Articles Tagged with Dog law

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People new to legal research don’t know that legal histories can be found in judicial opinions and not just in books, articles, or legislative history compilations. There is a reason some judicial opinions are so long.

(New legal researchers also don’t know that one needs to verify any legal history by reading the cases and statutes cited by the judge(s) AND update everything one reads using current sources and citators.)

I read about Judge Matthew Cooper’ canine jurisprudence exposition in a November 22, 2021, New Yorker article, “The Bench: Cats and Dogs,” page 18 (print edition):

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From the Washington State NW Sidebar blog: Comfort Dogs in Court

Excerpt: “…. In State v. Dye, the Washington Supreme Court threw prosecutor’s a bone in ruling that use of a facility dog (assigned to the court house to provide comfort to witnesses) was not unduly prejudicial and did not violate the defendant’s right to a fair trial. Washington state has been at the forefront of using canines in court. King County started using them in 2004 and since then, “34 specially trained dogs are at work in 17 states….” [Link to full blog post.]‘

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New marijuana laws in Washington and Colorado raise the bar for dog training: Here’s a blog post from the Gallagher Law Library (UW) blog:

Drug Dogs Going Back to School

The blog post also includes a reference to a recent Oregon Law Review article: “The current issue of the Oregon Law Review (available free in PDF) is a symposium on drug policy. It includes Jane Bambauer, Defending the Dog, 91 Or. L. Rev. 1203 (2013). The author says “This short essay makes the uneasy case for the narcotics dog….”

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LLRX article: Canine Detection Evidence, by Ken Strutin, Published on September 25, 2010

(Ken Strutin previously wrote in LLRX about Solitary Confinement.)

Excerpt: “For nearly 15,000 years dogs have lived with and served humankind as companions, hunters, shepherds and most recently detectives. The average canine possesses hundreds of millions of receptors for odors, compared with a few million for humans. 3 Their outstanding sensory endowment, olfaction, makes dogs sought after by law enforcement. And in the last century, the cultivation and harnessing of this ultrasensitive faculty has become a part of many facets of criminal investigation.

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In case you missed this post at Above the Law about: “Yale Law School Going to the Dogs”

3 Geeks and a Law blog have something to say about it, too: “But, what about those of us (especially librarians) that are cat people? Bird people? Fish people? Turtle or reptilian people?? Where’s the love and diversity for those of us that don’t like dogs??”

(To each his/her own stress-buster, including blogging, which can be a great way to get it out of your system. Woof.)

Don’t forget, you can also check out a librarian at some libraries 🙂

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Who said legal research wasn’t fun? Not I.

Read a Gallagher Blog post about researching local laws, Enact Locally, citing 102 Law Library Journal 497, especially the article’s section on Dog Poop.

Dog Law, and its companion, Neighbor Law, are good tests of your own peacemaking and diplomatic skills.

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