Thursday, July 29, 2010

Minor Library Construction

The library will be undergoing some minor renovations over the next day or two and will not be the quite place with which you are familiar. We are installing some power outlets in the floor on the 2nd floor of the library ease of patron access. We ask that you please excuse the mess and noise during this progress.

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Bar Studying Extended Hours

O.k., breaking news is a bit of overkill but the library is going to stay open with some slightly extended hours on the weekend - 12-6 on Saturday and Sunday - the weekends of July the 10/11, 17/18, and 24/25 for bar exam studiers.

Friday, July 2, 2010

Pig Book

Today we pass along a non-"official" source that is from the Citizen's Against Waste. The Pig Book is a 60 page or so accounting of Congressional spending as determined by their editors.

As part of sharing this resource it is important to remember the value and possible issues with unofficial sources. They can often be a place to find statistics, compilations, and materials not to be found elsewhere but use extreme caution when citing and do your best to verify the information from a more official source.

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

New Books to the MC Law Library

Over the next few weeks I will be posting some of the new books to our collection. These items may be checked out by all approved library users.

AUTHOR: Zamir, Eyal.
TITLE: Law, economics, and morality / Eyal Zamir, Barak Medina.
CALL #: K 487 .E3 Z36 2010

AUTHOR: Guzmán, Andrew T.
TITLE: How international law works: a rational choice theory / Andrew T. Guzmán.
CALL #: KZ 3410 .G89 2008

AUTHOR: Bosco, David L.
TITLE: Five to rule them all: the UN Security Council and the making of the modern world / David L. Bosco.
CALL #: JZ 5006.7 .B67 2009

AUTHOR: Brenner, Susan W., 1947-
TITLE: Cyberthreats: the emerging fault lines of the nation state / Susan W. Brenner.
CALL #: K 5250 .B74 2009

AUTHOR: Rule, James B., 1943-
TITLE: Privacy in peril / James B. Rule.
CALL #: JC 596 .R85 2007

AUTHOR: Pfander, James E.
TITLE: One Supreme Court: supremacy, inferiority, and the judicial power of the United States / James E. Pfander.
CALL #: KF 5130 .P48 2009

TITLE: The Constitution in 2020 / edited by Jack M. Balkin, Reva B. Siegel.
CALL #: KF 4550 .C576 2009

AUTHOR: Sulmasy, Glenn M., 1966-
TITLE: The national security court system: a natural evolution of justice in an age of terror / Glenn Sulmasy.
CALL #: KF 9223 .S85 2009

AUTHOR: Collier, Charles W., 1950-
TITLE: Meaning in law: a theory of speech / Charles W. Collier.
CALL #: K 3253 .C65 2009

AUTHOR: Painter, Richard W., 1961-
TITLE: Getting the government America deserves: how ethics reform can make a difference / Richard W. Painter.
CALL #: KF 4568 .P35 2009

AUTHOR: Epstein, Richard Allen, 1943-
TITLE: Supreme neglect: how to revive constitutional protection for private property / Richard A. Epstein.
CALL #: KF 562 .E67 2008

AUTHOR: Jackson, Vicki C.
TITLE: Constitutional engagement in a transnational era / Vicki C. Jackson.
CALL #: K 3165 .J3253 2010


AUTHOR: Kent, Meaghan Hemmings.
TITLE: An associate's guide to the practice of copyright law / Meaghan Hemmings Kent, Joshua J. Kaufman.
CALL #: KF 2994 .K46 2009

AUTHOR: Englard, Izhak.
TITLE: Corrective and distributive justice : from Aristotle to modern times / Izhak Englard.
CALL #: B 105 .J87 E54 2009

AUTHOR: Susskind, Richard E.
TITLE: The end of lawyers?: rethinking the nature of legal services / Richard Susskind.
CALL #: K 87 .S865 2008

AUTHOR: McDorman, Ted L.
TITLE: Salt water neighbors: international ocean law relations between the United States and Canada / Ted L. McDorman.
CALL #: KZA 1450 .M33 2009

AUTHOR: Carolan, Eoin.
TITLE: The new separation of powers: a theory for the modern state / Eoin Carolan.
CALL #: KDK 1227 .C37 2009

TITLE: Lessons from the identity trail: anonymity, privacy, and identity in a networked society / edited by Ian Kerr, Valerie Steeves, and Carole Lucock.
CALL #: K 3264 .C65 L47 2009

AUTHOR: Lindquist, Stefanie A., 1963-
TITLE: Measuring judicial activism / Stefanie A. Lindquist, Frank B. Cross.
CALL #: KF 8742 .L56 2009

AUTHOR: Gallacher, Ian, 1956-
TITLE: Coming to law school: how to prepare yourself for the next three years / Ian Gallacher.
CALL #: KF 283 .G35 2010

AUTHOR: MacCormick, Neil.
TITLE: Rhetoric and the rule of law : a theory of legal reasoning / Neil MacCormick.
CALL #: K 213 .M284 2005

Monday, June 28, 2010

New Books to the MC Law Library

Over the next few weeks I will be posting some of the new books to our collection. These items may be checked out by all approved library users.

