Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Temple's National Trial Team retained its regional title

This past weekend, Temple's National Trial Team retained its regional title by winning the NTC Regional Championship of the National Trial Competition at the Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia. It was Temple’s 24th regional championship in 26 yearsof competition. The members of the championship team are Stacy Merritt (3L) and Dan Theveny (2L). In the double bracketed competition, a second team of Andrew Katz (3L), Caroline Leigh (3L), Jim Price (2L) also competed.

The competition hosted 21 teams from 11 law schools representing Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The Team travels to Austin, Texas on March 21 to compete for the National Trial Championship against the twenty-four winners and runners-up from the twelve other regional contests. The teams are coached by Professor Sara Jacobson, Director of Trial Advocacy Programs and Alex Gosfield, Esq. (‘08) (Chester County DA’s Office).

The tournament was sponsored by Temple's LL.M. in Trial Advocacy Alumni Association, directed by Professor Barbara Ashcroft, Director of the LL.M. Program and administrated by Mary Beth Wilson.

Friday, February 10, 2012

Temple Law Professor and sex abuse trials' testimony

Edward Ohlbaum, a professor of Law at Temple University, was recently quoted in a February 6th article. He spoke about the witness testimony in the priests' and Sandusky's sex abuse trials. For more information, go to http://www.philly.com/.

Wednesday, February 08, 2012

December 2011 - January 2012 Law Library Acquisitions List

Administrative Law
HD3611 .H36 2011
Handbook on the politics of regulation / edited by David Levi-Faur.Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2011.

Capitalism
HC105 .C24 2012
Capitalism takes command : the social transformation of nineteenth-century America / edited by Michael Zakim and Gary J. Kornblith.Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, c2012.HC105 .C24 2012

Children
K639.A41989 W33 2010
Legal protection of social and economic rights of children in developing countries : reassessing international cooperation and responsibility / Michael Nyongesa Wabwile.Wabwile, Michael Nyongesa.Antwerp ; Portland, OR : Intersentia, c2010.

China
KNQ78.B87 B467 2011
Best practices for international business transactions in China : leading lawyers on navigating local regulations, overcoming cultural barriers, and advising clients on doing business in China.[Boston, Mass.] : Aspatore, c2011.

Civil Rights
KF8745.M34 A4 2011
Marshalling justice : the early civil rights letters of Thurgood Marshall / edited by Michael G. Long ; foreword by Derrick Bell.New York, NY : Amistad, c2011.

Comparative Law
K3370 .B739 2011
Constitutional courts as positive legislators : a comparative law study / Allan R. Brewer-Carias.Brewer CarÃ-as, Allan-Randolph.Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Comparative Law
KNQ1612 .W36 2011
The independence of judges in China and Germany / Yuanyuan Wang.Wang, Yuanyuan, 1977-Frankfurt am Main : Peter Lang, c2011.

Constitutional Law
K3165 .C428 2011
The challenge of originalism : theories of constitutional interpretation / edited by Grant Huscroft, Bradley Miller.Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Constitutional Law
KF4552 .S745 2011
Commentary on the constitution from Plato to Rousseau / Joshua B. Stein.Stein, Joshua B.Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2011.

Corporate Governance
K1328 .Z48 2011
Corporate governance and directors' independence / Yuan Zhao.Zhao, Yuan, 1983-Alphen aan den Rijn : Kluwer Law International ; Frederick, MD : Sold and distributed in North, Central and South America by Aspen Pub., c2011.

Corporations
K1315 .P83 2011
Public companies and the role of shareholders : national models towards global integration / edited by Sabrina Bruno, Eugenio Ruggiero.Alphen aan den Rijn : Kluwer Law International ; Frederick, MD : Sold and distributed in North, Central and South America by Aspen Publishers, Inc., c2011.

Corporations
Shareholder democracies? : corporate governance in Britain and Ireland before 1850 / Mark Freeman, Robin Pearson, and James Taylor.Freeman, Mark, 1974-Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, c2012.KD2079 .F814 2012

Criminal Justice
KF9223 .S83 2011
The collapse of American criminal justice / William J. Stuntz.Stuntz, William J.Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, c2011.



Criminal Law
KF9756 .A25 2011
Wrongful conviction : law, science, and policy / James R. Acker, Allison D. Redlich.Acker, James R., 1951-Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, c2011.

