 2009 exhibition from the Lillian Goldman Law Library's Rare Book Collection, illustrates...
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Some of you may remember the new B.I.J. feature I introduced a couple of months ago. We'll, it's time for a new lesson, as I know many of you are on the wait list (either at Yale or elsewhere, some of this info may still be useful to you). Before...
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Responding to requests from law students, we will restrict non-law student access during undergraduate and Law School reading/exam periods. Effective the evening of Monday, April 27 and continuing through the afternoon of Friday, May 22, admission to...
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Dear Asha, I have been admitted to Yale and am a little torn about where to go. Yale has a ton of great opportunities, but I keep hearing that you should only go to Yale if you want to become a professor. I don't think this is the path I want to pursue...
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Our very own Zachary D. Kaufman, YLS JD Candidate '09, will be giving a book talk this Friday, April 17, 2009, at 4:00pm, in the Law Library's L3 Periodical Reading Room. Zach, an Olin Fellow and editor-in-chief of the Yale Law & Policy Review...
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On Thursday, April 16, 2009, at 5:30 pm , Labyrinth Books and the Yale Law Library invite you to a discussion about election reform with Heather Gerken in honor of her new book, The Democracy Index . The book talk will take place at Labyrinth Books, 290...
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Our very own Zachary D. Kaufman, YLS JD Candidate '09, will be giving a book talk this Friday, April 17, 2009, at 4:00pm, in the Law Library's L3 Periodical Reading Room. Zach, an Olin Fellow and editor-in-chief of the Yale Law & Policy Review...
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One of the perks of attending law school at one of the world's premier universities is being able to take advantage of the academic, cultural, and social resources of Yale's other schools and departments. From taking classes in other departments...
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We had a bit of a snafu and there no notes for the final panel of the day, Calling for Institutional Change. But who needs 'em? We have VIDEO: http://ylsqtss.law.yale.edu:8080/qtmedia/ylw/OptOutInstChange032809_s.mov
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Many thanks to third-year student and conference volunteer Meagan Reed for the following recap: --- Parenthood and Gender Roles This panel incorporated into the discussion the personal, as well as institutional, changes that need to occur within families...
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Many thanks to outgoing YLW Chair and YLS second-year student Lauren Gerber for notes on the following panel. --- Workplace Flexibility Leslie Bennetts, author of The Feminine Mistake , and Michael Teter, of Workplace Flexibility 2010, debated whether...
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The Law Library's list of new acquisitions for March 2009 are now available: All Acquisitions German, French and Italian Language Acquisitions Spanish Language Acquisitions Or, as always, you can visit the library's new acquisitions web page:...
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The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies has released a new easy-to-use treaty index: FIT, the Flare Index to Treaties . FIT is searchable by any one or a combination of the following: keywords drawn from the official, popular and alternative titles which...
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Whether you are finishing up your SAW, studying for the Property final exam, or just looking for a good place to read that novel, Yale campus and New Haven have tons of places to grab a seat and get down to work. The Law School building is an easy place...
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We are grateful to YLS third-year and conference volunteer Erin Phillips for the following recap: Presentation: Cynthia Calvert & Robert Nelson Cynthia Calvert, with the Project for Attorney Retention in DC, spoke about covert biases and negative...
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Many thanks to YLS third-year and conference volunteer Mytili Bala for the following summary of Judge Nancy Gertner's keynote address. Judge Gertner’s Keynote Address, March 27, 2009 The first wave of feminism sought to treat women the same...
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We are grateful to YLS third-year student and conference volunteer Meagan Reed for the following recap of the introduction and first panel that took place on Friday, May 27. Introduction & Panel I: Defining the "Opt Out" Problem As Yale...
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Thank you to everyone -- guests, speakers, and volunteers-- for making the conference such a resounding success! In the coming days, we will be posting a series of "recap" articles that describe the panels from Friday and Saturday. We will also...
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We are joined today by Deborah Epstein Henry, founder and president of Flex-Time Lawyers LLC , a national networking and consulting firm advising law students, lawyers, and legal employers on work/life balance and the retention and promotion of women...
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Last year, in just about every law firm interview, I heard about women’s initiatives, generous maternity leave policies, flexible telecommuting alternatives, and part-time options. Almost without fail, the interviewer vaunted the brand new flex...
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When: Friday, May 1, 2009 from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. Where: Room 122 This two-hour program will give students vital information to help them succeed in their first jobs or their summer jobs. The program is comprised of four 30-minute workshops that cover the...
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Learn the Top Ten Time and Cost Effective Research Strategies on Lexis and Westlaw by attending an hour-long, joint session in the Library's Computer Lab on L2. Class will be held on Wednesday, April 8th, from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. with a repeat session...