AUTHOR: Sullivan, E. Thomas.
TITLE: Proportionality principles in American law: controlling excessive government actions / E. Thomas Sullivan, Richard S. Frase.
CALL #: K 247 .S85 2009

AUTHOR: Fox, David L.
TITLE: U.S. patent opinions and evaluations / David L. Fox.
CALL #: KF 3120 .F69 2010

TITLE: Contemporary bioethics: a reader with cases / [edited by] Jessica Pierce, George Randels
CALL #: QH 332 .C658 2010

AUTHOR: Naidu, B. David.
TITLE: Biotechnology & nanotechnology: regulation under environmental, health, and safety laws / B. David Naidu.
CALL #: K 3925 .B56 N35 2009

TITLE: Legal republicanism: national and international perspectives / edited by Samantha Besson and José Luis Martí.
CALL #: K 3184 .A6 L44 2009

AUTHOR: Bank, Steven A., 1969-
TITLE: From sword to shield: the transformation of the corporate income tax, 1861 to present / Steven A. Bank.
CALL #: KF 6464 .B36 2010

AUTHOR: Wrightsman, Lawrence S.
TITLE: Oral arguments before the Supreme Court: an empirical approach / Lawrence S. Wrightsman.
CALL #: KF 8748 .W752 2008

TITLE: Legal aspects of carbon trading : Kyoto, Copenhagen, and beyond / edited by David Freestone and Charlotte Streck.
CALL #: K 3593.5 .C37 L44 2009

AUTHOR: Raz, Joseph.
TITLE: Between authority and interpretation: on the theory of law and practical reason / Joseph Raz.
CALL #: K 231 .R39 2009

AUTHOR: Williams, Robert F. (Robert Forrest), 1945-
TITLE: The law of American state constitutions / Robert F. Williams.
CALL #: KF 4530 .W538 2009

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Streaming Music

A great many of our library users stay plugged into to their laptops and listen to music while studying. In attempting to assist with this I want to pass along a UBlog article of the 10 Best Streaming Music sites. The only one I am personally familiar with is Pandora (and I am a huge Pandora fan) so if you use one of these feel free to leave something in the comments.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

New Books to the MC Law Library

Over the next few weeks I will be posting some of the new books to our collection. These items may be checked out by all approved library users.

AUTHOR: Klarman, Michael J.
TITLE: Unfinished business: racial equality in American history / Michael J. Klarman.
CALL #: E 185 .K545 2007

AUTHOR: Bloom, Lackland H., Jr.
TITLE: Methods of interpretation: how the Supreme Court reads the Constitution / Lackland H. Bloom, Jr.
CALL #: KF 8742 .B585 2009
AUTHOR: Moore, Michael S., 1943-
TITLE: Causation and responsibility: an essay in law, morals, and metaphysics / Michael S. Moore.
CALL #: K 579 .C34 M66 2009

AUTHOR: Levesque, Roger J. R.
TITLE: Adolescents, media, and the law: what developmental science reveals and free speech requires / Roger J.R. Levesque.
CALL #: HQ 799 .M35 L48 2007

AUTHOR: Dershowitz, Alan M.
TITLE: Is there a right to remain silent?: coercive interrogation and the Fifth Amendment after 9/11 / Alan M. Dershowitz.
CALL #: KF 9668 .D47 2008

AUTHOR: Brand-Ballard, Jeffrey.
TITLE: Limits of legality: the ethics of lawless judging / Jeffrey Brand-Ballard.
CALL #: KF 8779 .B73 2010

AUTHOR: Rhode, Deborah L.
TITLE: The beauty bias: the injustice of appearance in life and law / Deborah L. Rhode.
CALL #: KF 478 .R48 2010

AUTHOR: Phillips, Douglas E.
TITLE: The software license unveiled: how legislation by license controls software access / Douglas E. Phillips.
CALL #: K 1443 .C6 P48 2009

AUTHOR: Carrier, Michael A.
TITLE: Innovation for the 21st century: harnessing the power of intellectual property and antitrust law / Michael A. Carrier.
CALL #: KF 3116 .C37 2009

AUTHOR: Noam, Eli M.
TITLE: Media ownership and concentration in America / Eli M. Noam.
CALL #: P 96 .E252 U664 2009