Oregon Legal Research BlogThis shouldn’t really be “news,” but it is! And it may be really big news when it can be said of all appellate court judges, not just federal…
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Statutory Interpretation and Legislative Intent
…Interpret Statutes When interpreting statutes, does the Constitution require federal judges to act as agents of the incarnation of Congress that enacted the legislation or the present day Congress? That…
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The Law of Engagement Rings (with a side of ring-flingers and Oregon cows)
…law. Alas. Judges in Oregon have not taken the opportunity to wax poetically on Oregon Engagement Ring Law, but that doesn’t mean you leave empty-handed, or fingered. Oregon appellate courts…
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From “Legisprudence” to “I Have to Move My Car”
…book ( and a comic book ) by its cover). My favorite: “I Have to Move My Car: Tales of Unpersuasive Advocates and Injudicious Judges” by David Pannick, QC. From…
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Oregon Legal Forms: The Pyramid
…many lawyers and judges coming through my law library who also have to breathe deeply through expensive, and often very sad cases where the attorneys and judges have to fix…
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Book: Piracy: The Intellectual Property Wars From Gutenberg to Gates
…to spread cheap reprints of popular sheet music. In the 1950s, a pirate music label named Jolly Roger issued recordings by Louis Armstrong and other jazz greats from LP’s that…
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Thinking About Courthouse Design: Access to Justice
…managers, judges, courthouse employees, and other courthouse occupants and visitors don’t let the architects go all “let’s get an architecture prize!” on them, then taxpayers, judges, lawyers, and litigants may…
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Oregon Court of Appeals Sniffs the Weed and Finds it “not inherently unpleasant”: Oregon v. Lang
…are made, published, administered, enforced, litigated, or interpreted. Among other knowledge to be gained from reading this case: one might learn about probable cause, how statutes are interpreted, how judges…
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Always Use the Serial (aka Oxford or Harvard) Comma in Legal Documents
…a judge – or even, mercy, by a legislator or government lawyer. Honestly now: Do you really want to pay lawyer(s!) bills and court costs when lawyers, judges, and clients…