Oregon Legal Research Blog…department? Both? What does your state have?” Excerpt: ‘We have been taught since grade school (hopefully) that there are “three branches of government” in the United States: the legislative, executive,…
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How do we organize a constitutional government to prevent abuse of power?
…and Constitutions assignment? It had a follow-up exercise too: “Give an example of a nation that is not a constitutional government.” And here’s one possible law librarian-ish response (and there…
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Federal Government (and Oregon) Shutdown Information
USA dot gov/shutdown has federal government shutdown information and links to federal agency contingency plans. For Shutdown Trickle-down effects on Oregon state and local government operations, check with the…
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Are Law-Lib Archives 35 years old in March 2015? Happy Birthday!
Law Librarians Rock and Rule! I was checking the Law-Lib archives recently and noticed that the first archived Law-Lib email message appeared in March 1980. There was another one…
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The Law Decoded: Virginia (beta test)
A lot of “law & tech” endeavors often widen the gap between the legal haves and have-nots (think “digital dead end“), but this Law Decoded project (in progress)…
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Can I Make a Digital Copy of a Book Published before 1923?
…domain. I would like to make a digital image copy of this book both for my own use and to distribute freely to others. Assuming there’s no license or other…
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May the Best Decision Win: Hackers, Worms, Power, and Digital Law
…official government documents such as laws and court decisions. You don’t throw out your phone books until you have internet access, do you? You don’t cancel your landline service until…
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Update on the Oregon Ballot Measure Archive Project, 1959-2007
The Ballot Measure Archive Project (BMAP) is invaluable for anyone researching Oregon legal history. You can find the digital archives at: Portland State University (PSU), Special Collections & University…
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Oregon Legislative History: How and Where (but not why)
…histories. I know because I’ve gotten calls from former legislators who need help finding legislative history documents. But don’t despair. Law and government documents librarians are happy to show them…
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How to Find Oregon Circuit Court Documents: Counting Down to eCourt (OECI) 2016
You still have to resort to the old, not so tried or true, and still time-consuming or expensive methods for locating many Oregon court documents, but that will change…