Oregon Legal Research BlogFAQ: “Do you have any books on careers in the law?” (Note for career seekers: do not confuse books “about the law” or books on “what lawyers do” with…
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Books: “Willful Blindness” and Mr. Bob Red Mill’s “People before Profit”
1) There are many kinds of willful blindness, personal, financial, criminal, etc. A recent story about the Sandusky trial mentioned the following book. I started reading it over the…
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Help Pick the 2012 Harper Lee (legal fiction) Prize Winner
…Dugoni for his book Murder One; and David Ellis for Breach of Trust. This is the 2nd Annual Harper Lee Prize, which is sponsored by the ABA Journal and the…
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For Librarians Who Laugh (at Ourselves)
The Library History Buff blogs about the new book, “The Laughing Librarian.” Thank you to Will Manley’s blog, Will Unwound, for the tip….
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“Animal Law” Courthouse Rooftop Secret Sculpture Garden: “Cat on Trial”
…edition of their book: “Representing Justice,” but locals may recognize the sculptures. There is a field trip in my future. The “Law of Nature” sculpture might be more familiar….
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An Evening with Walter Echo-Hawk (May 4, 2012)
“WALTER ECHO-HAWK: In his most recent book In the Courts of the Conqueror: The 10 Worst Indian Law Cases Ever Decided Echo-Hawk reveals how American law was used to…
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Small Claims Court: Update on 2012 California Honda Case
…you want to read about a Small Claims Court advocate, visit the HALT website. If you want Oregon Small Claims Court information specifically, no, there isn’t a book or a…
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Oregon Jury Instruction Error: Murder Conviction Reversed
…Law. Lawyers, and law librarians, are faced every day with someone, statute book and statute in hand, asking “what does this mean?” Who knows? We can respond…
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Legal Education: Law in a Boat: “Is Eating People Wrong?”
“Gallagher blogs” brings us “A Tour of Eight Famous Cases,” highlighting the new book: “Is Eating People Wrong: Great Legal Cases and How They Shaped the World”…
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Legal Phrase Origins (with jokes): Don’t make a federal case out of it!
…these phrases and many more in the new book “Lawtalk: the unknown stories behind familiar legal expressions,” by James E. Clapp, Elizabeth G. Thornburg, Marc Galanter, and Fred R. Shapiro….