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Interesting piece in the New York Times published March 19. Warner notes that a lot of the news coverage (or at least, perhaps, NYT coverage?) of the recession has focused on what in reality is a very small part of the economic downturn-- job loss and...
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Effective Monday, March 16, 2009 the Law Library is pleased to announce the abililty of University Library patrons to request law library books to be delivered to a library of choice on this campus. Participating Yale libraries include Sterling, Bass...
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Today we are lucky to be joined by guest bloggers Jennifer Kohler and Brande Stellings of Catalyst . Ms. Kohler is an Associate in Advisory Services and Ms. Stellings is the Senior Director of Advisory Services, where she leads Catalyst's practice...
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Just a quick post to point out some great things I've come across in the last week: Sharing the workload at work- and home : A San Francisco Chronicle piece that interviews Sharon Meers and Joanna Strober, the authors of Getting to 50/50: How Working...
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I am a traveler by nature. Back when I was accepted to YLS, I found out in a phone call home from the border between China and Laos. -By the way, for those of you waiting to hear back from law schools, I highly recommend a similar course of action. Doing...
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Today we are joined by guest blogger Professor Eli Wald. Professor Wald is Associate Professor at University of Denver Sturm College of Law. His academic interests include the American legal profession, legal ethics and corporate law. His recent research...
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The Project for Attorney Retention (PAR) released its yearly report on the percentage of women in law firms’ 2009 partner classes, and the news is pretty grim. 14 firms did not make a single woman partner (Cadwalader, Cleary Gottlieb, Dechert, Foley...
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Close to 30 students from the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa, Italy toured the Paskus-Danziger Rare Book Room on March 4, 2008, during their visit to the Yale Law School. The students are jointly enrolled in the legal studies program at the University...
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Here are a few of the highlights from our acquisitions in the past three months. For our growing collection of illustrated law books: Quadruvium ecclesie (Paris, 1509) by Johann Hugonis de Sletstat (a.k.a. Johann Hug), considered the first text on German...
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The Law Library's list of new acquisitions for February 2009 are now available: All Acquisitions German, French and Italian Language Acquisitions Spanish Language Acquisitions Or, as always, you can visit the library's new acquisitions web page...
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Dear Asha, I have been admitted to Yale, as well as to a few other schools. I'm very excited about my Yale acceptance, but one of the things I keep hearing is that Yale is very "theoretical" and that I won't be able to get a lot of practical...
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The NYT has a fascinating chart today called Why is Her Paycheck Smaller? It charts median weekly pay for women against that of men for dozens of professions and color-coded by type of industry. An especially salient statistic: female lawyers make, on...
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Today's student guest blogger is Helen O'Reilly, a member of the Yale Law School class of 2011. Helen is 28 years old and grew up in Jackson Heights, Queens. --- When I graduate from law school in 2011, I will be 31 years old, married, and on...
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The Law School recently played host to one of its more unique community events when The Initiative for Public Interest Law at Yale held its annual public interest auction . The public interest auction is one of several fundraisers conducted during the...
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We are joined by student guest blogger Alex Crohn. Alex is a member of the Harvard Law School class of 2009. --- I was once told that the reason gay men and women have thrived so much in finance is because banks realized that gays were less likely to...
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Today we are welcoming Phoebe Taubman as guest blogger. Her organization, A Better Balance: The Work and Family Legal Center , issued a report in June 2008 entitled Seeking a Just Balance: Law Students Weigh in on Work and Family . She highlights the...
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An integral part of the opt out discussion involves the "regular" "standard" work day, whether that means 9-5 or 8-8 plus checking your Blackberry at least twice an hour until you fall asleep. Another critical aspect of the discussion...
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Women have made up 40% or more of law school students since 1985, but in 1996, only 14.2% of partners at law firms were women, and the number rose to only 17.2% in 2005. And the percentage of women equity partners is even lower; firms include non-equity...
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Sarah Waldeck writes a provocative piece called Milk for Concurring Opinions that links to some great recent articles about the relationship between pumping breast milk and the degree to which institutions are graded "mother-friendly." She takes...
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You may worry that the right side of your brain will feel neglected in law school as the left side busily tries to process court opinion after court opinion. For a start, you can always add a class on law and literature, but if your creative side still...
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Our next student guest blogger is joining us today. The post below is written by Ami Parekh, a joint MD/JD student and a member of the Yale Law School Class of 2009. Ami is a married mother of an 8-month-old. ---- Opting Out of Law School I used to LOVE...
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The main goal of the conference is to uncover what factors are influencing the choices of women lawyers in the workplace. The conference presumes a problem in the fact that women are leaving the legal profession and advancing in a noticeably different...
