…to answer the question. We were recently asked how many states have three-strikes laws. Now, you would think this would be straightforward, but it’s not. There are many studies, many…
We are a country of federal, state, and local laws (and international treaties, for that matter). So when someone asks, “What’s the Law On …,” law librarians and lawyers need…
When Oregon Laws are codified*, they can be scattered all over their corresponding legislative subject compilation, the Oregon Revised Statutes, so, unless you are a researcher with too much…
Look for the 7th edition of this important legal research resource, National Survey of State Laws, which is used by lawyers and many other legal researchers. Visit the Hein Blog…
Take a look at the future: “Automation tools are enabling Washington D.C. to publish its laws much faster: A process that once took months can now be completed by…
Thinking beyond the Uniform Law Commission, the American Law Institute, and the American Bar Association: Who Makes Model Laws? “You’ve heard of the Uniform Commercial Code and the Model…
…between a session law and a code, specifically between the Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) and the Oregon Laws, I offer this. It is about as brief a description as can be…
Many new Oregon laws affecting sick leave, birth control, recreational marijuana, vaping, grandparents, bestiality, early termination fees when you die, and much more are effective January 1, 2016. How…
…in Small Bites: #4 (Bill of Rights, 13-20) Bite #5: ARTICLE IBILL OF RIGHTS 21. Ex-post facto laws; laws impairing contracts; laws depending on authorization in order to take effect;…
Are the state and federal laws you find online authenticated and permanently preserved? Oregon’s Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act (popularly known as UELMA) is moving through the 2013 Legislative…
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