Oregon Legal Research BlogOn October 24, 2014, Georgetown University Law Library in Washington, D.C. will host a symposium that explores the problem of link and reference rot: “404/File Not Found: Link…
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Clever Lawyer, Clever Code Track U.S. Supreme Court Opinion Rewrites
“Clever piece of code exposes hidden changes to Supreme Court opinions.” Hat Tip to Library Link of the Day. (June 14, 2014, Tip.)…
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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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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…
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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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Oregon Legislative Bill Tracking via Oregonlive
Liz alerts me to the Oregonlive Track a Bill service. For the average Jo(e), it sure is easier to use (though not more comprehensive) than the Legislature’s (official) bill…
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Statutory Interpretation and Legislative Intent
Think about this interesting debate (and nicely written blog post) while you’re reading the new book on Interpreting Oregon Law: “Judges Calabresi and Easterbrook Face Off on How to…
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Legislative Revision Records Online at State Archives
At the State Archives web site: * Criminal Law Revision Commission Records, 1967-1972 * Interim Committee on Judiciary Records (Oregon Motor Vehicle Code revision) 1973-1974 Interim * Probate…