Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Temple Law Professor and Admissibility of past actions

Edward Ohlbaum, a professor of Law at Temple University, was recently quoted in a August 12th article. He spoke about Stacey Strauss, who is accused in the heat-related death of a man with severe autism last month. Ten years ago she changed her story about being shot in the leg and sued the Philadelphia Police Department. For more information, go to www.phillyburbs.com

Wednesday, September 01, 2010

Law Library Acquisitions List - August 2010

Administrative Law
K2100 .A932 2010
Administrative justice in context / edited by Michael Adler.Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., 2010.

Business Law
KF1659 .M36 2010
Business buyout agreements : plan now for retirement, death, divorce or owner disagreements / by Anthony Mancuso & Bethany K. Laurence.Mancuso, Anthony.Berkeley, Calif. : Nolo, 2010.

Capital Punishment
KFT565.C2 T46 2010
Tennessee's new abolitionists : the fight to end the death penalty in the volunteer state / edited by Amy L. Sayward and Margaret Vandiver.Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c2010.

Children
(RES) TZ2 .AB83D 2010
Children and the law : doctrine, policy, and practice / by Douglas E. Abrams, Sarah H. Ramsey.Abrams, Douglas E.St. Paul, MN : West, c2010

China
KNQ3648 .Q9 2010
Quick reference to the trade and customs law of China / PricewaterhouseCoopers.Austin, Tex.: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, c2010.

China
JQ1516 .K47 2010
Democracy and the rule of law in China / by Yu Keping.Yu, Keping.Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Civil Rights
KF4755 .S543 2009
Civil rights in wartime : the post-9/11 Sikh experience / Dawinder S. Sidhu, Neha Singh Gohil ; [foreword by Amy Chua].Sidhu, Dawinder S.Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, c2009.

Comparative Law
K559 .W38 2010
Comparative law : law, reality and society / by Alan Watson.Watson, Alan, 1933-Lake Mary, FL : Vandeplas Pub., 2010.

Constitutional Law
KF4550 .T873 2010
Why the Constitution matters / Mark Tushnet.Tushnet, Mark V., 1945-New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, c2010.

Constitutional Law
KF4550.Z9 L578 2010
Keeping faith with the Constitution / Goodwin Liu, Pamela S. Karlan, Christopher H. Schroeder.Liu, Goodwin.Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Constitutional Law
KF4930 .C66 2010
James Madison rules America : the constitutional origins of congressional partisanship / William F. Connelly, Jr.Connelly, William F., 1951-Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2010.

Constitutional Law
KF4749 .K365 2010
To secure the liberty of the people : James Madison's Bill of Rights and the Supreme Court's interpretation / Eric T. Kasper.Kasper, Eric T.DeKalb, Ill. : Northern Illinois University Press, c2010.

Constitutionalism
KF4550 .M33 2010
The language of law and the foundations of American constitutionalism / Gary L. McDowell.McDowell, Gary L., 1949-Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Corporations
KF1422 .E38 2010
Corporate governance : principles and practices / Walter Effross.Effross, Walter, 1963-New York : Aspen Publishers, 2010.

Criminal Law
KKW110.D45 A3 2008
Madame Prosecutor : confrontations with humanity's worst criminals and the culture of impunity : a memoir / Carla Del Ponte ; with Chuck Sudetic.Del Ponte, Carla.New York : Other Press, c2008.

Criminal Law
KF9219.85 .L34 2010
Principles of criminal law / by Wayne R. LaFave.LaFave, Wayne R.St. Paul, MN : Thomson/West, c2010.

Criminal Procedure
KF9625 .W75 2010
The Miranda ruling : its past, present, and future / Lawrence S. Wrightsman and Mary L. Pitman.Wrightsman, Lawrence S.Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Criminal Procedure
TZ2 D817 P 2010
Criminal procedure : prosecuting crime / by Joshua Dressler, George C. Thomas III.Dressler, Joshua.St. Paul, Minn. : West, c2010.

Cyber Law
K5215 .C445 2010
Principles of cybercrime / Jonathan Clough.Clough, Jonathan.Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Decision Making
BD450 .S3785 2010
Being wrong : adventures in the margin of error / Kathryn Schulz.Schulz, Kathryn.New York : Ecco, c2010.

Drug Law
HV5840.A74 C46 2010
Opium : uncovering the politics of the poppy / Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy.Chouvy, Pierre-Arnaud.Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.

Education Law
LA205 .U73 2009
American education : a history / Wayne J. Urban, Jennings L. Wagoner, Jr.Urban, Wayne J.New York, NY : Routledge, c2009.

