Oregon Legal Research Blog…good when someone lights up and says, “I think I’ve got it!” The Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) are different from the Oregon Laws. As I wrote in a previous blog…
Published on:
Oregon Revised Statutes vs. Oregon Laws
Search Results for: label/Land use laws
Published on:
More About State of Oregon Laws Relating to Political Parties
State laws that govern Oregon political parties. (Federal law also governs political party campaign finance and related activities, but that is a subject for bloggers and scholars more educated…
Published on:
Legal Hackers Summit: Blockchain (aka block chain), the Law, and UELMA
I’m sure your state’s legislative, judicial, and executive branch IT managers are wishing they had attended the Legal Hackers Summit. Here’s some commentary on one rather interesting topic….
Published on:
Oregon Medical and “Recreational” Marijuana Laws
For the record, Measure 91 does not mention the word “recreation(al)” and its official “this Act shall be known as” statement says: “Control, Regulation, and Taxation of Marijuana…
Published on:
How to Find State Law Comparisons, Surveys, and Compilations
…be reminded that the same statutory language is not always used across states to accomplish the same purpose.) FREE: Lexis Zimmerman’s Research Guide, under “State Laws, generally” for some…
Published on:
Blawgers and the Six Rules of Blog Science
…as a legal professional….” (continue reading) ****************** *Ranganathan and his Five Laws of Library Science (the guiding force behind librarians world-wide). The Laws are: “Books are for use.Every reader his…
Published on:
Power to Children and the Poor: Utility (power, light, and water) Service
…federal elected representatives, who, after all, are the people who have written the laws you are asking about. 4) Contact the Community Alliance of Tenants or other local non-profit organization…
Published on:
Always Use the Serial (aka Oxford or Harvard) Comma in Legal Documents
Lawyers, legislators, drafters of laws, and judges have enough trouble writing clearly without adding to their own and their readers’ woes. Use the serial comma, please. It will save all…
Published on:
Free “Law School” (via CALI) – or a Cure for Insomnia?
…upon the payment to the owner of the land of a reasonable rent for its use from the date of its purchase to the time of removal. If such removal…
Published on:
Tracking a Bill through the Oregon Legislature
…reads: “Priority of perfected liens; right to sell improvements separately from land; notice to mortgagee; list of materials or supplies. (1) A lien created under ORS 87.010 (2) or (6)…