Criminal Law
KF9420 .S55 2011
The language of perjury cases / Roger W. Shuy.Shuy, Roger W.Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Death and Dying
K5178 .S86 2011
Assisted death : a study in ethics and law / L.W. Sumner.Sumner, L. W.Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.

Elder law
KFP81 .P4 No.6996
Current issues in nursing home litigation.Mechanicsburg, Pa. (5080 Ritter Rd., Mechanicsburg 17055-6903) : Pennsylvania Bar Institute, c2011.

Environmental Law
KF3812 .B45 2011
Clean Air Act / Roy S. Belden.Belden, Roy S., 1963-Chicago, Ill. : American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, c2011.

Environmental Law
KF3775 .P748 2011
Principles of constitutional environmental law / James R. May, editor.Chicago, Ill. : American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources ; [Washington, D.C.] : ELI Press, c2011.

Environmental Law
QC981.8 .C5 R684 2011
The rough guide to climate change / by Robert Henson.Henson, Robert, 1960-London : Rough Guides, 2011.

Europe
JN12 .P38 2011
Perceptions of Europe : a comparative sociology of European attitudes / edited by Daniel Gaxie, Nicolas Hubé and Jay Rowell.Colchester, UK : ECPR Press, c2011.

Europe
KJE949 .H38 2011
EU law / Sylvia Hargreaves.Hargreaves, Sylvia.Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Europe
KJE5132 .E94 2011
The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights : from declaration to binding instrument / edited by Giacomo di Federico.Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, c2011.

Evidence
K5465 .B49 2011
Arguments, stories and criminal evidence : a formal hybrid theory / by Floris J. Bex.Bex, Floris J.Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, c2011.

Evidence
KF8935 .S2 2011
Federal rules of evidence manual : a complete guide to the Federal Rules of Evidence / by Stephen A. Saltzburg, Michael M. Martin, Daniel J. Capra.Saltzburg, Stephen A.San Francisco, CA : LexisNexis, 2011.

Evidence
KFP81 .P4 NO.7144
Work product limited immunity and the attorney-client privilege / [Andrew H. Ralston, Jr., Loren L. Speziale].Ralston, Andrew H.Mechanicsburg, Pa. (5080 Ritter Rd., Mechanicsburg 17055-6903) : Pennsylvania Bar Institute, c2011.

Family Law
KF532.7 .S69
Qualified domestic relations orders / by Michael B. Snyder.Snyder, Michael B., 1956-Eagan, MN : West, c2011-

Family Law
KFP104.6 .B47
Pennsylvania child custody : law, practice, and procedure.Philadelphia, Pa. : George T. Bisel Co., c2011-

Family Law
KF505 .W373 2011
Family law in the USA / Lynn Dennis Wardle, Laurence C. Nolan.Wardle, Lynn D.Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands : Kluwer Law International ; Frederick, MD : Sold and distributed in North, Central, and South America by Aspen Publishers, c2011.

First Amendment
KF4772 .O27 2010
Congress shall make no law : the First Amendment, unprotected expression, and the Supreme Court / David M. O'Brien ; [foreword by Ronald K.L. Collins].O'Brien, David M.Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2010.

Globilisation
K2123 .H538 2010
Highest courts and globalisation / edited by Sam Muller and Sidney Richards ; assistant editor, Laura Henderson.The Hague : Hague Academic Press, c2010.

Haiti
F1921 .D83 2012
Haiti : the aftershocks of history / Laurent Dubois.Dubois, Laurent, 1971-New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2012.

Health Law
KF3825 .P68 2011
Poverty, health and law : readings and cases for medical-legal partnership / edited by Elizabeth Tobin Tyler ... [et al.].Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, c2011.

Human Rights
K3242 .M67 2011
Transforming law and institution : indigenous peoples, the United Nations and human rights / by Rhiannon Morgan.Morgan, Rhiannon.Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2011.

Human Rights
K5302 .C66 2011
Confronting genocide / edited by René Provost and Payam Akhavan.Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, c2011.

Human Rights
DS554.8 .C364 2011
Cambodia's hidden scars : trauma psychology in the wake of the Khmer Rouge : an edited volume on Cambodia's mental health / [edited by Beth Van Schaack, Daryn Reicherter, Youk
Chhang ; managing editor, Autumn Talbott].Phnom Penh, Cambodia : Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam), c2011.

Human Rights
K5302 .B35 2012
Genocide, state crime and the law : in the name of the state / Jennifer Balint.Balint, Jennifer.Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012.

