Tuesday, April 29, in NYC: "Who Owns This Image? Art, Access, and the Public Domain"
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Berkman Blog - April 28, 2008 Author: syoung
New L&C Law Scholarship: Environmental Law Review Volume 38, Issue 1
The latest issue of Lewis & Clark Law School’s Environmental Law Review is now out.
Here are the articles published in Volume 38, Issue 1 of Environmental Law Review, complete with links to the abstracts and full-text articles:
Articles
Climate Change in the Supreme Court by Lisa Heinzerling
Is Environmentalism Dead? by Christopher D. Stone
Imposing Judicial Restraints on [...]
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BoleyBlogs! - April 28, 2008 Author: allman Tags: Envtl. Law Review New L&C Law Scholarship
New L&C Law Scholarship: Climate Change in the Supreme Court
Lisa Heinzerling, Climate Change in the Supreme Court, 38 Environmental Law Review 1 (2008)
This Article provides an insider?s perspective on the lawyerly decisions that went into bringing and briefing the case of Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency.
(abstract from Environmental Law Review)
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BoleyBlogs! - April 28, 2008 Author: allman Tags: Envtl. Law Review New L&C Law Scholarship
New L&C Law Scholarship: Is Environmentalism Dead?
Christopher D. Stone, Is Environmentalism Dead?, 38 Environmental Law Review 19 (2008)
Widely circulated allegations claim that the environmental movement has run out of steam and ?must die, so that something else??unspecified??may live.? The charge, however hyperbolic, deserves attention. While there have been gains on some fronts, many aspects of the environment continue to degenerate. Looking [...]
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BoleyBlogs! - April 28, 2008 Author: allman Tags: Envtl. Law Review New L&C Law Scholarship
Court Reminds Parties of Their Duty to Preserve and Enters Preservation Order
In re Flash Memory Antitrust Litig., 2008 WL 1831668 (N.D. Cal. Apr. 22, 2008) The court's order, in its entirety, provides: All parties and their counsel are reminded of their duty to preserve evidence that may be relevant to this action. The duty extends to documents, data, and tangible things in the possession, custody and control of the parties to this action, and any employees, agents, contractors, carriers, bailees, or other non-parties who possess materials reasonably anticipated to be subject to discovery in this action. "Documents, data, and tangible things" shall be interpreted broadly t...
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Electronic Discovery Law - April 28, 2008 Tags: Case Summaries
New L&C Law Scholarship: Imposing Judicial Restraints on the “Art of Deception”
Michael C. Blumm & Hallison T. Putnam, Imposing Judicial Restraints on the “Art of Deception”: The Courts Cast a Skeptical Eye on Columbia Basin Salmon Restoration Efforts, 38 Environmental Law Review 47 (2008)
In a follow-up to an article on Columbia Basin salmon restoration efforts published in this journal two years ago, the authors analyze several [...]
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BoleyBlogs! - April 28, 2008 Author: allman Tags: Envtl. Law Review New L&C Law Scholarship
New L&C Law Scholarship: Waterbirds, the 2010 Biodiversity Target, and Beyond
Rachelle Adam, Waterbirds, the 2010 Biodiversity Target, and Beyond: AEWA’s Contribution to Global Biodiversity Governance, 38 Environmental Law Review 87 (2008)
Our planet?s biodiversity is governed by a system of multilateral biodiversity agreements (MBDAs), created to stop the ongoing degradation of the biological infrastructure of our planet, upon which all life is dependent. However, despite their [...]
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BoleyBlogs! - April 28, 2008 Author: allman Tags: Envtl. Law Review New L&C Law Scholarship
New L&C Law Scholarship: On Thin Ice
Erica J. Thorson, On Thin Ice: The Failure of the United States and the World Heritage Committee to Take Climate Change Mitigation Pursuant to the World Heritage Convention Seriously, 38 Environmental Law Review 139 (2008)
Climate change is the fastest growing threat to natural areas, and it has already had devastating consequences for glaciers and coral [...]
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BoleyBlogs! - April 28, 2008 Author: allman Tags: Envtl. Law Review New L&C Law Scholarship
New L&C Law Scholarship: Analyzing Carbon Emissions Trading
Jonathan Donehower, Analyzing Carbon Emissions Trading: A Potential Cost Efficient Mechanism to Reduce Carbon Emissions, 38 Environmental Law Review 177 (2008)
This Comment examines the status and effectiveness of the current carbon markets and their ability to create flexible and cost efficient tools to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Comment focuses on the European Emissions Tradition [...]
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BoleyBlogs! - April 28, 2008 Author: allman Tags: Envtl. Law Review New L&C Law Scholarship
New L&C Law Scholarship: Tying Up Loose Ends
Jeannie Lee, Tying Up Loose Ends: Resolving Ambiguity in Ballot Measure 37’s Public Health and Safety Exemption, 38 Environmental Law Review 209 (2008)
Measure 37 has changed the landscape of Oregon and its lauded planning system, literally and figuratively. Since passage of Measure 37 in 2004, thousands of property owners have filed Measure 37 claims.
(abstract from [...]
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BoleyBlogs! - April 28, 2008 Author: allman Tags: Envtl. Law Review New L&C Law Scholarship
New L&C Law Scholarship: Has the Federal Courts’ Successive Undermining of the APA’s Presumption of Reviewability Turned the Doctrine into Fool’s Gold?
Colin A. Olivers, Has the Federal Courts’ Successive Undermining of the APA’s Presumption of Reviewability Turned the Doctrine into Fool’s Gold?, 38 Environmental Law Review 243 (2008)
Under the Mining Law of 1872, the Secretary of the Interior has the authority in certain circumstances to sell public lands to mining claimants. For obvious reasons, local residents [...]
