I often find there is little time to read all of the books I would like, or even need, to and therefore find myself resorting to book reviews. Last Sunday I read a review that to me seemd exceptional and would like to share it with you. David Badertscher REVIEW::…
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TITLE: THE CONSERVATIVE ASSAULT ON THE CONSTITUTION SUBTITLE: AUTHOR: Erwin Chemerinsky PUBLICATION DATE: October 5, 2010 PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster PAGE COUNT: 305 pp. + index ISBN: 978-1-4165-7468-2 PRICE: $27.00 A prolific author and law school dean, Chemerinsky brings his expertise in Constitutional law to his fifth book on the…
BY: Claire M Germain, Edward Cornell Law Librarian and Professor of Law Cornell University and Director, Dual Degree Programs, Paris & Berlin Publishers Note: Claire Germain is interested in all aspects of legal information, from rare books to digital libraries, and often writes on these topics, most recently “Digitizing the…
TITLE: JUSTICE BRENNAN SUBTITLE: Liberal Champion AUTHORS: Seth Stern & Stephen Wermiel PUBLICATION DATE: October 4, 2010 PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt PAGE COUNT: 688 pp. ISBN: 978-0-547-14625-7 (Paper) PRICE: $35.00 Stern, a reporter for CQ, and Wermiel, a law professor and former WSJ reporter, team up to chronicle the career…
More than a dozen Washington Post journalists spent two years developing Top Secret America, a multimedia presentation put together by compiling hundreds of thousands of public records of government organizations and private sector companies. From these records, the Washington Post identified a web of these organizations, both government and private,…
TITLE: THE SUPREME COURT SUBTITLE: A C-SPAN Book Featuring the Justices in Their Own Words EDITORS: Brian Lamb, Susan Swain, and Mark Farkas PUBLICATION DATE: May 4, 2010 PUBLISHER: Perseus Books PAGE COUNT: 372 pp. ISBN: 978-1-38648-835-2 PRICE: $28.95 A team of C-SPAN editors has assembled a selection of interviews…
A publication announcemenrt from the New York Professional Responsibility Report (NYPRR) Comparing The New York Rules of Professional Conduct to The New York Code of Professional Responsibility By Roy D. Simon A collection of ten articles- 138 pages- by Professor Simon on the new New York Rules of Professional Conduct,…
Top Ten Stories of the week ending May 7, 2010: Judiciary Stevens Explains Death Penalty Stance, Bow Ties May 6, 2010 7:05 am CDT Plus: Lawyers Spot Justin Bieber on Flight, But Didn’t Recognize Justice Stevens Kagan Has Her Supreme Court Interview; Short List Said to Be Shorter Careers As…
New publication from the American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section www.abanet.org/crimjust The State of Criminal Justice 2010 Edited By Myrna Raeder Find out recent developments and trends in the criminal justice field. Authors from across the criminal justice field provide essays on topics ranging from white collar crime to international…