American University Washington College of Law Pence Law Law Library - All Library Updates and Announcements 2008-07-03T22:33:17-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu:/ Copyright © 2008 Washington College of Law tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-06-20:/RESOURCE/336 2008-06-20T18:25:02-00:00 2008-06-20T18:25:02-00:00 "Legisprudence aims at contributing to the improvement of legislation by studying the processes of legislation from the perspective of legal theory." tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-06-20:/RESOURCE/335 2008-06-20T18:21:13-00:00 2008-06-20T18:21:13-00:00 "Law and Humanities is a peer-reviewed journal, providing a forum for scholarly discourse within the arts and humanities around the subject of law." tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-06-20:/RESOURCE/334 2008-06-20T18:15:02-00:00 2008-06-20T18:15:02-00:00 "The Law and Financial Markets Review is a new, independent, English language journal devoted to providing high quality information, comment and analysis for lawyers specialising in banking and financial market issues and to others with interests in legal and regulatory developments affecting the financial markets." tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-06-12:/NEWS/2170 2008-06-12T19:00:00-00:00 2008-06-12T19:00:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-05-13:/NEWS/2167 2008-05-13T18:00:00-00:00 2008-05-13T18:00:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-05-12:/NEWS/2164 2008-05-12T16:00:00-00:00 2008-05-12T16:00:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-05-12:/NEWS/2161 2008-05-12T15:30:00-00:00 2008-05-12T15:30:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-05-07:/NEWS/2158 2008-05-07T14:40:00-00:00 2008-05-07T14:40:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-05-01:/RESOURCE/333 2008-05-01T16:42:39-00:00 2008-05-01T16:42:39-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-04-29:/RESOURCE/332 2008-04-29T17:11:53-00:00 2008-04-29T17:11:53-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-04-29:/RESOURCE/331 2008-04-29T16:59:39-00:00 2008-04-29T16:59:39-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-04-29:/RESOURCE/330 2008-04-29T16:48:22-00:00 2008-04-29T16:48:22-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-04-29:/RESOURCE/329 2008-04-29T16:45:41-00:00 2008-04-29T16:45:41-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-04-29:/RESOURCE/328 2008-04-29T16:29:53-00:00 2008-04-29T16:29:53-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-04-29:/RESOURCE/327 2008-04-29T16:18:13-00:00 2008-04-29T16:18:13-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-04-29:/RESOURCE/326 2008-04-29T16:15:55-00:00 2008-04-29T16:15:55-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-04-29:/RESOURCE/325 2008-04-29T16:10:31-00:00 2008-04-29T16:10:31-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-04-22:/NEWS/2155 2008-04-22T20:45:00-00:00 2008-04-22T20:45:00-00:00 The Pence Law Library will restrict access to WCL and AU Main Campus students, faculty and Washington College of Law alumni from April 22 to May 10, 2008. Persons requesting the use of the Federal Depository Collection will be allowed to enter and use those materials under supervision. Interlibrary loan service will be available as usual. Please contact the Access Services Librarian at jasmith@wcl.american.edu for further information. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-04-21:/NEWS/2152 2008-04-21T21:35:00-00:00 2008-04-21T21:35:00-00:00 Students who graduate will have full Westlaw access through May 31, 2008 (or the end month during which they graduate).Graduating students may apply for a free password to use while studying for the bar. Graduating students will be receiving an email with the link to register for Bar Study password. The passwords will be good for 10 hours or through July 31, which ever comes first.Students have access to career service databases for one year after graduation. Access to Law Students/Attorney Jobs Online is not included in the career service database access.Continuing students hours are reduced to two hours in June and two hours in July. All student passwords are returned to full access August 1 of each year.However, students who are taking summer school classes, working for a professor, are conducting law review & journal work, or are moot court members may extend their passwords for the summer. In addition, students who are working in an unpaid, non-profit public interest (non-governmental) internship/externship or pro bono work required for graduation may also extend their passwords. LexisNexis Summer Access ProgramLexisNexis is pleased to offer you the opportunity to extend your full access privileges during the summer to August 1, 2008.  In order to do so you must register for summer full access through the Summer Access Registration link:   www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool/help/saccess.aspThe registration process requires you to certify a legitimate use over the summer to be granted full access: Legitimate UsesSummer SchoolSchool-Related Research AssignmentMoot Court ResearchLaw Review or Journal ResearchWorking as a Professor's Research AssistantNon-Profit ExternshipUnpaid Internship/ExternshipBar ReviewIf you do not register, your LexisNexis law school ID will be limited to only career materials as of June 1, 2008.Graduating students must register for summer access to extend their IDs to August 1, 2008. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-04-16:/RESOURCE/324 2008-04-16T20:13:55-00:00 2008-04-16T20:13:55-00:00 Treaty resources from the State Department, including the current Treaties in Force, Treaties Pending, Multilateral Treaties for Which the U.S. is Depository, TIAS, and more. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-04-16:/RESOURCE/323 2008-04-16T17:58:55-00:00 2008-04-16T17:58:55-00:00 "Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing is a print newsletter published by West three times a year for legal research and writing instructors and law firm and law school librarians. The newsletter provides a forum for discussing the teaching of legal research and writing, focusing on research materials, tools and theories. Among the subjects frequently covered in Perspectives are trends in electronic legal research; solutions to legal research problems; and recently published legal research and writing resources." tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-04-14:/RESOURCE/322 2008-04-14T17:17:48-00:00 2008-04-14T17:17:48-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-04-14:/RESOURCE/321 2008-04-14T16:52:08-00:00 2008-04-14T16:52:08-00:00 "Journal of Financial Crime has established itself as one of the leading sources of authoritative and detailed information on understanding the methods used in economic crime and the steps that can be taken to avoid and combat it." tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-04-13:/NEWS/2149 2008-04-14T02:50:00-00:00 2008-04-14T02:50:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-04-03:/RESOURCE/320 2008-04-03T17:15:37-00:00 2008-04-03T17:15:37-00:00 Legal Studies is the journal of the Society of Legal Scholars (SLS). Legal Studies is recognised as one of the foremost academic law journals in the UK and enjoys an international readership both within the common law world and beyond. Legal Studies is a truly generalist peer-reviewed law journal and aims to include a varied range of scholarly articles in each issue, including doctrinal, conceptual, and socio-legal analysis. The journal warmly welcomes contributions from all those who wish to reach a broad international and UK readership. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-04-03:/RESOURCE/319 2008-04-03T16:38:07-00:00 2008-04-03T16:38:07-00:00 The leading English-language legal publication in its field, Arab Law Quarterly covers all aspects of Arab laws, both Shari'a and secular. It provides authoritative articles on the laws and legal developments throughout the twenty countries of the Arab world, notes on recent legislation and case law, guidelines on future changes, and reviews of the latest literature in the field. Note: "Back files available through HeinOnline" tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-04-01:/RESOURCE/318 2008-04-01T12:26:48-00:00 2008-04-01T12:26:48-00:00 "a journal for intellectual property questions in relation to trade and investment, with particular focus on the WTO and TRIPS (the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights)." Professor Daniel Gervais, editor tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-03-26:/RESOURCE/317 2008-03-26T18:22:40-00:00 2008-03-26T18:22:40-00:00 "The Modern Law Review is a general, peer-refereed journal that publishes original articles relating to common law jurisdictions, and increasingly to the law of the European Union. In addition to publishing articles in all branches of the law, the Review contains sections devoted to recent legislation and reports, to case analysis, and to review articles and book reviews." blackwellpublishing tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-03-26:/RESOURCE/316 2008-03-26T17:58:28-00:00 2008-03-26T17:58:28-00:00 "International Journal of the Legal Profession is an academic journal addressing the organization, structure, management and infrastructure of the legal professions of the common law and civil law world. The journal encompasses studies of the work, work practices, skills and ethics of the legal profession as well as the internal management of law firms and chambers. It also considers the methods and extent of provision of legal services. A range of socio-legal information is included involving inter-disciplinary interest from academic and professional lawyers, economists, philosophers, psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists and business academics interested in the world of law and lawyers. Major changes are occurring in the legal professions of America, Europe and Australasia. The profession has become much more open for study and accountability to the public and to government. Academic interest has grown over recent years and study of the legal profession is now well respected and represented within law departments. Scholars have begun to view law as an interesting area of study and lawyers, without any internal methodology for assessing and measuring their work or value, have welcomed the outside interest." tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-03-21:/RESOURCE/315 2008-03-21T19:18:38-00:00 2008-03-21T19:18:38-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-03-21:/RESOURCE/314 2008-03-21T19:16:04-00:00 2008-03-21T19:16:04-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-03-21:/RESOURCE/313 2008-03-21T19:13:15-00:00 2008-03-21T19:13:15-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-03-21:/RESOURCE/312 2008-03-21T19:09:12-00:00 2008-03-21T19:09:12-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-03-21:/RESOURCE/311 2008-03-21T19:06:08-00:00 2008-03-21T19:06:08-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-03-21:/RESOURCE/310 2008-03-21T19:03:36-00:00 2008-03-21T19:03:36-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-03-21:/RESOURCE/309 2008-03-21T19:01:33-00:00 2008-03-21T19:01:33-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2008-03-21:/RESOURCE/308 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2007-12-08T01:21:13-00:00 AudioCaseFiles is a database of audio recordings of cases students can download. Separate registration required. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-12-06:/RESOURCE/257 2007-12-06T17:46:22-00:00 2007-12-06T17:46:22-00:00 Terrorism and Political Violence reflects the full range of current scholarly work from many disciplines and theoretical perspectives tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-11-19:/RESOURCE/256 2007-11-19T17:58:52-00:00 2007-11-19T17:58:52-00:00 List top lawyers in a 175 countries with independent ranking and editorial commentary. Free access database. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-11-19:/RESOURCE/255 2007-11-19T17:14:57-00:00 2007-11-19T17:14:57-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-11-19:/RESOURCE/254 2007-11-19T17:14:13-00:00 2007-11-19T17:14:13-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-11-19:/RESOURCE/253 2007-11-19T17:12:17-00:00 2007-11-19T17:12:17-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-10-25:/RESOURCE/252 2007-10-25T18:52:07-00:00 2007-10-25T18:52:07-00:00 The official journal of the Society for the Reform of Criminal Law; access to all content. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-10-18:/NEWS/2137 2007-10-18T04:00:00-00:00 2007-10-18T04:00:00-00:00 LEAGLE, will be unavailable this evening (10/18) starting at 5 pm for several hours as part of this important project. We appreciate your patience! Watch the Docket for further information about changes and enhancements to this important key to research at the Pence Law Library. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-10-01:/NEWS/2134 2007-10-01T13:15:00-00:00 2007-10-01T13:15:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-09-07:/NEWS/2131 2007-09-07T19:40:00-00:00 2007-09-07T19:40:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-09-07:/NEWS/2122 2007-09-07T19:10:00-00:00 2007-09-07T19:10:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-09-07:/NEWS/2125 2007-09-07T19:10:00-00:00 2007-09-07T19:10:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-09-07:/NEWS/2128 2007-09-07T19:10:00-00:00 2007-09-07T19:10:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-09-04:/RESOURCE/251 2007-09-04T14:43:41-00:00 2007-09-04T14:43:41-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-08-20:/NEWS/2119 2007-08-20T10:00:00-00:00 2007-08-20T10:00:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-08-15:/NEWS/2116 2007-08-15T22:05:00-00:00 2007-08-15T22:05:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-08-10:/NEWS/2113 2007-08-10T17:15:00-00:00 2007-08-10T17:15:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-08-02:/NEWS/2107 2007-08-02T20:40:00-00:00 2007-08-02T20:40:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-08-02:/NEWS/2110 2007-08-02T20:40:00-00:00 2007-08-02T20:40:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-07-30:/NEWS/2101 2007-07-30T20:55:00-00:00 2007-07-30T20:55:00-00:00 The Pence Law Library is making improvements to the catalog on 7/31/07 that require it to be offline.  Users can still access the Law Library's  holdings in Worldcat (connect through http://library.wcl.american.edu/resources/research_tools.cfm ) or the ALADIN catalog at http://catalog.wrlc.org   If you have questions, contact the Circulation Desk at 202-274-4300.   Thanks for your patience! tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-07-19:/NEWS/2098 2007-07-19T13:25:00-00:00 2007-07-19T13:25:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-07-11:/RESOURCE/250 2007-07-11T15:51:45-00:00 2007-07-11T15:51:45-00:00 This site is made available through the Bora Laskin Law Library at the University of Toronto and is an excellent and current resource on issues relating to women?s human rights laws, with an emphasis on Canadian law. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-07-11:/RESOURCE/249 2007-07-11T15:51:14-00:00 2007-07-11T15:51:14-00:00 This site is made available through the Bora Laskin Law Library at the University of Toronto and is an excellent and current source for user guides and bibliographies on human rights issues. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-06-07:/NEWS/2095 2007-06-07T15:25:00-00:00 2007-06-07T15:25:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-06-07:/RESOURCE/248 2007-06-07T14:21:28-00:00 2007-06-07T14:21:28-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-06-07:/RESOURCE/247 2007-06-07T14:20:30-00:00 2007-06-07T14:20:30-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-06-07:/RESOURCE/246 2007-06-07T14:19:39-00:00 2007-06-07T14:19:39-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-06-07:/RESOURCE/245 2007-06-07T14:18:46-00:00 2007-06-07T14:18:46-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-06-07:/RESOURCE/244 2007-06-07T14:08:38-00:00 2007-06-07T14:08:38-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-05-15:/RESOURCE/243 2007-05-15T14:28:34-00:00 2007-05-15T14:28:34-00:00 This comprehensive database from LRP Publications includes federal and state primary law, case files, news and analysis on issues relating to special education. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-04-26:/NEWS/2092 2007-04-26T19:15:00-00:00 2007-04-26T19:15:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-04-23:/NEWS/2089 2007-04-23T13:00:00-00:00 2007-04-23T13:00:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-04-23:/NEWS/2086 2007-04-23T10:00:00-00:00 2007-04-23T10:00:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-04-19:/NEWS/2080 2007-04-19T13:00:00-00:00 2007-04-19T13:00:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-04-19:/NEWS/2083 2007-04-19T13:00:00-00:00 2007-04-19T13:00:00-00:00     tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-02-27:/RESOURCE/240 2007-02-27T16:52:09-00:00 2007-02-27T16:52:09-00:00 HuriSearch is a specialized multilingual Human Rights search engine. It includes over 3000 sites of human rights organizations, national human rights institutions, inter-governmental organizations, academic institutes, and non-governmental organizations. It can be searched in 77 different languages. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-01-26:/NEWS/2077 2007-01-26T22:00:00-00:00 2007-01-26T22:00:00-00:00 http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/osc/ tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-01-09:/NEWS/2071 2007-01-09T21:50:00-00:00 2007-01-09T21:50:00-00:00 Come to the Reference Desk! An experienced professional librarian is available to assist you from 10 am to 9 pm Monday through Thursday, Friday from 10 am to 5 pm, Saturday from Noon to 5 pm and Sunday from Noon to 6 pm. Don't miss out on a very valuable resource! Can't come in? Email us at relib@wcl.american.edu. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-01-09:/NEWS/2074 2007-01-09T21:50:00-00:00 2007-01-09T21:50:00-00:00 Be sure and register to use ILLiad, our interlibrary loan system at http://library.wcl.american.edu/ill.cfm. The usual turnaround time for obtaining a book through ILL is about 5 business days, but hard to find books may take as long as three weeks so don't wait until just before a paper is due to request a book through ILL. If you need to keep items borrowed through ILL longer than you anticipated, you must renew them at least three days before the due date. Requesting a renewal does not guarantee that the lender will agree to the request. Keeping your items longer weakens our relationships with lenders and is also unfair to others who wish to borrow the same item to conduct their research. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-01-09:/NEWS/2068 2007-01-09T21:40:00-00:00 2007-01-09T21:40:00-00:00 Thank you for your patience and cooperation over winter break while we recarpeted the Library and refurbished the Circulation Desk. Be sure and stop by to see your improved Library! tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2007-01-08:/NEWS/2059 2007-01-08T11:00:00-00:00 2007-01-08T11:00:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-12-06:/NEWS/2056 2006-12-06T20:35:00-00:00 2006-12-06T20:35:00-00:00 "This report is the result of nine months of deliberation by a bipartisangroup of distinguished Americans asked by members of Congress to conduct aforward-looking, independent assessment of the current and prospectivesituation on the ground in Iraq, its impact on the surrounding region, andconsequences for U.S. interests and policy." tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-12-01:/NEWS/2044 2006-12-01T22:05:00-00:00 2006-12-01T22:05:00-00:00 New carpeting is being installed and other related projects are scheduled to improve the Library's research environment. We have arranged for the WCL community to have courtesy access to local law school libraries. A schedule for each with hours and directions will be provided shortly and will also be available via the Pence Law Library website. You must have your AU ID for this courtesy access. We appreciate your input about the Library's environment. This project is the first of several resulting from the Library's surveys and your suggestions. By fall, 2007, additional study rooms and other improvements should be completed as well. Your cooperation and support is greatly appreciated as we make a great library better. Any questions or concerns should be addressed to Adeen Postar at apostar@wcl.american.edu, 202-274-4377. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-11-27:/RESOURCE/239 2006-11-27T16:39:03-00:00 2006-11-27T16:39:03-00:00 Access to bills and public laws, committee reports, roll call votes and the Congressional Record. Includes current and retrospective Congresses. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-11-22:/RESOURCE/234 2006-11-22T19:41:29-00:00 2006-11-22T19:41:29-00:00 Homeland Security Digital Library?(HSDL) provides quick access to important US policy documents, presidential directives, and national strategy documents; as well as specialized resources from various universities, organizations, local and state agencies. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-11-17:/NEWS/2050 2006-11-17T20:00:00-00:00 2006-11-17T20:00:00-00:00 Click here to view the webcast tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-11-09:/NEWS/2047 2006-11-09T22:05:00-00:00 2006-11-09T22:05:00-00:00 Wednesday, November 22 8am to 8pm; Thursday, November 23 (Thanksgiving)Closed; Friday, November 24 9 am to 10pm tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-11-08:/RESOURCE/233 2006-11-08T19:30:46-00:00 2006-11-08T19:30:46-00:00 Topical Research Guide - Courts and Case Law tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-11-08:/RESOURCE/232 2006-11-08T19:29:14-00:00 2006-11-08T19:29:14-00:00 Topical Research Guide - Fedearal Tax Law tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-11-08:/RESOURCE/231 2006-11-08T19:26:27-00:00 2006-11-08T19:26:27-00:00 Topical Research Guide - Legal Research tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-11-08:/RESOURCE/230 2006-11-08T19:21:21-00:00 2006-11-08T19:21:21-00:00 Topical Research Guide - Finding Resources in the Library tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-11-06:/RESOURCE/229 2006-11-06T18:15:11-00:00 2006-11-06T18:15:11-00:00 IDLC is a repository of domestic international law covering over sixty jurisdictions; featuring selected cases in full text of judgments in their original language. Also feature translations of key non-English judgments in English. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-11-03:/NEWS/2041 2006-11-03T18:55:00-00:00 2006-11-03T18:55:00-00:00 Please be a good library citizen and keep your personal conversations in the library to a minimum and do not use your cell phone in the library. Your fellow students are studying! Use one of our group study rooms for collaborative learning and conversations; you can sign up for one at the Circulation Desk. Do not leave your laptop or any valuable personal item unattended on a library table or carrel for any period of time. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-11-03:/NEWS/2038 2006-11-03T18:50:00-00:00 2006-11-03T18:50:00-00:00 Bill is a graduate of WCL and is a member of the Virginia Bar. If you need assistance in International or Foreign Law - he is our resident expert. Contact him at 202-274- 4331 or via email at wryan@wcl.american.edu . tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-10-30:/NEWS/2023 2006-10-30T17:00:00-00:00 2006-10-30T17:00:00-00:00 Reference librarians are valuable resources on any research task you may encounter. You are always welcome to stop by or call the Reference Desk at 202-274-4352 to talk to the librarian on duty. You may also email us at reflib@wcl.american.edu with questions or to schedule an appointment for a more in-depth consulation. