Of course they do! They have had the most time to “ripen,” so to speak. You can see the full list of the Most-Cited in All of Time and links at Gallagher Blogs.
For even more summer reading, make sure you also read the article’s lists of the” Most-Cited Law Review Articles of Recent Years (Five Most-Cited Articles by Year of Publication for Each Year from 1990 to 2009),” compiled by Fred R. Shapiro.
Thank you to Gallagher Blogs: Cite-Seeing for the nice blog post and the tip.
Future Lawyer gives us this blog post: “Search Public Records on the Cheap”
You might not be able to take the “Power Searching with Google” class (nor will SCOTUS Justices) but you can learn a few apparently “awesome” Google research tricks from investigative reporter John Tedesco (and the diagram search is especially awesome):
How to solve impossible problems: Daniel Russell’s awesome Google search techniques
Thanks to 3 Geeks and iLibrarian for the tips.
Legislators don’t draft statutes, which should be a surprise to no one. (Have you ever tried to read your state or federal statutes?! Just as bad, try reading the Oregon Constitution in order to find an answer to a simple question.)
Drafting statutes is an art and a craft and we should be thankful that our state and federal legislators don’t do the actual drafting, although, it would be nice if they made sure the final statutes themselves made sense, not just listened to and voted on what was “intended.” But we are all human, or most of us are in any event, and there is a limit to how much we can fit into 24 hours.
Anyway, legislative staff members, lobbyists, and sometimes ordinary citizens draft or participate in the drafting of statutes, and it sometimes starts with op ed pieces proposing new legislation, like this:
Eminent domain often gets a bad rap, sometimes for good reasons, but … would you consider this creative idea?
“Housing’s Last Chance?” by Joe Nocera, New York Times, July 9, 2012
“.… It has also been clear for some time that the best way to keep troubled homeowners in their homes is by reducing the principal on their mortgages, thus lowering their debt burden and more closely aligning their mortgage with the actual value of the home.
Read the official “Report of the Special Investigative Counsel Regarding the Actions of The Pennsylvania State University Related to the Child Sexual Abuse Committed by Gerald A. Sandusky,” at the Free Report on the Pennsylvania State University website.
Argued March 26, 27, 28, 2012—Decided June 28, 2012*
That asterisk refers to this, which you’ll find on page 1 of the Supreme Court’s slip opinion:
If you’ve never read about erratic judges, the Australian’s “nuckin futs” problem, and the “Sofa King” in the same article, you just aren’t reading enough legal literature. (Judges and criminal law attorneys have the best stories, with consumer law attorneys not far behind.)
In the July 2012 issue of the OCBA Lawyer, Appellate Court Justice Bedsworth’s “A Criminal Waste of Space” column cheers us up immeasurably with:
The State of Oregon Law Library gives us this tip about how to find FDAB Orders (Fair Dismissal Appeals Board):
FDAB Orders are not (yet) available online. DOJ provides hard copies to the Supreme Court Law Library and the three law school libraries. But they are working on a web site and will be posting the orders online at that web site. Link to the FDAB web site where some of the orders will be found in the fullness of time.
You might enjoy this “What’s in a Name?” blog post on Ezekiel the Banker as much as I did:
Excerpt: “.... The bank manager’s name is Ezekiel. He is the first Ezekiel I have ever known. I am a big believer that people try to live up to the promise of their name. Ezekiel, of course, was an Old Testament prophet who had wondrous visions, and he was a prophet, whose prophecies turned out to be quite accurate. So that’s another reason why I signed up with this bank. The fact that an Ezekiel would be guiding me through the process of financing my new house project really appealed to me. He has not disappointed me. He indeed been very prophetic in telling me when to dip into the well for more money at the most advantageous lending rate available….” [Link to full blog post, by Will Manley, retired librarian and city manager.]
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