Education Law
LA217.2 .R38 2010
The death and life of the great American school system : how testing and choice are undermining education / Diane Ravitch.Ravitch, Diane.New York, N.Y. : Basic Books, c2010.

Election Law
KF4886 .F544 2010
Reforming the electoral process in America : toward more democracy in the 21st century / Brian L. Fife.Fife, Brian L.Santa Barbara, Calif : Praeger, c2010.

Environmental Law
K3585 .N34 2010
Law's environment : how the law shapes the places we live / John Copeland Nagle.Nagle, John Copeland, 1960-New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, c2010.


Environmental Law
QC981.8.C5 E2146 2010
Economic thought and U.S. climate change policy / edited by David M. Driesen.Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2010.

Europe
K236 .P66 2008
Protection of cultural diversity from a European and international perspective / edited by Hildegard Schneider and Peter van den Bossche.Antwerpen : Intersentia ; Portland, OR : Distribution for the USA and Canada, International Specialized Bk. Services, c2008.


Europe
KJE5144.M56 S54 2010
Human rights and minority rights in the European Union / Kirsten Shoraka.Shoraka, Kirsten.London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.


Evidence
KF8902.E42 N38 2010
The fourth annual National Institute on E-Discovery : practical solutions for dealing with electronically stored information (ESI).Chicago, IL : American Bar Association, Center for Continuing Legal Education, c2010.

Happiness
KF300 .L485 2010
The happy lawyer : making a good life in the law / Nancy Levit & Douglas O. Linder.Levit, Nancy.Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Health Care
KF3775 .P83 2010
Public health law and ethics : a reader / edited by Lawrence O. Gostin.Berkeley : University of California Press ; New York : Milbank Memorial Fund, c2010.


Health Care
RA651 .E617 2010
Epidemics : science, governance, and social justice / edited by Sarah Dry and Melissa Leach.London ; Washington, DC : Earthscan, 2010.

Higher Education
LC3731 .E86 2009
No longer separate, not yet equal : race and class in elite college admission and campus life / Thomas J. Espenshade and Alexandria Walton Radford ; in collaboration with Chang Young Chung.Espenshade, Thomas J.Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2009.

Higher Education
LA227.4 .H33 2010
Higher education? : how colleges are wasting our money and failing our kids--and what we can do about it / Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus.Hacker, Andrew.New York : Times Books, 2010.

Human Rights
JC571 .L5868 2010
Localizing transitional justice : interventions and priorities after mass violence / edited by Rosalind Shaw and Lars Waldorf, with Pierre Hazan.Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2010.

Human Rights
K1401 .I5533 2009
Intellectual property and human rights / edited by Willem Grosheide.Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, 2009.

Human Rights
KD4080 .H53 2010
Public law after the Human Rights Act / Tom Hickman.Hickman, Tom (Tom R.)Oxford : Hart, 2010.

Human Rights
P96.T42 Q36 2010
Qualitative inquiry and human rights / Norman K. Denzin, Michael D. Giardina, editors.Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, c2010.



Immigration
KF4842 .R44 2010
Reforming the immigration system : proposals to promote independence, fairness, efficiency, and professionalism in the adjudication of removal cases : report / prepared by Arnold & Porter LLP for the American Bar Association Commission on Immigration.Washington, DC : American Bar Association, Commission on Immigration, c2010.

Immigration
KF4819 .L39 2010
The immigration battle in American courts / Anna O. Law.Law, Anna O., 1970-Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Immigration
KF4842 .R446 2010
Reforming the immigration system : proposals to promote independence, fairness, efficiency, and professionalism in the adjudication of removal cases : executive summary / prepared by Arnold & Porter LLP for the American Bar Association Commission on Immigration.Washington, DC : American Bar Association, Commission on Immigration, c2010.

Intellectual Property
K1519.B54 R65 2009
The role of intellectual property rights in biotechnology innovation / edited by David Castle.Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2009. The Supreme


Intellectual property
K1519.B54 M55 2010
Biotechnological inventions : moral restraints and patent law / Oliver Mills.Mills, Oliver.Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., c2010.

Intellectual Property
KJE983.I583 I58 2008
International litigation in intellectual property and information technology / editor, Arnaud Nuyts ; co-editors, Nikitas Hatzimihail, Katarzyna Szychowska ; other contributors, Jean-Sylvestre Bergé ... [et al.].Alphen aan den Rijn : Kluwer Law International ; Frederick, MD : Sold and distributed in North, Central and South America by Aspen Publishers, c2008.

