Oregon Legal Research BlogWe 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…
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America’s Body Cam Laws: NPR Survey
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Bite #7, Oregon Constitution in Small Bites: #7 (Bill of Rights, 40-42)
…limitations; duties of corrections director42. Rights of victim in criminal prosecutions and juvenile court delinquency proceedings Section 40. Penalty for aggravated murder. Notwithstanding sections 15 and 16 of this Article,…
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Criminal Records / Background Checks
Oregon has some useful information and especially their chapter on Oregon criminal records (including a Procedure for Obtaining Criminal History). For information on how complex criminal record-keeping is see the…
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Judge Who Gave Victims their Voices in Nassar Case was an Immigrant
We are all immigrants (except of course for Native Americans, and maybe even they too were immigrants thousands of years ago): BBC News: Larry Nassar case: Who is…
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Are you a Quango? I Sincerely Doubt It.
It’s not an insult, although it could be. I ran across the word in a recent Christopher Fowler Bryant and May novel (this one was Wild Chamber, but…
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Criminal Records Verification in Oregon – a Legislative Report
You can now read: HB 4091: Workgroup Report: Recommendations Regarding Criminal Records Verification in Oregon Excerpt from Executive Summary: “Criminal Background Checks—Verifying Eligibility for Licensure or Employment Criminal background…
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Researching “Criminal Justice” versus Researching “The Law”
Researching criminal justice topics can be quite different from researching the law. There is overlap, of course, but sometimes not very much at all depending on the specific question….
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2014 Promulgated Amendments to the Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure (ORCP)
From the report: AMENDMENTS TO THE OREGON RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE promulgated by the COUNCIL ON COURT PROCEDURES, December 6, 2014 “INTRODUCTION The following amendments to the Oregon…
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When is it criminal neglect to leave your children alone?
See recent updates (e.g. 2/10/11 ), but also click on the Home Alone label in the sidebar or the bottom of this post. Some of the most frequently…
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Criminal Law: How to Think Like a Lawyer (Nov 2016, PUGS, Portland, OR)
PUGS (Portland Underground Graduate School) offers this November 2016 class – and many others: “Criminal Law: How to Think Like a Lawyer: LEARN THE BASICS OF CRIMINAL LAW IN…