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I would love to put together a list of other great websites and blogs. Here are two to get us started, but please post more in the comments! Ms. JD, Changing the Face of the Legal Profession: http://ms-jd.org/ , especially this post , an interview in...
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In this guest post, we welcome Chai Feldblum and Michael Teter. Chai Feldblum is a Professor at Georgetown Law and Co-Director of Workplace Flexibility 2010, an initiative supporting the development of comprehensive public policy on workplace flexibility...
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The Law Library is testing procedures that will allow patrons to have law books delivered to other libraries on the Yale campus. Please note this feature is not yet working. Please stay tuned for more information!
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One aspect of the “Opt Out/Pushed Out” question that often gets overlooked is the “life” half of the (quickly becoming clichéd) phrase “work-life balance.” Yet what it happening at home is inextricably linked...
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In the coming weeks we will be inviting several students to write posts from their own experiences or about things in the news. The post below is written by Josh Lee, a member of the Yale Law School Class of 2009 and a married father of two. Josh started...
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Ten students from the Yale Law School's Linkages Program visited the Paskus-Danziger Rare Book Room on February 4. These law students from Argentina, Brazil and Chile spend three weeks participating in classes, conducting research, presenting papers...
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The economy is forcing some gender, parenting, and work issues to the forefront. A recent article in the New York Times is a veritable playground of issues that we will discuss at the conference. For example: On average, employed women devote much more...
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We can only discuss the problem, share stories, kvetch or despair privately, and negotiate compromises in our jobs, personal relationships, and other interests for so long before we realize that something larger must be done to address the institutional...
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So it's that time of year when I casually troll through some of the discussion boards out there, just to see what you guys are chatting about. I'm usually amused by some of the "facts" circulating out there -- "Yale has already...
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The Law Library's list of new acquisitions for January 2009 are now available: All Acquisitions German, French and Italian Language Acquisitions Spanish Language Acquisitions Or, as always, you can visit the library's new acquisitions web page...
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In an Op-Ed in today’s New York Times, Stephanie Coontz writes that “[p]arents today spend much more time with their children than they did 40 years ago.” “The sociologists Suzanne Bianchi, John Robinson and Melissa Milkie report...
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Nancy Killefer’s “nanny tax”-related withdrawal has brought to the surface some interesting and recurring questions about working women and domestic help. Emily Bazelon discusses the possibility of a tax screw-up double standard: “When...
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Welcome to the Yale Law Women “Opt Out” or Pushed Out Conference Blog! Registration is now OPEN, so please register using the link in the side bar ("Registration"). We hope that the conference will bring together a diverse group...
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Two weeks ago we were pleased to welcome back one of our graduates, Sheila Hayre '02, as the Law School's new Public Interest Advisor. In her new position, Sheila will focus on assisting YLS students and alumni in applying for public interest...
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Welcome to the blog for Yale Law Women's Conference, "Opt Out" or Pushed Out: Are Women Choosing to Leave the Legal Profession?. The conference is March 27-28, 2009 at Yale Law School in New Haven, CT. The main web page for the conference...
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Our books often have interesting stories behind them. One example is the fine set of Blackstone's Commentaries (4 vols.; London, 1830) recently donated by Mr. Mordecai K. Rosenfeld (Yale Law Class of 1954). Mr. Rosenfeld is known for the witty and...
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There are many places in New Haven to find a great burger. Legend has it that a New Haven staple since 1895, Louis' Lunch, may even be the birthplace of America's first hamburger. ( http://www.louislunch.com/ ) The legend aside, I do think Louis'...
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The Law Library's list of new acquisitions for December 2008 are now available: All Acquisitions German, French and Italian Language Acquisitions Spanish Language Acquisitions Or, as always, you can visit the library's new acquisitions web page...
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Dear Asha, I took the LSAT in December, but had to cancel my score. Can I take the LSAT again and still apply this year, or will I need to wait till next year? Thanks, L.M. Dear L.M., You're in luck -- this year, we are accepting February LSAT, so...
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Happy 2009! We here at 203 enjoyed our long winter break and now we're back reading files, admitting students, and writing blog posts. I'm going to start the year by addressing a subject about which I receive a lot of questions when I'm out...
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All previous Yale Law School Exams can be found online by going to: http://morris.law.yale.edu/search~S2/a Hardcopy volumes are located at the Upper East Side (UES) opposite side of the copy machine. Hardcopy volumes do not circulate during the exam period...
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Our Lewis Morris Collection is now part of the Libraries of Early America project on LibraryThing.com . As described by Jeremy Dibbell of the Massachusetts Historical Society, the coordinator of the Libraries of Early America Project, "Using the...
