Female Offenders in Canada ? Report from Juristat
Female Offenders in Canada (Juristat, Vol. 28, no.1) presents information on the prevalence of crime by females, as well as the nature of their criminal behaviour, examines trends in the number of females charged by police relative to their representation in the general population and provides information on the number and characteristics of female adult offenders in the provincial/territorial and federal correctional systems.
The report is available as a PDF (23 pages) or in print at the Vancouver branch of the Courthouse Library Society.
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BC Courthouse Library Society News - February 18, 2008
U.S. Government Information Online: Ask a Librarian
Government Information Online (GIO): Ask A Librarian is a free online information service supported by nearly twenty public, state and academic libraries throughout the United States. Questions can be posed to government information librarians, via Chat or Email, who are experts at finding information from government agencies of all levels (local, state, regional, national international) on almost any subject. Questions are welcomed from Canada.
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BC Courthouse Library Society News - February 18, 2008
New Books at the Law Library - February 18th, 2008
K558 .C66 1998 (LC) Rudolf B. Schlesinger, et al. Comparative Law: Cases, Text, Materials, 6th ed. (New York: Foundation Press, 1998). KUH252.4 .L39 2007 (LC) Law Reform Commission of Western Australia, Compensation for Injurious Affection: Discussion Paper (Perth: Law Reform...
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Law Library Blog - February 18, 2008 Author: Elim Tags: New Books
Opening: Law Library Director, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Director, Law Library and Assistant, Associate or Professor of Law. Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, seeks to fill this full-time, tenure-track position starting 2008-09 academic year. Built in 1997, the Cleveland State University Law Library is a state...
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Law Librarian Blog - February 18, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Employment Opportunties
Louis Mirando Appointed Chief Law Librarian at Osgoode Hall Law School
From the annoucement: Patrick Monahan, Dean of Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, today announced the appointment of Louis Mirando as Osgoode’s Chief Law Librarian, effective March 1. Mirando, who has a Master of Library Science degree from the...
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Law Librarian Blog - February 18, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Academic Law Libraries
Codes, Rules, and Regulations of the State of New York Now Online
From the press release: "The New York State Department of State today announced that an unofficial compilation of all State codes, rules, and regulations, which runs more than 58,000 pages, is now available on the Department of State website in...
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Law Librarian Blog - February 18, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Legal Research
Health Care Opinion Leaders’ Views on the Presidential Candidates’ Health Reform Plans
From the Commonwealth Fund: "The 13th Commonwealth Fund/Modern Healthcare Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey asked a diverse group of experts for their perspective on the health care reform proposals of the 2008 presidential candidates. Survey participants strongly support reform proposals...
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Law Librarian Blog - February 18, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Gov Docs Think Tank Reports
New Institute of Medicine Study, Knowing What Works in Health Care
Knowing What Works in Health Care: A Roadmap for the Nation Jill Eden, Ben Wheatley, Barbara McNeil, and Harold Sox, Editors, Committee on Reviewing Evidence to Identify Highly Effective Clinical Services, Institute of Medicine National Academies Press, 2008 ISBN-10: 0-309-11352-0...
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Law Librarian Blog - February 18, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: New Publications
Professional Reading: The Logic of Legal Reasoning
Check out Vern R. Walker's Discovering the Logic of Legal Reasoning. 35 Hofstra L. Rev. 1687-1707 (2007) [Westlaw]. From the introduction: Despite our need for transparent and sound reasoning, we in the legal profession devote surprisingly little research to developing...
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Law Librarian Blog - February 18, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Professional Readings
