Oregon Legal Research BlogPrevious Bites:
Oregon Constitution in Small Bites: Bite #1 and Bite #2 (Bill of Rights, 1-6)
Oregon Constitution in Small Bites: Bite #3 (Bill of Rights, 7-12)
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Oregon Constitution in Small Bites: Bite #5
Articles Posted in State Government & Legal Resources
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Oregon Lis Pendens Doctrine
Information on Notices of Lis Pendens (aka notices of pending action) can be found:
1) Definition: lis pendens, from Nolo Press Glossary
2) Article: an excellent article with some history of the doctrine of lis pendens (in context of real estate law) and practice guidance: Oregon State Bar Litigation Section Newsletter: The Lis Pendens Doctrine in Oregon: Caging the Golden Goose in Real Estate Litigation, Fall 2006, pp. 13-15.
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Oregon Constitution in Small Bites: #4
Previous Bites:
Oregon Constitution in Small Bites: #1 and #2 (Bill of Rights, 1-6)
Oregon Constitution in Small Bites: #3 (Bill of Rights, 7-12)
Bite #4:
ARTICLE I
BILL OF RIGHTS
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Oregon Constitution in Small Bites: Bite #3
ARTICLE I,
BILL OF RIGHTS. section 7-12
(sections 1-6, posted at Oregon Constitution Bites #1-2)
7. Manner of administering oath or affirmation
8. Freedom of speech and press
9. Unreasonable searches or seizures
10. Administration of justice
11. Rights of Accused in Criminal Prosecution
12. Double jeopardy; compulsory self-incrimination
Section 7. Manner of administering oath or affirmation. The mode of administering an oath, or affirmation shall be such as may be most consistent with, and binding upon the conscience of the person to whom such oath or affirmation may be administered.–
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Oregon Constitution in Small Bites: Bite #1 and Bite #2
If you can’t read the Oregon Constitution in one gulp (and it is a bit of a dog’s breakfast), how about in small bites? (I’ll post a few more small bites over the next few weeks, months, sigh.)
Bite #1: Preamble:
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New Oregon Domestic Violence and the Workplace Flyers
New Oregon Bureau of Labor & Industry (BOLI) domestic violence and the workplace flyers in English and in Spanish
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How to Find Oregon Statewide Ballot Measures
So, how DO you find recent (and past) Oregon statewide ballot measures? I last posted a list of 2008 November election measures here (and about the super Ballot Measure Archives Project), but read on:
For a current and an official list: Oregon Secretary of State, Elections Division, but don’t say I didn’t warn you. It’s not easy to find from this homepage a regularly updated official list of Oregon Statewide Ballot Measure for the 2008 November Election. You will find these sorts of things, though, and these pages.
On to the unofficial sources:
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Oregon Nov 2008 Election Ballot Measures (so far)
From the Salem Statesman Journal, we read “Measures assigned their numerical designations: A dozen items will appear on Nov. 4 ballot, state says,” by Peter Wong, August 2, 2008
Measure approved for the ballot to date include these:
MEASURE 54: Allows 18-year-olds to vote in school board elections, consistent with their eligibility to vote in state and federal elections. The minimum voting age for school board elections is 21, set by voters in a 1948 constitutional amendment. The voting age for state and federal elections was lowered to 18 in 1971.
MEASURE 55: Allows legislators to complete their elected terms in their original districts even if they are placed elsewhere through redistricting plans, which are drawn every 10 years after each census. The next plan is set for 2011, after the 2010 Census.
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Building Codes in Oregon: An Update
I last posted here about researching Oregon Building Codes and a couple of updates are in order:
1) You can subscribe to email BCD News for the Oregon Department of Consumer & Business Services, Building Codes Division. Visit their homepage and check out their online services.
2) Building Tech Books are closing up shop and referring customers to Builders Books, Inc.