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To ring in the New Year, I'd like to acknowledge the outstanding gifts to the Lillian Goldman Law Library's Rare Book Collection in 2008. I begin with a superb letter written by the great Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, John Marshall...
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Happy winter everyone! Last week, we had our first big snowfall of the year here in New Haven. While it may seem like a great time to stay inside and hibernate in front of the TV watching old movies, the brisk cold weather also provides a great time to...
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Almost anytime, but particularly when the weather outside starts to get chilly, I'm happy spending an hour or two tucked away inside an art museum. Is it that museums just seem warm? I'm really not sure there's any logic to it. It's cold...
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Responding to requests from law students, the Law Library will again be open 24 hours a day during Law School reading/exam period (January 5 through January 20) and we will restrict non-law student access during this period and undergraduate reading/exam...
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The Law Library's list of new acquisitions for November 2008 are now available: All Acquisitions German, French and Italian Language Acquisitions Spanish Language Acquisitions Or, as always, you can visit the library's new acquisitions web page...
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Dear Asha, I recently received a letter inviting me to apply to YLS (thank you!). However, I've applied early decision at another school, from which I have not yet heard. Should I still apply to Yale? Thanks, L.B. Dear L.B., For those readers who...
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Those of you who have spent time browsing our website are probably familiar, at least passingly, with the many centers and programs at YLS. By my count, eleven such organizations are currently sponsored by YLS. Centers and programs serve as intellectual...
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The Law Library is testing Westlaw China, a new database with primary and secondary sources on China laws: http://www.westlawchina.com/login.php The trial user ID and password can be found in YLS Inside Research Sites under Library Database Passwords...
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The State Deparment recently began publishing online the Treaties and Other International Acts Series (TIAS). This website is open-access and a work-in-progress. As of today there are only treaties from the years 1996 - 1998. The treaties are available...
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Did you know that you can write a review or rate books and movies in MORRIS , the Law Library catalog? Details are here: Add a review Rate a book or movie
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Legal Research in Foreign Law, Issues Using the Internet Wednesday, November 12, 2008; 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Room 112. Teresa Miguel, Reference Librarian for Foreign and International Law, will discuss where to find foreign law on the web and how to identify...
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The Frederick K. Cox International Law Center at Case Western Reserve law school has developed an exiting new War Crimes Research Portal . The portal has four features: the portal contains over a thousand links to websites related to international humanitarian...
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Fall in New England means crisp air, multi-colored crunchy leaves and apples. Yes, winter may be just around the corner, but this time of year is really worth the cold weather later. There is nothing quite like a beautiful, sunny New England fall day...
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The Law Library's list of new acquisitions for October 2008 are now available: All Acquisitions German, French and Italian Language Acquisitions Spanish Language Acquisitions Or, as always, you can visit the library's new acquisitions web page...
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HeinOnline is a subscription database collection available to the Yale community.* HeinOnline's United Nations Law Collection will allow you to access UN research materials quickly and easily using the Finding Aids available from the collection home...
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The Flowering of Civil Law: Early Italian City Statutes in the Yale Law Library Acknowledgments We gratefully acknowledge the following for their assistance and support (in alphabetical order): Oriana Bleecher, History Department, Yale University Kathy...
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The Flowering of Civil Law: Early Italian City Statutes in the Yale Law Library One of the main reasons for organizing this exhibit is to encourage students and scholars to use the Yale Law Library's outstanding collection of early Italian statutes...
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The Flowering of Civil Law: Early Italian City Statutes in the Yale Law Library “The outstanding acquisition of the year” The Yale Law Library owes its superb collection of early Italian statutes to a generous alumnus, an opportunistic librarian...
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The Flowering of Civil Law: Early Italian City Statutes in the Yale Law Library Papal States. Gli statuti dell’agricoltura con varie osservazioni, bolle, decisioni della S. Ruota, e decreti intorno alla medesima (Rome 1718). Acquired with the Albert...
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The Flowering of Civil Law: Early Italian City Statutes in the Yale Law Library Rovito, Scipione. Decisiones supremorum tribunalium regni Neapolitani (Naples, 1687). Acquired from the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, September 2008. (View...
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The International Video Law Library is a fantastic place to find, listen to, and watch leading experts in the field discuss substantive international law issues. Also within the International Video Law Library is the Human Rights Video Library . Some...
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The BBC recently reported that the EU and Cuba have formally renewed ties that were severed 5 years ago following "a mass arrest of dissidents." Cuba will now receive 2 million Euros of aid for the hurricanes that swept over the island this...
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On Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at 5:30PM — Labyrinth Books NH ( NH ) and the Yale Law Library invite you to the store for a discussion between Daniel Markovits and David Bromwich on issues ranging from legal ethics to political philosophy. We will...