Human Rights
K3240 .S544 2011
Human rights law and the marginalized other / William Paul Simmons.Simmons, William Paul, 1965-Cambridge, [U.K.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2011.

Human Rights
K3240 .T45 2011
Humanity's law / Ruti Teitel.Teitel, Ruti G.Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.

Human Rights
B802 .I87 2011
Democratic enlightenment : philosophy, revolution, and human rights 1750-1790 / Jonathan I. Israel.Israel, Jonathan I. (Jonathan Irvine), 1946-New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Intellectual Property
KF3101.6201 .A2 2012
America Invents Act : law & analysis / Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff ... [et al.].New York : Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, c2012.

Intellectual Property
KF3155 .R47 2011
Preliminary relief in patent infringement disputes / Robert H. Resis.Resis, Robert H.Chicago, Ill. : American Bar Association, Section of Intellectual Property Law, c2011.

Intellectual Property
KK2725.8 .H37 2011
Patents in Germany and Europe : procurement, enforcement and defense : an international handbook / Alexander Harguth ; with Steven Carlson.Harguth, Alexander.Alphen aan den Rijn : Kluwer Law International ; Frederick, MD : Sold and distributed in North, Central and South America by Aspen Publishers, 2011.

International Arbitration
KZ6115 .G87 2011
A guide to the ICDR international arbitration rules / Martin F. Gusy, James M. Hosking, Franz T. Schwarz.Gusy, Martin F.Oxford : New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

International Criminal Law
KZ6311 .F45 2011
Means to an end : U.S. interest in the International Criminal Court / Lee Feinstein, Tod Lindberg.Feinstein, Lee.Washington, DC : Brookings Institution Press, 2011.
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International Criminal Law
KTQ3409 .C75 2011
Criminal law reform and transitional justice : human rights perspectives for Sudan / edited by Lutz Oette.Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2011.

International Criminal Law
KF373.S338 A3 2012
All the missing souls : a personal history of the war crimes tribunals / David Scheffer.Scheffer, David.Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2012.

International Criminal Law
K5064 .C65 2010
Collective violence and international criminal justice : an interdisciplinary approach / edited by Alette Smeulers.Antwerp ; Portland, OR : Intersentia, c2010.

International Labor Law
K1705 .I54 SUPP. 2011
International labor and employment laws. 2011 cumulative supplement / editors-in-chief, William L. Keller, Timothy J. Darby ; senior editors, Carl Bevernage ... [et al.] ; International Labor Law Committee, Section of Labor and Employment Law, American Bar Association.Arlington, Va. : BNA Books, c2011.

International Trade
K3943 .B68 2011
Boundaries of commercial and trade law / edited by Christian Twigg-Flesner, Gonzalo Villalta Puig.München : Sellier European Law Publishers, c2011.

Japan
KNX470 .E9613 2011
Still seeking justice : reform and redress of Japan's flawed judicial system / compiled by Hiromasa Ezoe.880-01 Ezoe, Hiromasa, 1936-New York, N.Y. : Kodansha International, 2011.

Judiciary
.KF8748 .B237 2011
The constrained court : law, politics, and the decisions justices make / Michael A. Bailey, Forrest Maltzman.Bailey, Michael A., 1969-Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2011

Jurisprudence
KF385.A4 L39 2010
Law for society : nature, functions, and limits / Kevin M. Clermont ... [et al.].New York : Aspen Publishers, c2010.

Jurisprudence
T56 .P355 2000
Surfing the edge of chaos : the laws of nature and the new laws of business / Richard T. Pascale, Mark Millemann and Linda Gioja.Pascale, Richard T.New York : Three Rivers Press, c2000.

Jurisprudence
K230.W475 A36 2011
Normative jurisprudence : an introduction / Robin West.West, Robin, 1954-Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Jurisprudence
KF380 .C4 2008
Jurisprudence : text and readings on the philosophy of law / by George C. Christie, Patrick H. Martin.Christie, George C.St. Paul, MN : Thomson/West, c2008.

Law and Psychology
HM1106 .I36 2011
Ideology, psychology, and law / edited by Jon Hanson.Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Lawyering
KF8915 .M374 2011
Acting skills for lawyers / Laura Mathis.Mathis, Laura.Chicago, Ill. : American Bar Association, c2011.

Legal Education
K100 .A52 2011
Affect and legal education : emotion in learning and teaching the law / edited by Paul Maharg and Caroline Maughan.Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2011.

