Criminal Law Library BlogTitle: The Ethics of Representing Organizations: Legal Fictions For Clients
Authors: Lawrence J. Fox Susan R. Martyn
Publisher: Oxford University Press (New York)
Articles Posted in Publication Announcements and Reviews
ABA Criminal Justice Newsletter – Fall 2009
The American Bar Association (ABA), Criminal Justice Section has just published its Fall 2009 Newsletter, Volume 18 Issue 1 Fall 2009. This issue covers a variety of topics including: Practice Tips – Sexting: Balancing the Law and Bad Choices, Three Questions with Charles Hynes, Section Member News, New Books, News from the Field, and Ethics. Also included is a reminder that the ABA Criminal Justice Section Fall Meeting will be held in Washington DC November 5-8, 2009.
Book Review: Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln
Title: Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln
Author: John Stauffer
Publisher: Twelve (Hatchett Book Group)
New Blog: PCAN (Preservation and Conservation Administration News)
Beth Doyle and Holly Robertson have launched a new online blog devoted to preservation and conservation administration called PCAN or Preservation and Conservation Administration News. http://prescan.wordpress.com/
Below is the description from their site that explains what PCAN is trying to accomplish. They are very excited about this site and hope that you, too, will find it useful. Their first post is up and concerns training library and archives conservators
Back in the day we had two great print publications, Conservation Administration News and the Abbey Newsletter. Before the internet and social networking, these were THE publications for news and information related to library and archives preservation and conservation. Now through the use of the internet, discussion groups, blogs, wikis, etc., we have more ways to communicate than ever, but you still need to be tuned in to the right place at the right time and have the rights to view the content.
Report: Investigation of the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor
As has been widely reported in the news media, the State of New York Office of the Inspector General has just released its Report and Investigation of the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor. This is a Report grew out of a complaint of alleged misconduct on the part of officials of the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor that was referred to the Inspector General’s Office on May 7, 2007 by then-Governor Spitzer. The Waterfront Commission is a bi-state entity established in 1953 by the United States Congress to investigate, deter, combat and remedy criminal activity and influence in the Port of New York and New Jersey, and to ensure fair hiring practices. Report findings include discussion and and enumeration of a number of abuses and irregularities identified by the staff of the Office of the Inspector General during their investigation of the Commission. To see the entire Report click on the link below:
Report: Investigation of the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor. August 2009.
New York Commission on Judicial Nominations – Proposed Revisions to Rules – July 2009
In response to criticism it received for submitting and all-male list with only one black of seven candidates to New York Governor David A. Paterson last December to fill a New York Court of Appeals opening created by the retirement of then Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye, the New York Commission on Judicial Nominations has released for public comment a number of proposed rule changes, Proposed Revisions to the Rules of the Commission on Judicial Nominations: Title 22 N.Y.C.R.R. Section 7100. The proposed revisions announced in a Press Release by the Commission on July 20; a 45 day comment period on the rules is expected to begin next week.:
Press Release Announce Proposed Rule Revisions
Download fileles of the New York Commission on Judical Nominations
New Publications and Updated Editions from West Thomson – Criminal Law and Procedure
Search run on West Thomson Website on July 14, 2009.
NEW PUBLICATIONS:
Crown Court Index, 2009, 29th
NEW This work provides an index of common penalties and formalities in cases tried on indictment…
Release Date: 6/29/2009
Witness Preparation and Examination for DUI Proceedings: Leading Lawyers on Developing Questioning Strategies, Gathering…
NEW This Aspatore product provides the best practices for gathering witness testimony and…
Release Date: 6/25/2009 $100.00
Archbold International Criminal Courts Practice, Procedure and Evidence, 3d
NEW This is a comprehensive, nuts-and-bolts manual to handle matters before the International…
Release Date: 8/1/2009
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RECENTLY UPDATED EDITIONS:
Pennsylvania Rules of Court, State & Federal, 2009 Revised ed.
NEW This set contains Pennsylvania state and federal civil, criminal, appellate procedure,…
Last Updated: 7/24/2009 $97.00
The Georgia DUI Trial Practice Manual, 2009 ed.
NEW Gain strategic advice, trial guidance, and discovery techniques for DUI matters, including a…
Last Updated: 6/12/2009 $173.00
Search and Seizure Checklists, 2009 ed.
NEW Quick-reference guide provides instant access to the latest developments in the field of…
Last Updated: 6/12/2009 $539.00
Daniel’s Georgia Handbook on Criminal Evidence, 2009 ed.
NEW Gives you a practical guide to the law of evidence in Georgia in criminal cases.
Last Updated: 6/19/2009 $245.00 Continue reading
Book Review: A Right to Discriminate?: How the Case of Boys Scouts of America v.James Dale Warped the Law of Free Association
TITLE: A Right to Discriminate?
SUBTITLE: How the Case of Boy Scouts of America v. James Dale Warped the Law of Free Association
AUTHOR: Andrew Koppelman with Tobias Barrington Wolff PUBLICATION DATE: July 2009
Book Review: Licensing Digital Content: A Practical Guide for Librarians
Title: Licensing Digital Content: A Practical Guide for Librarians
Author: Lesley Ellen Harris
Publisher: American Library Association
Lawyers In Your Living Room! On Television
Michael Asimow, Editor
A new publication from the American Bar Association
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