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Dear Asha, What do you look for in a personal statement? Everyone I ask tells me that there's no way to answer that, since it is "personal." This isn't very helpful advice. Can you offer any insight? G.P. Dear G.P., I understand your...
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Going green. Minimizing environmental impacts. Reducing carbon footprints. These are some of the latest catch phrases used by the media when describing sustainability and environmental awareness. In a world facing global climate change, increasing scarcity...
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The Flowering of Civil Law: Early Italian City Statutes in the Yale Law Library Montefortino (Italy). Statutum Montisfortini in Campanea [with] Statuto e tassa de mercedi che si devono al governatore, mandatario, e barigello di Montefortino in Campagna...
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There is a "portable scanner" available at the Circulation Desk for check out by patrons with a Yale ID. http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b765327~S3a The scanner's software is already installed in the Computer in carrel #347 (in the Reading...
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008, from 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. - Room 112 Lexis and Westlaw representatives will share the stage and demonstrate special features in their databases to help students conduct research on their SAWs. Included in this training will be...
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The Flowering of Civil Law: Early Italian City Statutes in the Yale Law Library Honoring the Hon. Guido Calabresi (Law ’58) The Yale Law School has marked the 50th anniversary of the Hon. Guido Calabresi’s graduation by acquiring a significant...
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The Flowering of Civil Law: Early Italian City Statutes in the Yale Law Library Trento (Italy). Libro de Statuti et Ordini delli Signori Sindici della Magnifica Communità, & Città di Trento (Trent, 1640). Acquired with the Arthur Hobson...
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The Flowering of Civil Law: Early Italian City Statutes in the Yale Law Library Milan (Duchy). Constitutiones dominii mediolanen. cum ordinibus excell. Senatus (4th ed.; Novara, 1597). Acquired with the John A. Hoober Fund, April 1948. (View the Duchy...
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The Flowering of Civil Law: Early Italian City Statutes in the Yale Law Library Pesaro (Italy). Statuto del danno dato della mag. città di Pesaro, Libro quarto (Pesaro, 1579). Acquired with the John A. Hoober Fund, May 1947. (View Pesaro on a map...
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The Flowering of Civil Law: Early Italian City Statutes in the Yale Law Library Sant’Elpidio a Mare (Italy). Statutorum ecclesiasticae terrae Sancti Elpidii (Macerata, 1571). Acquired with the John A. Hoober Fund, September 1947. (View Sant’Elipido...
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The Flowering of Civil Law: Early Italian City Statutes in the Yale Law Library Alessandria (Italy). Codex statutorum magnifice communitatis atque dioecaesis Alexandriae ad respublicae utilitatem noviter excusi (Alessandria, 1547). Acquired with the John...
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The Flowering of Civil Law: Early Italian City Statutes in the Yale Law Library Papal States. Aegidiane constitutiones recognitae, ac novissime impressae cum privilego Pauli PP. III Pont. Max. (Rome, 1543). Acquired with the John A. Hoober Fund, January...
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The Flowering of Civil Law: Early Italian City Statutes in the Yale Law Library Ferrara (Italy). Statuta provisiones et ordinamenta magnificae civitatis Ferrariae (2nd ed.; Ferrara, 1534). Acquired with the John A. Hoober Fund, May 1946. (View Ferrara...
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The Flowering of Civil Law: Early Italian City Statutes in the Yale Law Library Pesaro (Italy). Statuti del Collegio mercantile de la Città di Pesaro (Pesaro, 1532). Acquired with the John A. Hoober Fund, May 1946. (View Pesaro on a map .) While...
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The Flowering of Civil Law: Early Italian City Statutes in the Yale Law Library Sicily (Kingdom). Capitula regni Sicilie (Messina, 1526). Acquired with the John A. Hoober Fund, May 1946. (View the Kingdom of Sicily on a map : "Regno di Sicilia"...
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The Flowering of Civil Law: Early Italian City Statutes in the Yale Law Library Perugia (Italy). Statuta augustae Perusiae (Perugia, 1523-1528). Acquired with the John A. Hoober Fund, May 1946. (View Perugia on a map .) Early in the sixteenth century...
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The Flowering of Civil Law: Early Italian City Statutes in the Yale Law Library Crasciana (Italy). Statuta, decreta, et ordinameta communis et hominum Crascane (manuscript, Crasciana, 1519-1576). Acquired with the John A. Hoober Fund, May 1946. (View...
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The Flowering of Civil Law: Early Italian City Statutes in the Yale Law Library Venice (Republic). Institutio Phederici Reynerii in dignitatem rectoris civitatis Canee in insulae Cretea ab Leonardo Laurendano duce Venetiarum (manuscript, Venice, 22 Sept...