Legal History
E668 .F66 2002
Reconstruction : America's unfinished revolution, 1863-1877 / Eric Foner.Foner, Eric.New York : Perennial Classics, 2002.

Legal History
F209 .E15 1964
The freedom-of-thought struggle in the Old South / Clement Eaton.Eaton, Clement, 1898-1980.New York : Harper & Row, c1964.

Legal Profession
KF311 .B52 2012
Lawyers as counselors : a client-centered approach / by David A. Binder ... [et al.].St. Paul, MN : West, a Thomson Reuters business, c2012.

Legal Writing
KF250 .B83 2011
The lawyer's essential guide to writing : proven tools and techniques / Marie Buckley.Buckley, Marie P.Chicago, Ill. : American Bar Association, Law Practice Management Section, c2011.

Legislation
KFP81 .P4 No.4919
The legislative process : statutory drafting, regulatory process & update.Mechanicsburg, Pa. : Pennsylvania Bar Institute, c2007.

LGBT
KD4097 .H37 2011
Regulating sexuality : legal consciousness in lesbian and gay lives / Rosie Harding.Harding, Rosie.Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2011.

LGBT
D804.5.G38 S68 2009
Lost intimacies : rethinking homosexuality under national socialism / William J. Spurlin.Spurlin, William J., 1954-New York : Peter Lang, c2009.

LGBT
HM656 .F74 2010
Time binds : queer temporalities, queer histories / Elizabeth Freeman.Freeman, Elizabeth, 1966-Durham [NC] : Duke University Press, c2010.

LGBT
JK723.H6 J64 2004
The lavender scare : the Cold War persecution of gays and lesbians in the federal government / David K. Johnson.Johnson, David K.Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004

LGBT
RA643.83 .B75 2009
Infectious ideas : U.S. political responses to the AIDS crisis / Jennifer Brier.Brier, Jennifer.Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2009.

LGBT
RA643.83 .G68 2009
Moving politics : emotion and ACT UP's fight against AIDS / Deborah B. Gould.Gould, Deborah B. (Deborah Bejosa)Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2009.

Mergers
KH346 .B68 2011
Merger control regimes in emerging economies : a case study on Brazil and Argentina / Marco Botta.Botta, Marco.Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands : Kluwer Law International ; Frederick, MD : Sold and distributed in North, Central and South America by Aspen Publishers, Inc., c2011.

Pluralism
K3240 .R695 2011
Law, justice, democracy, and the clash of cultures : a pluralist account / Michel Rosenfeld.Rosenfeld, Michel, 1948-Cambridge, [U.K.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2011.

Religion
BL2525 .W475 2011
Whose God rules? : is the United States a secular nation or a theolegal democracy? / edited by Nathan C. Walker and Edwin J. Greenlee ; foreword by Tony Blair.New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Religion
BX6495.W55 B37 2012
Roger Williams and the creation of the American soul : church, state, and the birth of liberty / John M. Barry.Barry, John M., 1947-New York : Viking, c2012.

Religion
KF4162 .S77 2011
Religion, education and the state : an unprincipled doctrine in search of moorings / Mark Strasser.Strasser, Mark Philip, 1955-Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2011.

Research
Q180.55.M4 B66 2008
The craft of research / Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams.Booth, Wayne C.Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2008.

Rule of Law
K3171 .G48 2011
Getting to the rule of law / edited by James E. Fleming.New York : New York University Press, c2011.

Sports Law
K3702 .H25 2011
Handbook on international sports law / edited by James A.R. Nafziger, Stephen F. Ross.Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2011.

Sports law
HD2785 .M3577 2011
Fixing the game : bubbles, crashes, and what capitalism can learn from the NFL / Roger L. Martin.Martin, Roger L.Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Pub., c2011.

Trial Advocacy
KF8972 .C69 2011
Winning the jury's attention : presenting evidence from Voir Dire to closing / Trey Cox.Cox, Trey.Chicago, Ill. : American Bar Association, Section of Litigation ; First Chair Press, c2011.

Trial Advocacy
KF8979 .J67 2011/ 2012
Jury selection : the law, art, and science of selecting a jury / James J. Gobert, Ellen Kreitzberg, Charles H. Rose III.Gobert, James J.Eagan, MN : West, c2010.

Trials
KK73.5.D33 J37 2012
The Mauthausen trial : American military justice in Germany / Tomaz Jardim.Jardim, Tomaz, 1974-Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
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