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-10-30:/NEWS/2026 2006-10-30T17:00:00-00:00 2006-10-30T17:00:00-00:00 They have over 3 million words in 15 languages, including general words, idioms, medical, legal, business terms, as well as slang and useful expressions.  They also have Phrasebooks of over 31,000 useful phrases and phonetic transcription for English and Romanization for Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese (Kana and Kanji) and Korean.  A voice function is also available. Also available at the Circulation Desk is one translator SuperPen, which allows users to scan text and get an immediate word-by-word translation, using Spanish and Portuguese dictionaries.  Additional SuperPens will be ordered for other languages, if there is enough interest.  tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-10-30:/NEWS/2029 2006-10-30T17:00:00-00:00 2006-10-30T17:00:00-00:00  He is our specialist in International Humanitarian Law and contributes to our web pages.  He is also an adjunct professor of international law at WCL, having taught the Seminar on International Courts since 1991.  Previously, he taught legal methods for several years. Mr. Heywood received his JD from the Washington College of Law in 1985, and lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with his wife and two children. He used to enjoy sailing, reading, cooking, gardening, and croquet. He now enjoys chasing after his children. You can contact Mr. Heywood at heywood@wcl.american.edu  or at 202-274-4329. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-10-30:/NEWS/2032 2006-10-30T17:00:00-00:00 2006-10-30T17:00:00-00:00 Fill out the form at http://library.wcl.american.edu/suggestions.cfm and a Library staff member will review and respond to your concern. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-10-26:/RESOURCE/228 2006-10-26T21:21:47-00:00 2006-10-26T21:21:47-00:00 JustCite is a legal citator for a fully cross reference index to authoritative UK and European legal information. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-10-26:/RESOURCE/227 2006-10-26T21:19:39-00:00 2006-10-26T21:19:39-00:00 Justis is a comprehensive full text online database of UK and Irish primary case law, specialist case law, and UK statutes law. The database covers primary case law dating back to 1163 and in UK statute law provides access back to the Magna Carta. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-10-19:/NEWS/2020 2006-10-19T15:40:00-00:00 2006-10-19T15:40:00-00:00 tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-10-19:/NEWS/2011 2006-10-19T15:35:00-00:00 2006-10-19T15:35:00-00:00 Are you an early riser or need to put the last touches on a research assignment?  You can use the Library beginning at 6 am, provided you have registered your ID with the Office of Facilities Management in Room 383.  No Library services will be available until our normal opening.  If you have any questions, please contact Adeen Postar at apostar@wcl.american.edu. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-10-19:/NEWS/2014 2006-10-19T15:35:00-00:00 2006-10-19T15:35:00-00:00 They have over 3 million words in 15 languages, including general words, idioms, medical, legal, business terms, as well as slang and useful expressions.  They also have Phrasebooks of over 31,000 useful phrases and phonetic transcription for English and Romanization for Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese (Kana and Kanji) and Korean.  A voice function is also available.  These devices are available for check out at the Circulation Desk.  tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-10-19:/NEWS/2017 2006-10-19T15:35:00-00:00 2006-10-19T15:35:00-00:00 Pence Law Library is very lucky to have a dedicated corps of librarians working with students in the evenings and weekends.  Bette Spencer is a librarian at the Virginia Theological Seminary during the day, but each Monday, Saturday and alternate Sundays Bette works here at WCL.  She has extensive experience as a law librarian at other law schools and government agencies.  Ann Sloane works with us on Wednesdays and alternate Sundays.  She is currently the Library Manager for the DC office of Weil Gotshal & Manges and assists attorneys there on diverse legal topics, including litigation, antitrust, tax, securities and corporate law.  Kimberly Pogue works with us on Thursdays; currently she works as a librarian with the Baltimore Public School Department and was the Serials Librarian at George Washington Law Library. Steve LaFalce, is currently the Library Manager for the DC office of Clifford Chance where he also assists attorneys on litigation and international law matters.  Steve works with us on Tuesday evenings and is a new dad.  Stop by the Reference Desk and say hello to these dedicated librarians the next time you are in the Library after 6pm or Saturday or Sunday afternoon. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-10-19:/NEWS/2008 2006-10-19T15:30:00-00:00 2006-10-19T15:30:00-00:00 Do your research from anywhere by linking to the Library webpage at library.wcl.american.edu  The WCL community can log into subscription databases such as LegalTrac, LexisNexis Congressional and HeinOnline on the Library website by linking to one of the database listings under Research Tools or Information Resources on our website.  When prompted, enter the same user ID and password that you use to access the law school network and my.american.edu. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-10-18:/RESOURCE/226 2006-10-18T17:25:26-00:00 2006-10-18T17:25:26-00:00 Courts and Case Law research handout. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-10-18:/RESOURCE/225 2006-10-18T17:23:45-00:00 2006-10-18T17:23:45-00:00 Legal Research strategy handout. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-10-18:/RESOURCE/224 2006-10-18T17:17:40-00:00 2006-10-18T17:17:40-00:00 Federal Tax Law research handout. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-10-08:/NEWS/2005 2006-10-08T19:50:00-00:00 2006-10-08T19:50:00-00:00 The Library has many databases that will help you with your work listed at http://library.wcl.american.edu/resources/resources.cfm?parm_val=All&local_attribute_id=18 In addition to numerous law journals and newsletters devoted to foreign and international law, also available is the Foreign Law Guide, which provides complete bibliographic citations and, when available, links to primary and secondary sources to English translations of foreign law for hundreds of countries.  For more information, contact Bill Ryan, Foreign and International Law Librarian at wryan@wcl.american.edu tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-09-29:/NEWS/2002 2006-09-29T15:30:00-00:00 2006-09-29T15:30:00-00:00 If you have an article accepted for publication, or recently published, by any law review or other scholarly journal, please send your name, article title, and journal title to Billie Jo Kaufman, Associate Dean for Library and Information Resources.  We hold a reception to honor student scholarship efforts each spring and we don't want to leave anyone out.  Send information to Dean Kaufman at bkaufman@wcl.american.edu tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-09-29:/NEWS/1999 2006-09-29T15:25:00-00:00 2006-09-29T15:25:00-00:00 Your searches now find book chapters AND book titles.  For example, a title or keyword search for a book on the infield fly rule will retrieve Baseball and the American Legal Mind (2nd Floor, KF3989.A75 B37 1995) with several chapters devoted to the infield fly rule? just in time for the playoffs! tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-09-21:/RESOURCE/223 2006-09-21T19:04:16-00:00 2006-09-21T19:04:16-00:00 This site covers international arbitration issues and is a comprehensive fully-searchable database of primary and secondary materials and commentary in the field with access to full-text downloads of all materials. Access to this database is from the ?International Business? tab on the CCH Business and Finance Database and you must scroll down to the bottom of the screen to access it. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-09-21:/NEWS/1993 2006-09-21T14:25:00-00:00 2006-09-21T14:25:00-00:00 In addition to the Serial Set, and indexes to find House and Senate Reports, House and Senate Documents and Hearings, the database now contains a comprehensive collection of Committee Prints and reports from the Congressional Research Service.  Access this database from the Library webpage at http://library.wcl.american.edu/resources/resources.cfm?parm_val=All&local_attribute_id=19 . Questions about this database?  Contact a reference librarian at reflib@wcl.american.edu. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-09-21:/NEWS/1996 2006-09-21T14:25:00-00:00 2006-09-21T14:25:00-00:00 Seriously, though - we all need to be good library citizens (we're trying too!) and keep our personal conversations in the library to a minimum and not use cell phones in the library.  Your fellow students are studying!  Use one of our group study rooms for collaborative learning and conversations; you can sign up for one at the Circulation Desk.  One more reminder - please do not leave your laptop or any valuable personal item unattended on a library table. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-09-21:/NEWS/1987 2006-09-21T14:15:00-00:00 2006-09-21T14:15:00-00:00 Celebrating the freedom to read has been observed during the last week of September each year since 1982. This event reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted. The most frequently banned books in the U.S. in 2004 were: The Chocolate War for sexual content, offensive language, religious viewpoint, being unsuited to age group and violence, Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers, for racism, offensive language and violence, Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture by Michael A. Bellesiles, for inaccuracy and political viewpoint and the Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey, for offensive language and modeling bad behavior.  Visit the library display on Banned Books Week and pick up a bookmark with more information. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-09-21:/NEWS/1990 2006-09-21T14:15:00-00:00 2006-09-21T14:15:00-00:00 It now also contains the full text of the Federal Register back to 1936, an extensive U.S. Treaties and Agreements Library, and several hundred Legal Classics that range in date from the 15th century to the early 20th century, among other collections.  Access this database from the Library webpage at http://library.wcl.american.edu/resources/resources.cfm?parm_val=H&local_attribute_id=19  Questions?  Contact Susan Lewis-Somers at slewis@wcl.american.edu or Adeen Postar at apostar@wcl.american.edu. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-09-13:/RESOURCE/222 2006-09-13T20:53:08-00:00 2006-09-13T20:53:08-00:00 Vlex is the most complete database of Spanish legislation and contains full content of all official journals, and more than two million national and EU documents, in full text and annotated. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-09-06:/NEWS/1984 2006-09-06T21:05:00-00:00 2006-09-06T21:05:00-00:00 http://library.wcl.american.edu/resources/resources.cfm?parm_val=U&local_attribute_id=17 .  This source contains every Supreme Court brief and official record filed at the Court between 1832 and 1978 with access through a great search engine that allows users to search across these years with one search.  Questions about this database or any of the Library's databases or collections? Stop by the Reference Desk or email us at reflib@wcl.american.edu tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-09-05:/RESOURCE/219 2006-09-05T18:11:30-00:00 2006-09-05T18:11:30-00:00 A slide presentation prepared by John Heywood, for his Seminar on International Courts, on how to research international law in our library. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-31:/NEWS/1978 2006-08-31T15:20:00-00:00 2006-08-31T15:20:00-00:00 If you have an article accepted for publication, or recently published, by any law review or other scholarly journal, please send your name, article title, and journal title to Billie Jo Kaufman, Associate Dean for Library and Information Resources.  We hold a reception to honor student scholarship efforts each spring and we don't want to leave anyone out. Send information to bkaufman@wcl.american.edu. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-31:/NEWS/1981 2006-08-31T15:20:00-00:00 2006-08-31T15:20:00-00:00 New CALI disks with revised and new lessons are available at the Pence Law Library Circulation Desk. 1Ls will receive the CALI disks in their Legal Rhetoric classes. Upper level students may pick them up at the Circulation Desk. You may also access CALI lessons at www.cali.org. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-31:/NEWS/1972 2006-08-31T15:15:00-00:00 2006-08-31T15:15:00-00:00 Do you need material that is not available at the Pence Law Library?  Interlibrary loan is the answer!  To borrow materials from other libraries, you must first register at  https://wcl.american.hosts.atlas-sys.com/ILLiad/Logon.html   ILLiad is an electronic system that facilitates interlibrary loan and works in tandem with WorldCat, which is a huge database containing most items published and cataloged in the U.S. and around the world. For more information about ILL and WorldCat go to http://library.wcl.american.edu/ill.cfm or contact our Interlibrary loan office at ill@wcl.american.edu. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-31:/NEWS/1975 2006-08-31T15:15:00-00:00 2006-08-31T15:15:00-00:00 Link to the library catalog at leagle.wcl.american.edu/screens/opacmenu.html or from the front page of the library website at  library.wcl.american.edu and choose MyLeagle to check the status of materials you have borrowed from the library and renew them as necessary. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-31:/NEWS/1969 2006-08-31T15:10:00-00:00 2006-08-31T15:10:00-00:00 You will still be able to link to your favorite databases and services - we've only changed the way we look. Suggestions and comments on the webpage and the Library can be made at http://library.wcl.american.edu/suggestions.cfm tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/22 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Comprehensive full-text coverage of law, business and news sources, including periodicals. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/23 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Comprehensive full-text coverage of law, business, news and reference sources, including periodicals. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/24 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Electronic legal research that includes caselaw, statutes, session laws, and regulations from federal and all 50 state jurisdictions. You must register at the Loislaw.com website using the special WCL access code. To get this code, send an email to the law library, or call the Reference Desk at 202-274-4352, and ask for the Loislaw school access code. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/25 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 One of the oldest and best law school sites; a good place to begin legal research. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/26 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 A metasite linking to caselaw, statutes, session laws, regulations and other publications from federal and state jurisdictions. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/27 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 This Bureau of National Affairs (BNA) portal gives web access to most of their publications. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/28 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 This Commerce Clearing House (CCH) portal gives web access to many of its publications in the areas of securities, banking, corporate capital, trade regulation, government contracts, information technology, federal energy, transportation law, and products. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/30 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Includes the following databases: Status of Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General, United Nations Treaty Series, Texts of Recently Deposited Multilateral Treaties, Photographs of Signature Ceremonies, Titles in the UN Official Languages. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/31 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Indexes United Nations documents and publications, includes full text of Resolutions from the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council, and selected Provisional Verbatim and Summary Record documents. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/32 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Digital images of federal government materials, primarily administrative agency decisions and court decisions. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/33 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Web-based version of the Oxford English Dictionary. Provided by American University's Bender Library. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/34 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 A comprehensive collection of searchable full-text PDF (or text) images of major law journal articles, including back issues. Check online table of contents for coverage of specific journal titles; new titles are added regularly. Also includes searchable pre-1981 issues of the Federal Register. New volumes are added regularly. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/35 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 The most comprehensive current legal periodical index, also known as LegalTrac. Covers law reviews, bar journals, and legal newspapers. Provides coverage from 1980. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/36 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 This index is less comprehensive but more scholarly. Excludes legal newspapers, includes selected monographs. Provides coverage from 1983. In book form, this index provides coverage from 1907. Provided by American University's Bender Library. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/37 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Very current weekly listing of new academic law journal articles in PDF, Word and HTML formats. The HTML format has links to the full-text articles in LexisNexis and Westlaw. (Users must have passwords to access full text.) CILP entries are about six weeks more current than the listings in other legal periodicals indexes. To set up a customized SmartCILP email account, tailored to your subject interests and/or specific journals, see the SmartCILP instructions at the bottom of the CILP page. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/38 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Covers selected journals and essay collections worldwide, many non-English language. The WCL community may use interlibrary loan to request articles from titles not in the collection. Provides coverage from 1983. In book form, this index provides coverage from 1960. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/39 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Abstracts of law-related scholarly working papers and articles accepted for publication, full text journals, professional announcements, calls for papers, and academic and industry job listings. Part of the Social Science Research Network. From main SSRN site, select "Legal Scholarship Network" from the left-hand menu. To create a customized subscription, select "Site Subscriptions for LSN," then "join an existing site" and complete the form. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/40 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Our online catalog. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/41 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 A union catalog of libraries world-wide. The WCL community may use WorldCat with our interlibrary loan system, ILLiad. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/42 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 The website of the American University Bender Library, AU's main university library. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/43 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Collection of U.S. academic law library websites, including library catalogs. From the American Association of Law Libraries. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/44 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Portal to the collections of the Library of Congress. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/45 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Collection of U.S. academic library websites, including library catalogs. From Libweb at U.C. Berkeley. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/46 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Collection of library websites worldwide, including library catalogs. From Libweb at U.C. Berkeley. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/47 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 A helpful Topical Research Guide written by Susan Lewis-Somers, WCL Library Associate Director for Public Services. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/48 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 A helpful Topical Research Guide written by Adeen Postar, WCL Library Deputy Director. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/49 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 A helpful Topical Research Guide for federal, state, and local legislation written by Susan Lewis-Somers, WCL Library Associate Director for Public Services. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/50 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 CIS indexes, abstracts and legislative histories with links to recent full text documents; also includes LexisNexis files with recent full text congressional bills and bill tracking reports, unofficial hearings, reports and other documents, Congressional Record, US Code Service, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Federal Register. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/51 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 ODS covers all types of official United Nations documentation, beginning in 1993. Older UN documents are, however, added to the system on a daily basis. ODS also provides access to the resolutions of the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council and the Trusteeship Council from 1946 onwards. The system does not contain press releases (posted at http://www.un.org/News/Press/full.htm), UN sales publications , the United Nations Treaty Series or information brochures issued by the Department of Public Information. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/53 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 The Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law is the world's only law journal offering scholars a forum in which to present comparative, international and national research dealing specifically with issues of law and human rights in the Asia-Pacific region. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/54 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 The Berkeley Electronic Press (BEPress) was founded as an electronic alternative to traditional paper academic journals. They publish journals and working papers in law, political science, current affairs, economics, business, marketing, science, technology, and medicine. This site also has a number of author tools, including LawKit and ExpressO, which help in the journal submission process. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/55 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 This Commerce Clearing House (CCH) portal gives web access to many of its publications and forms in the areas of human resources management, payroll, pension & benefits, employment law, safety & workers comp., health care reimbursement, health care compliance, and food & drug law. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/56 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Citizenship Studies publishes internationally recognised scholarly work on contemporary issues in citizenship, human rights and democratic processes from an interdisciplinary perspective covering the fields of politics, sociology, history and cultural studies. It seeks to lead an international debate on the academic analysis of citizenship, and also aims to cross the division between internal and academic and external public debate. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/57 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 The Congressional Quarterly's Congressional Staff Directory provides a wealth of information about Congress. You can search or browse for member biographies & photos, district/state information and maps, and contact information for the main and district/state offices. Jurisdiction, membership, and staff (with titles, areas of responisibility, and contact information, and biographies) of the committees, subcommittes and caucuses are also included. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/58 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 The CQ Electronic Library (CQEL, pronounced SEE´quell) is the definitive reference resource for research in American government, politics, history, public policy, and current affairs. A wealth of CQ Press resources and years of journalistic and editorial expertise are combined in its eight modules. The suite includes the online version of the CQ Researcher, and its Spanish-language edition, The CQ Researcher en español. CQEL offers four subject-specific reference databases: CQ Congress Collection, CQ Supreme Court Collection, CQ Public Affairs Collection, and CQ Voting and Elections Collection. CQEL also includes the foundational reference resource, CQ Encyclopedia of American Government; CQ Insider, a comprehensive directory of the institutions and people of American government; and the online version of the CQ Weekly, offering complete coverage of Capitol Hill. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/59 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 The premier English language encyclopedia, available online along with a world atlas and the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary and Collegiate Thesaurus. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/60 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 This is a comprehensive world trade law website. Anyone can do a full-text search of all GATT/WTO Panel and Appellate Body reports, arbitration awards, and decisions. They also have freely available lists of and basic information on those items, as well as subject-matter pages on anti-dumping, ATC, safeguards, SPS, subsides/countervailing duties, trade in services, and TRIPS. It you are on the WCL network, you also have access to their WTO Dispute Settlement Commentaries (these are summaries and critical analyses of all new WTO Panel and Appellate Body reports within 1-3 weeks after they are circulated to the WTO Members), complete with an index of legal provisions/terms and a full-text search capability, as well as Dispute Settlement Commentaries for selected WTO arbitrations and for NAFTA Chapter 20 Panel reports. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/61 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Index with abstracts covering economic, political and social issues, business, finance, law, international trade and relations, public administration, government, political science and any topics that are or might become the subject of legislation; covers selected journal articles, books, statistics, yearbooks, directories, conference proceedings, pamphlets, reports and government documents. Scope is worldwide in six languages: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. Provided by American University's Bender Library. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/62 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Abstracts of periodical articles, with full text of many. Provided by American University's Bender Library. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/63 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Currently, Project MUSE® offers nearly 250 quality journal titles from 40 scholarly publishers. As one of the academic community's primary electronic journals resources, Project MUSE covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/64 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Excludes recent 2-to-5 years, otherwise full text of scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences and math. Provided by American University's Bender Library. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/65 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 The European Journal of International Law is firmly established as one of the world's leading journals in its field. With its distinctive combination of theoretical and practical approaches to the issues of international law, the journal offers readers a unique opportunity to stay in touch with the latest developments in this rapidly evolving area. Each issue of the EJIL provides a forum for the exploration of the conceptual and theoretical dimensions of international law as well as for up-to-date analysis of topical issues. Additionally, it is the only journal to provide systematic coverage of the relationship between international law and the law of the European Union and its Member States. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/66 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 The Congressional Quarterly's Federal Staff Directory provides a wealth of information about the Executive Branch. It covers the Executive Office of the President, the Cabinet Departments, and the Independent and Quasi-Official Agencies. You can search or browse for biographies, photos, and contact information for senior officials and staff. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/67 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 The Congressional Quarterly's Judicial Staff Directory provides a wealth of information about the Judiciary. It covers all federal courts as well as the state appellate courts. You can search or browse for biographies, photos, and contact information for judges and their personal staffs, court staffs and administrative offices. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/68 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 "The Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises 1800-1926" provides digital images on every page of 22,000 legal treatises on US and British law published from 1800 through 1926. Full-text searching on more than 10 million pages provides researchers access to critical legal history in ways not previously possible. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/69 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Internet Law & Regulation includes the full text of all U.S. court and agency decisions affecting the Internet. Pertinent final rules issued by federal agencies are also included. International coverage extends to selected cases from English-speaking venues (such as Canada, Great Britain, Australia, and India), as well as English-language decisions from the European Union. Select cases from non-English speaking countries (such as France and Germany) are provided in PDF format. Arbitration decisions issued in accordance with the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy are also included. In addition, the service includes case digests of the holdings or actions taken in court and agency decisions that address a particular topic, such as spam, workplace privacy, or peer-to-peer file sharing; The full text of notable complaints, motions, and appellate briefs filed with U.S. courts and agencies; The full text of pertinent laws, regulations, and policy papers from U.S. federal and state governments, foreign countries, and private organizations, with relevant legislative and regulatory history; In-depth articles written by distinguished attorneys and law professors who specialize in Internet law; Topical essays, which serve as comprehensive overviews of each of ILR's eight Topics; and Brief articles covering legal, legislative, and Internet-related business developments written by Pike & Fischer's legal editors and experts from The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/70 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Also known as the "Yellow Books," the Leadership Directories contain the most up-to-date organizational and contact information for the fourteen areas they cover: Congressional, Federal, Federal Regional, State, Municipal, Judicial, Corporate, Financial, News Media, Associations, Law Firms, Government Affairs, Foreign Representatives, and the Nonprofit Sector. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/71 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 The Foreign Law Guide provides the lawyer or legal researcher with relevant information on sources of foreign law, including complete bibliographic citations to legislation, the existence of English translations whenever possible, indications of currentness of the legal materials listed, and, finally, selected references to secondary sources in English. Thus, this is primarily a guide to official sources and official versions with references, when appropriate, to full texts of legislation and English translations of codes, laws and relevant material published separately. These translations may be official or unofficial, published as a monograph or in major comparative treatments or in a series or even in journals. The editors have sought to concentrate on current books and materials available in the trade or in normal avenues of document distribution. A second-tier source consists of digests or descriptions of legislation or codes or legal procedures and requirements that fall short of full and reliable translations. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/72 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Industrial Law Journal is established as the leading U.K. periodical in its field, providing comment and in-depth analysis on a wide range of topics relating to employment law. It is essential reading for practising lawyers, academics, and lay industrial relations experts to keep abreast of newly enacted legislation and proposals for law reform. In addition Industrial Law Journal carries commentary on relevant government publications and reviews of books relating to labour law. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/73 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 A journal for in-depth analytical research on the issues of international criminal law, dealing with the differences between civil and common law jurisdictions, and the development of law by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the International Criminal Court, and other international and hybrid tribunals. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/74 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 One of the key source materials in the field of refugee protection. The journal aims to stimulate research and thinking on refugee law and its development, taking account of the broadest range of State and international organization practice. It regularly provides key information and commentary on critical issues, including the causes of refugee and related movements, internal displacement, the particular situation of women and refugee children, the human rights dimension, restrictive policies, asylum and determination procedures, populations at risk and the conditions in different countries. It is of immeasurable value to anyone involved in refugee work, whether lawyers, teachers, students, researchers, NGO workers, or officials in immigration, government, and international organizations. In addition to publishing original articles, the journal also features regular sections containing selected documents, case abstracts and comments, book reviews and annotated bibliographies of reports and other publications. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/75 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 The Journal of International Economic Law is dedicated to encouraging thoughtful and scholarly attention to a very broad range of subjects that concern the relation of law to international economic activity. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/76 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization is an interdisciplinary exercise. It seeks to promote an understanding of many complex phenomena by examining such matters from a combined law, economics, and organization perspective (or a two-way combination thereof). In this connection, we use the term organization broadly - to include scholarship drawing on political science, psychology and sociology, among other fields. It also holds the study of institutions - especially economic, legal, and political institutions - to be specifically important and greatly in need of careful analytic study. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/77 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 The object of the Journal of the History of International Law / Revue d'histoire du droit international is to contribute to the effort to make intelligible the international legal past, however varied and eccentric it may be, to stimulate interest in the whys, the whats and wheres of international legal development, and to promote the application of a sense of proportion to the study of modern international legal problems. The aim of the journal is to open fields of inquiry, to enable new questions to be asked, to be awake to and always aware of the plurality of human civilizations and cultures, past and present, and an appreciation of patterns of cultural flow and interaction that centrally affect international law and development. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/78 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 Since 1967, Latin American Newsletters (LAN) has been acknowledged as the foremost source of intelligence on political and economic developments in Latin America and the Caribbean. Read by business investors, government officials and leading academics alike, LAN's comprehensive range of print and online resources offers subscribers a reliable, accurate and timely source of insight into key events that shape the region. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/79 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 LawTRIO is a fully searchable bibliographic database of over 7,500 legal titles combined from three of our print directories. The titles come in three formats: looseleaf (from Legal Looseleafs in Print, newsletter (from Legal Newsletters in Print), and CD-ROM (from Directory of Law Related CD-ROMs). tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/80 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 One of the Berkeley Electronic Press journals, dealing with legal theory and jurisprudence. tag:library.wcl.american.edu,2006-08-22:/RESOURCE/81 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 2006-08-22T16:33:33-00:00 The Legal History Review, was founded in 1918 by a number of Dutch jurists, who set out to stimulate a scholarly interest in legal history in their own country and also to provide a centre for international cooperation in the subject. It covers the common foundations of the western legal tradition but also to the special, frequently divergent development of national law in the various countries belonging to, or influenced by it. Modern and contemporary, as well as ancient and medieval history is considered. Roman law and its later development, as well as canon law, have always been particularly important; in addition the history of the English Common Law has been extensively studied.