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BoleyBlogs! - April 28, 2008 Author: allman Tags: Envtl. Law Review New L&C Law Scholarship
New L&C Law Scholarship: Is Scalian Standing the Latest Sighting of the Lochner-ess Monster?
Jamie Gibbs Pleune, Is Scalian Standing the Latest Sighting of the Lochner-ess Monster?: Using Global Warming to Explore the Myth of the Corporate Person , 38 Environmental Law Review 273 (2008)
This Comment challenges the legal assumption that a corporation should be analogous to an individual in the standing analysis. The author suggests that fundamental differences [...]
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BoleyBlogs! - April 28, 2008 Author: allman Tags: Envtl. Law Review New L&C Law Scholarship
LawInfoChina Database
As noted on SLAW:
LawInfoChina is a database of Chinese law that has two components, public and subscription. The free public section includes an overview of China?s legal system, basic laws and white papers. The subscription component contains laws and regulations, cases, tax treaties and more.
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BC Courthouse Library Society News - April 28, 2008
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey Updated
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674 ? 1913, a database of criminal trials held at London?s central criminal court, has been updated to include the text of trials to 1913. In addition to the text, the website provides information on the historical and legal background to trials at the Old Bailey.
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BC Courthouse Library Society News - April 28, 2008
Lawyers, Please Take Our Website Survey
We are preparing to redesign and enhance our website.
We are currently seeking input from practicing British Columbia lawyers via a short 13 question online survey about their online and technology usage habits.
Please take a few minutes to help us create a more effective website and better align our priorities with lawyers? needs. Survey participants can also enter a draw to win one of two 8G iPod Touch music player/portable internet devices.
Take the survey here: Start Survey!
Thank you from the B.C. Courthouse Library Society.
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BC Courthouse Library Society News - April 28, 2008
Cornell, Shirky, Wales, Wu, Zittrain: "Futures of the Internet," colloquium at NYU, April 16
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Berkman Blog - April 28, 2008 Author: syoung
New Books at the Law Library - April 28th, 2008
K213 .S58 2008 (LC) Roger W. Shuy, Fighting Over Words: Language and Civil Law Cases (New York: Oxford University Press, 2008). K2000 .M38 2007 (LC) J.K. Mason, The Troubled Pregnancy: Legal Wrongs and Rights in Reproduction (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,...
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Law Library Blog - April 28, 2008 Author: Elim Tags: New Books
"Religion, Polygamy & the Law"
From the site: The raid of a polygamist compound in West Texas has raised some important issues of rights of...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - April 28, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Podcasts/Podcasting
"Converting More "Clicks" Into Qualified Clients"
From the e-newsletter: When your office hours end, your law firm's Web site stays open for business. Faced with a...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - April 28, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Your Firm ' s Website
"Who is Reaching Out to You?"
Posted by David Bilinsky: If you maintain a web site or a blog, you want to know who is linking...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - April 28, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Your Firm ' s Website
"A Great Lesson in Customer Service and Tip for Following Your 'Buzz'"
Posted by Susan Cartier Liebel: Yesterday's Tip of the Week proved fortuitous. I encouraged my readers to investigate BradsDeals.com and...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - April 28, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Public Relations
"PreCYdent Tops Search Results"
Posted by Bonnie Schucha: It seems that David Hobbie over at Caselines is very impressed with PreCYdent. He ran a...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - April 28, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Search Engines
"High-Tech Gadgets: Ultimate Freedom or Complete Loss of Privacy?"
From the e-newsletter: Everywhere we go these days, the people around us are busy utilizing their high tech gadgets. They...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - April 28, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Privacy
"BlackBerry Clicks Can Up Company Costs"
In the news: If you're handing out BlackBerrys like candy in the workplace, you better have a policy in...
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Stark County Law Library Blog - April 28, 2008 Author: Nancy Tags: Corporate Counsel
John Palfrey, New Associate Dean, Library and Information Resources at HLS
John Palfrey has been appointed Associate Dean, Library and Information Resources and a tenured professor of law at Harvard Law School. Bios here, here and here. John's name should ring a bell. He is Executive Director of the Berkman Center...
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Law Librarian Blog - April 28, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Academic Law Libraries Law School News & Views
How Knowledge is Reshaping the Economic Life of Nations
The Work Foundation has published The Knowledge Economy: How Knowledge is Reshaping the Economic Life of Nations. The report, part of the Foundation's three-year study that will conclude in April 2009, argues that the phenomenon of the knowledge economy is...
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Law Librarian Blog - April 28, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Think Tank Reports
Best Legal Website of 2008 Competition
Recent winners of the Best Legal Website Competition 2007: carbonhouse, inc. for Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice 2006: Thomson-FindLaw for Yanowitch Law, P.A. 2005: Frost Brown Todd LLC 2004: Saturno Design LLC for Pierce Atwood - Attorneys at Law 2003:...
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Law Librarian Blog - April 28, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: News
Just Released, Scalia and Garner on the Art of Persuading Judges
Justice Scalia and Bryan Garner decided to write Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges after Garner interviewed Scalia and seven other justices about legal writing and advocacy last year. See LLB's earlier post about the videos. [JH] Making...
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Law Librarian Blog - April 28, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: New Publications
National Law Journal's Employment Trends Study
The National Law Journal has published a special issue on employment trends, finding to no one's surprise that higher ranked law schools send more graduates to the NLJ Top 250 law firms. Chart of Placement of Graduates from the Top...
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Law Librarian Blog - April 28, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Law School News & Views
EPA Seeks Comments: Help Improve Access to Environmental Information
From AALL's Washington Blawg: "What kinds of information do you look for from EPA and how do you use that information? What words do you use when you search for environmental information? How would you like to receive the information...
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Law Librarian Blog - April 28, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: News