Intellectual Property
K3850 .N58 2010
Competition law, technology transfer and the TRIPS agreement : implications for developing countries / Tú Thanh Nguŷẽn.Nguŷẽn, Tú Thanh, Dr.Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2010.

International Arbitration
K2400 .B67 2010
International arbitration and forum selection agreements : drafting and enforcing / Gary B. Born.Born, Gary, 1955-Austin [Tex.] : Walter Kluwer Law & Business ; Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands : Kluwer Law International ; Frederick, MD : Sold and distributed in North, Central and South America by Aspen Publishers, c2010.


International Business
KNC84.B87 D65 2005
Doing business in Asia.The Hague : Kluwer Law International ; Frederick, MD : Sold and distributed in North, Central, and South America by Aspen Publishers, c2005.

International Business
K1030 .O88 2010
International sales terms / by Patrick Ostendorf.Ostendorf, Patrick.München : C.H. Beck, c2010.

International Criminal Law
K000 .I587 2010
An introduction to international criminal law and procedure / Robert Cryer ... [et al.].Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.


International Criminal Law
KZ6304.5.E94 C66 2010
Fact-finding without facts : the uncertain evidentiary foundations of international criminal convictions / Nancy Amoury Combs.Combs, Nancy A., 1965-Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

International Law
JZ1308 .C678 2010
Cosmopolitanism in context : perspectives from international law and political theory / [edited by] Roland Pierik, Wouter Werner.Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

International Law
K290 .I57 2010
Interpretation of law in the global world : from particularism to a universal approach / Joanna Jemielniak, Przemysław Mikłaszewicz, editors.Heidelberg ; New York : Springer, c2010.

International Law
K3829.5 .S9 2010
Substantive law in investment treaty arbitration : the unsettled relationship between international law and municipal law / Monique Sasson.Sasson, Monique.[The Netherlands : Kluwer Law International, c2010].


International Law
KZ3410 .T78 2010
International law for humankind : towards a new jus gentium / by Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade.Trindade, Antônio Augusto Cançado, 1947-Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, c2010.

International Law
K3830 .A67 2008
Appeals mechanism in international investment disputes / edited by Karl P. Sauvant ; with Michael Chiswick-Patterson.New York : Oxford Univeristy Press, c2008.
Advanced tort law : a problem approach / Vincent R. Johnson.Johnson, Vincent R.New Providence, NJ : LexisNexis, 2010.KF1250 .J638 2010

International Law
JZ1318 .C66 2008
Multilateralism and international law with Western Sahara as a case study / [editors, Neville Botha, Michèle Olivier, Delarey van Tonder.]Conference on Multilateralism and International Law with Western Sahara as a Case Study (2008 : Pretoria, South Africa)[Pretoria] : VerLoren van Themaat Centre, University of South Africa, 2010.

Iraq
KZ6355 .W39 2010
The war in Iraq : a legal analysis / Raul A. "Pete" Pedrozo, editor.Newport, R.I. : Naval War College, 2010.

Japan
KNX1586 .I88 2010
Court and benign elite democracy in Japan / by Hiroshi Itoh.Itoh, Hiroshi.Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., c2010.

Japan
(RES) KNX13 .J2 2010
Japan / [translated and published by Eibun-Horei-Sha, Inc.][Tokyo : Eibun-Horei-Sha, c2010].

Jurisprudence
JC337 .G37 2009
The regulation of organised civil society / Jonathan Garton.Garton, Jonathan.Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., 2009.

Jurisprudence
K240 .H855 2010
Do rights derive from justice or does justice arise from rights? : a philosophy of the prime inherent law / D.O. Humphris-Norman ; with a foreword by Peter Johnson.Humphris-Norman, D. O.Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, c2010.


Korea
KPA2620 .A49
Constitutional court decisions.880-01 Korea (South). Hŏnpŏp Chaep'anso.[Seoul] : Constitutional Court of Korea, 2006-<2009>

Korea
KPA2066.3 .K67
Decisions of the Korean Constitutional Court.Korea (South). Hŏnpŏp Chaepʻanso.[Seoul] : Constitutional Court of Korea

Law and Economics
K487.E3 M39 2010
Political economy of law / Patrick A. McNutt.McNutt, Paddy.Cheltenham ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2010.

Law and Economics
KF384 .P87 2010
The pursuit of justice : law and economics of legal institutions / edited by Edward J. Ĺópez ; foreword by Robert D. Tollison.New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Legal Writing
RES KF250 .B68 2009
Aspen handbook for legal writers : a practical reference / Deborah E. Bouchoux.Bouchoux, Deborah E., 1950-New York : Aspen Publishers, c2009.