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The Flowering of Civil Law: Early Italian City Statutes in the Yale Law Library Bergamo (Italy). Statuta magnificae communitatis Bergomi (Brescia, 1491). Acquired with the John A. Hoober Fund, May 1946. (View Bergamo on a map .) The city of Bergamo was...
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The Flowering of Civil Law: Early Italian City Statutes in the Yale Law Library Montebuono (Italy). Statuti communis et hominum terre Montis Boni (manuscript, Montebuono, middle or late 15th century). Acquired with the John A. Hoober Fund, May 1946. ...
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The Flowering of Civil Law: Early Italian City Statutes in the Yale Law Library Introduction Beginning in the eleventh century, scholars in what is today northern Italy began to rediscover the Roman legal tradition as expressed in the Emperor Justinian’s...
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Now on exhibit... Oct. 2008 – Feb. 2009 Rare Book Exhibition Gallery Level L2, Lillian Goldman Law Library Yale Law School An exhibition highlighting the Lillian Goldman Law Library's outstanding collection of early Italian city statutes inaugurates...
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The new and improved United Nations Treaty Collection database is up and running. In this fabulous open-access database, you can find the complete run of the United Nations Treaty Series (UNTS), League of Nations Treaty Series (LoN), Multilateral treaties...
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The new exhibit cases for the Yale Law Library's Rare Book Collection arrived on Thursday, September 25. The two state-of-the-art exhibit cases measure slightly over 8 feet wide and 3 feet deep. They were built by SmallCorp of Greenfield, MA, the...
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Thali Too, Vegetarian Cuisine of India 65 Broadway; http://www.thalitoo.com Thali Too is one of New Haven's newest restaurants. Open since this summer, it is located only a block from the Law School. A sister restaurant of Thali (to be found in the...
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Dear Asha, I'm a senior at a state university (a great school). I made the decision to attend a state school for financial reasons. My parents are middle-class and I learned that I was not going to receive any financial aid from the Ivies. Four years...
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The sesquicentennial of the infamous Dred Scott decision was marked in 2007. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that slaves were property and not citizens; they could not bring suit in federal court; and because slaves were private property, the federal government...
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I can't believe that I'm once again writing a blog entry about the beginning of the school year. It seems like only a few short months ago I welcomed the Class of 2010 and now, here I am, writing about the arrival of the Class of 2011. The school...
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On Thursday, October 2nd at 5:30pm, Labyrinth Books on York Street in New Haven will host a conversation between YLS professors Paul Kahn and Robert Post about political violence and Prof. Kahn's latest book, Sacred Violence: Torture, Terror, and...
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The Law Library's list of new acquisitions for August 2008 are now available: All Acquisitions German, French and Italian Language Acquisitions Spanish Language Acquisitions Or, as always, you can visit the library's new acquisitions web page...
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Dear Asha, I noticed that there are two new questions on the application that ask whether I took an LSAT preparation course or had any assistance in preparing my application. Will it hurt my chances of being admitted if I took an LSAT prep course? Is...
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Hey everyone. As Asha mentioned in her post, I'm the new Director of Recruitment at the law school. I'm excited to be back here at the Law School in the admissions office for the new school year! Even though I'm sad to see the summer end,...
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A recent addition to our collection of illustrated law books is Johann Werle's Album Juridicum (Augsburg, 1733), a collection of legal maxims arranged by topic. The frontispiece depicts the author seated in his library as a latter-day St. Jerome....
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So I realize the title of this post is a reference to a movie most of you have probably never seen (but is a classic). But I needed to acknowledge the fact that we did -- let's face it -- fall off the wagon last spring, and for that we apologize to...
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John Cowell's The Interpeter, or Booke Containing the Signification of Words was the most respected English law dictionary of the 17th century, despite the controversy that greeted its appearance in 1607. It went through eight editions between 1607...
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Lionel Messi , one of the world's greatest football (i.e. soccer) players at the moment, is caught in the middle of a conflict. His national squad, Argentina , has called him to play in the Olympics this month. His club team, Barcelona , who pays...
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The Law Library's list of new acquisitions for July 2008 are now available: All Acquisitions German, French and Italian Language Acquisitions Spanish Language Acquisitions Or, as always, you can just go to the new acquisitions web page: http://www...
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You probably know that you can get help from a reference librarian at the reference desk . And you may be aware that you can call (432-1606) or email ( lawref@pantheon.yale.edu ) us for help, too. But what you probably don't know is that you can now...
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This summer Yale Law School's Lillian Goldman Law Library took the plunge into the social web, joining both Facebook and Twitter. If you're a member of Facebook, check out the library's page at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Haven-CT/Lillian...
