Oregon Legal Research BlogAnother fab find by the excellent folks at AALL’s KnowItAALL service (you can subscribe to it, free): Article: “DNA from an escaped slave who ended up in Iceland…
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Law Books Can Be Beautiful (a long time ago, sadly)
The Yale Law Library Rare Books Blog post, Law Books Bright and Beautiful, links to their Flickr photo display. Hat tip to the Justia Law Librarian Blawg Search…
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Dangerous Ideas – in the World, in the Willamette Valley, in History
My latest favorite book (after Harry Potter , which I’ve been trying to read at a civilized pace – luckily I’m finding reading about George Mason…
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Too Much Law, Too Little Politics: Reith Lectures, 2019
If you haven’t discovered Reith Lectures (BBC, Radio 4), here is your chance. Topics vary and this year’s (2019) lecturer was Jonathan Sumption. The lectures and Q&A that…
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Have you Ever Read Oregon Measure 5 or Measure 11?
It’s not always easy to find original and official texts of Oregon Measures (citizen or legislative referrals), so here are some tips* MEASURE 5: Property Taxes Measure 5 was…
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Who Voted for the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (aka ObamaCare)?
…“Brief Legislative History: H.R. 3590: 9/17/2009: Introduced in House 10/8/2009: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and…
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How and Where to Find the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act”
…(and many more): Find quick citations to the enrolled bill, the Statutes at Large (session law), U.S. Code, and to a brief legislative history at the FdSys (formerly known as…
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Legal research and puppies, life, love, rain – and ferrets
…a journalist a few years from now and you have to research a legislative history, or any other history, of Congressional actions during the Libby (Scooter, that is) years. Unimaginative…
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Following a House Bill in the Oregon Legislature: Uniform Power of Attorney Act
Legal research is seldom quick and easy, but it sure is interesting. If you are at all inclined to dip your toe(s) into the Oregon Legislative process, here’s one…
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Privatization of Access to Taxpayer-Funded Government Documents Continues
…related stories (and here is the one from the Law Librarian Blog). Excerpt from Boing Boing story, “Did the US gov’t sell exclusive access to its legislative history to Thomson…