Legislation
KF974 .D63 2010
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act : law, explanation and analysis / [by CCH attorney-editor staff].Chicago, IL : Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, c2010.

LGBT
K3242.3 .Q44 2010
Queer theory : law, culture, empire / edited by Robert Leckey and Kim Brooks.Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2010.

LGBT
KF4754.5.A53 B35 2010
From the closet to the courtroom : five LGBT rights lawsuits that have changed our nation / Carlos A. Ball.Ball, Carlos A.Boston : Beacon Press, c2010.

Mediation
KF9084.A75 N38 2010
National institute on mediation with the masters : contemporary strategies for effective advocacy in mediation / a publication of the American Bar Association Section of Litigation, Section of Dispute Resolution, Section of Antitrust Law, Judicial Division, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, Young, Lawyers Division, JAMS and the ABA Center for Continuing Legal Education.Chicago, IL : American Bar Association, Center for Continuing Legal Education, c2010.

Privacy
KF1262 .M66 2010
Privacy rights : moral and legal foundations / Adam D. Moore.Moore, Adam D., 1965-University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2010.


Professional Responsibility
K103.L44 R43 2010
Reaffirming legal ethics : taking stock and new ideas / edited by Kieran Tranter ... [et al.].New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2010.

Property
K738 .M85 2010
Multi-owned housing : law, power and practice / edited by Sarah Blandy, Ann Dupuis, Jennifer Dixon.Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2010.

Race
KF228.S27 D74 2010
The Dred Scott case : historical and contemporary perspectives on race and law / edited by David Thomas Konig, Paul Finkelman, and Christopher Alan Bracey.Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, c2010.

Rule of Law
K487.P65 L46 2010
Democracy, law and governance / by Jacques Lenoble and Marc Maesschalck.Lenoble, Jacques, 1950-Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2010.

Supreme Court
KF8742 .M296 2010
The American Supreme Court / Robert G. McCloskey ; revised by Sanford Levinson.McCloskey, Robert G. (Robert Green)Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010.

Supreme Court
KF8745.S78 B37 2010
John Paul Stevens : an independent life / Bill Barnhart and Gene Schlickman.Barnhart, Bill, 1946-DeKalb, Ill. : Northern Illinois University Press, c2010.

Taxation
KF6289 .C86 2010
The Supreme Court's federal tax jurisprudence : an analysis of fact finding methods and statutory interpretation from the Court's tax opinions, 1801-present / by Jasper L. Cummings, Jr.Cummings, Jasper L.Washington, DC : American Bar Association, Section on Taxation, c2010.


Trial Advocacy
KF8900 .S637 2010 DVD
Strategic witness preparation [videorecording] : proven techniques of experts / Jan Mills Spaeth.Spaeth, Jan Mills.[Chicago, Ill.] : American Bar Association, c2010.


Trial Advocacy
KF8920 .P683 2009
Cross-examination skills for law students / Larry Pozner, Roger J. Dodd.Pozner, Larry S.Charlottesville, VA : LexisNexis, c2009.

Trial Advocacy
KF8915 .L82 2009a
Modern trial advocacy : analysis and practice / Steven Lubet ; including electronic visuals by Edward R. Stein.Lubet, Steven.Louisville, CO : National Institute for Trial Advocacy, c2009.

Trial Advocacy
(RES) KF8935 .B63 2009
A practical guide to federal evidence : objections, responses, rules, and practice commentary / Anthony J. Bocchino, David A. Sonenshein.Bocchino, Anthony J.Louisville, CO : National Institute for Trial Advocacy, c2009

United Nations
KZ6374 .O85 2010
Documents on the law of UN peace operations / Bruce Oswald, Helen Durham, and Adrian Bates.Oswald, Bruce.New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Women and the Law
.KNW5007.3.W65 R56 2010
Gender and transitional justice : the women of East Timor / Susan Harris Rimmer.Rimmer, Susan Harris.London ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2010


Women and the Law
KF299.A35 P37 2010
What it takes : how women of color can thrive within the practice of law / Monica R. Parker.Parker, Monica (Monica R.)Chicago, Ill. : American Bar Association, c2010.

WTO
K3825 .R83 2009
The definition of subsidy and state aid : WTO and EC law in comparative perspective / Luca Rubini.Rubini, Luca.Oxford, Eng. ; New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2009.

WTO
K4610 .M38 2010
The law of the world trade organization (WTO) : documents, cases & analysys / Petros C. Mavroidis, George A. Bermann, Mark Wu.Mavroidis, Petros C.St. Paul, MN : Thomson/West, c2010
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