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The U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia has created a webpage of public information on the Guantanamo Bay cases . Find the court schedule, court orders and opinions, and press releases and notices. Meanwhile, back at the camp, the trial of...
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In an unprecedented decision the Vatican has granted Paraguayan President-elect Fernando Lugo dispensation of "all obligations as a priest, as a bishop and as a religious man of the Divine Word" (my translation). The dispensation by Pope Benedict...
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Recently I wrote that The Hague Academy of International Law's Recueil des Cours de l'Academie de la Haye was online with free browsing but at the time the Yale Law Library had not yet purchased a subscription to the full-text. Today I am happy...
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A quick round-up of new sources for legal history on the web... From Prof. Robert C. Palmer, University of Houston: "The Anglo-American Legal Tradition website now has available the acquisitions from Spring 2008. The site contains about 2.1 million...
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Legal periodicals are often a good starting point when you are researching a broad legal topic. The Law Library has access to three online legal journal databases in Chinese: Chinese Academic Journals (CAJ), Wan Fang's Chinese Online Journals (COJ...
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Among the most uncommon and interesting of our trial pamphlets is Isaiah Lanson's Statement and Inquiry, Concerning the Trial of William Lanson, Before the New Haven County Court, November Session, 1845 , probably printed in New Haven in 1846. Ours...
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Robert F. Blomquist surveyed 426 law professors who have taught legal history for his paper, Thinking About Law and Creativity: On the 100 Most Creative Moments in American Law (Valparaiso University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-04, May 2008)....
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Spring 2008 has been a busy season for acquisitions in the Yale Law Library's Rare Book Collection. The American trials collection grew by thirty titles in Spring 2008. These included The Fall River Tragedy: A History Of The Borden Murders (1893);...
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The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) , the statistical arm of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) , has launched a new web-based data service UNdata. Instead of clicking through data sets scattered in the websites of different...
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I recommend two recent meditations on the present and future roles of rare book libraries and special collections: The Library in the New Age by Robert Darnton, incoming director of the Harvard University Library ( New York Review of Books , June 12,...
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The Yale Law Library has finished cataloging the Roman-Canon Law Collection of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (ABCNY). This means that all of this rich and valuable collection is accessible to researchers via the Law Library's...
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NPR reported this morning on Spain's battle to reclaim the treasure from a sunken Spanish vessel recovered in international waters in the Atlantic Ocean by Odyssey Marine Exploration of Tampa, FL. The 19th century shipwreck contained some 17 tons...
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Monday - Friday 7:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. (L2 access) 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. (Level 3) Reference Desk: 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. & 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Circulation Desk: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. & 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Saturdays 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p...
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Summer Borrowing Privileges Returning Law students may borrow circulating books over the summer. They will be due on September 10, 2008. Any book that has been recalled must be sent via First Class Mail to the Law Library. Please check with staff at the...
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Joe Hodnicki , Associate Director for Library Operations at the University of Cincinnatti Law Library, has written and excellent and informative documentary history of Israel on his Law Librarian Blog
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Henry G. Manne, one of the founders of the Law & Economics movement, celebrates his 80th birthday on May 10, 2008. To mark this event, his sister-in-law Beverly M. Manne of Houston, Texas, has funded the acquisition of a book in his honor for the...
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As has been our practice, long term and overnight use of Law Library laptop computers is suspended during the Law School Exam Period. This year that begins on May 10 and runs through May 23, 2008. Questions may be directed to staff at the Circulation...
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Cyclone Nargis has thrust Myanmar into the public spotlight, as pressure increases to allow foreign aid to help cyclone victims. In February, Myanmar had announced its intention to hold a democratic referendum on a draft constitution this month, and to...
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History of the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue (1859) is a lengthy and detailed account of the arrest of John, a fugitive slave belonging to John G. Bacon of Kentucky who was residing in Oberlin, Ohio. John was liberated by a band Ohio citizens, led by Simeon...
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The Arrest, Trial, and Release of Daniel Webster, A Fugitive Slave (Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, 1859) is a journalistic narrative. The anonymous author records not only the trial, but the pre-trial proceedings, conversations with...
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Early American trials is one of the collecting priorities for the Yale Law Library's Rare Book Collection. In the past two years we added over a hundred titles to an already large collection. About two dozen of these were trials involving African...
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The Brandeis Institute for International Judges (BIIJ) "provides international judges with the opportunity to meet and discuss critical issues concerning the theory and practice of international justice. Institutes are held approximately every 18...
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One focus of my collecting efforts is law books with illustrations. These illustrations are often portraits of the authors or allegorical images, but I am especially interested in illustrations used to describe legal concepts. Tree diagrams have been...
