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(Conferences (past and future) are as bad for blogging habits as are vacations, but I, and my readers, soldier on 🙂

This week, we’ve been getting quite a few Legislative History questions, from hither and yon, about new and old statutes. So, in the interest of those who would like a few hints on where to begin (and end), here are links to a few guides:

1) A quick and easy guide, from Oregon Dept of Admin Services (not pretty or well-formatted, but this guide does the trick without unnecessary bells and whistles).

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Please see the Oregon Curfew Laws July 1, 2009, update.

I bet you thought curfews were from the old days (or war-torn countries). Or of the classic corfu/curfew mixup sort (“Curfew will not ring tonight!”) from here).

But these are real curfews – for real children (and parents)!

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While the law librarians are in town (Portland, Oregon) for the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Annual Meeting in Portland, July 12th to July 15th, anyone may explore the Exhibit Hall for no charge.

The Exhibit Hall (at the Oregon Convention Center (OCC)): and here is a list of the vendors (with floor plan).

To get a free pass, just stop by a Registration Booth, either a librarian registration booth or the Exhibitor Registration booth.

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For those who read Susan Nielsen’s column, The Other Gun Ruling, in the Sunday, July 06, 2008, Oregonian, and want to read the full case from the U.S. Supreme Court, the opinion is here, Giles v. California (docket number: 07-6053, decided June 25, 2008).

Excerpt from Nielson’s column:

“The Supreme Court just ruled in favor of a man who shot and killed his ex-girlfriend. The conservative majority did so by relying heavily on case law from centuries ago, when domestic violence was considered more of a private hobby than a crime.

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Local news reports make a big(ish) deal out of the fact that Oregon is the only hold out in the No Hand Held Cell Phones on the Left Coast race, with both California and Washington now signing onto similar laws.

For a more nuanced view of the issue, though not why Oregon is a holdout (and we all have our hypotheses), visit California’s Make Believe Car Phone Safety Law at f/k/a for some commentary, links, and poetry.

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