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London's Old Bailey Criminal Court cases 1674-1913 are now searchable online. The Proceedings of the Old Bailey,1674-1913 include transcripts of 197,745 criminal trials held at London's Central Criminal Court between the years 1674-1913. Other...
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NPR reported this morning that Tariq Aziz, former Iraqi Foreign Minister under Saddam Hussein, begins trial today for the execution of forty-two food merchants in 1992. Aziz, 72, has been in prison for over 5 years and is challenging the charges. In the...
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A hearty thanks to Stephen Ferguson, Curator of Rare Books at the Princeton University Library , for providing the answer to my Provenance puzzle #1 . The stamp is a portrait of Augustus, Elector of Saxony (1526-1586). Stephen used Google Books to find...
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Responding to requests from law students, the Law Library will again be open 24 hours a day during Law School reading/exam period (May 9 through May 23) and we will restrict non-law student access during this period and undergraduate reading/exam period...
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Congressional Research Service , funded by taxpayers' dollars, provides members of Congress with reports on current political, legal and socio-economic issues. Open CRS provides citizens access to CRS Reports already in the public domain and encourages...
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The Law and Politics Book Review, one of my favorite electronic journals, has just put out a special issue on Legal Fiction , with reviews of 22 American, British, and European novels from the 19th to 21st centuries. The goal of the editors was "to...
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There are several articles of interest to legal historians and legal bibliographers in the latest issue of The Green Bag (N.S. vol. 11, no. 2, Winter 2008). These include Michael Hoeflich's "Law Blanks & Form Books", part of Hoeflich's...
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The Iran-United States Claims Tribunal , established on January 19, 1981 and located in the Hague, was created in an effort to resolve the crisis between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America arising from the detention of 52 United...
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A hearty thanks to my Anglophile friend, Mr. Harold I. Boucher of San Francisco (LL.B. Boalt, 1930, Honorary O.B.E.), for his gift of two fine 17th-century English legal texts to the Rare Book Collection. Mr. Boucher is a longtime advocate for legal history...
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Spain 's re-elected Prime Minister José Luís Zapatero recently named his new 17-member cabinet , of whom 9 are female . The cabinet member getting the most attention and causing the most controversy , both domestic and international, is 37-year old...
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On February 14, 2005, Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri and 22 other were killed in a bomb attack in Beirut. The act was immediately condemned as a "terrorist bombing" in a formal statement by the President of the United Nations Security Council....
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This armorial stamp graces the front and back covers of several tall folios from the Roman-Canon Law Collection of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. I have no idea what library this stamp is from, but I have a couple of clues. The binding...
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For those interested in the recent legal developments in China, here's a list of new Chinese library acquisitions . They include commentaries on the new Property Law and Labor Contract Law. Two titles may be of interest to those doing empirical research...
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The Library of Congress has launched a series of multinational, comparative legal studies on the rights of children. " Children’s Rights examines sixteen nations, across five continents: Argentina , Australia , Brazil , Canada , China , France...
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This rubbing is from the front cover of one of the volumes from the Roman-Canon Law Collection of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. I would be grateful if someone could help me identify this portrait and/or the coat of arms on the back...
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Finally! It's online and searchable! The Hague Academy of International Law's Recueil des Cours de l'Academie de la Haye . One can search this entire collection of international law articles by volume, year, author, or keyword. Although we...
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I presented examples from our canon and Roman law collections to the 40 students in Professor James Whitman's "Western Legal Tradition" class on March 31, 2008. The books represented many of the major genres of European legal literature...
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The Lillian Goldman Law Library has a splendid rare book collection, and I am privileged to work with it. The Rare Books Blog enables me to share some of its riches with the wider world. I will post news about recent acquisitions and events. Rare book...
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The PRC National People's Congress in March approved a government reorganization plan that consolidated several ministries and appointed new officials to top leadership posts. See the latest analysis from the US-China Business Council. For an interesting...
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India is in the news a lot recently (see NYT: India Orders New Inquiry into 2002 Clashes ) and is a very popular country for legal research, partially due to the fact that Indian legal materials are in English. To help you research Indian statutes, jurisprudence...
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Georgia Harper, Scholarly Communications Officer at the University of Texas at Austin Libraries, will give a talk in Sterling Memorial Library's Lecture Hall (130 Wall Street) on Friday, March 28 at 9:30 a.m. She will speak about areas of digital...
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On recent trips to the Ferias de Libros de Guadalajara and Buenos Aires, I selected several dozen DVDs from all over Latin America and the Caribbean, including Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Argentina, and Uruguay. You can find...
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Two new congressional publications of interest to to those researching in treaties and international agreements: 1. Senate print (S. prt. 106-71) "Treaties and other international agreements: the role of the U.S.Senate" . 2. CRS Report (RL 33865...