Category: Library news

Our list of new books is now updated.

In October, the Law Library received books on immigration, labor law, international law, and criminal law, among other topics. One of our new titles, Reflections on Judging, by Judge Richard Posner, was reviewed in the New York Times on November 8, 2013 by Professor Kenji Yoshino.  The book covers the influential judge’s thoughts on the federal judiciary, interpretation, and opinion-writing and advocacy. It’s shelved with other books about appellate practice, upstairs in the Reading Room at KF 9050 .P55.

This title might be familiar to students who follow Professor Rick Hasen’s Election Law Blog, where several recent posts discuss responses to a line in the book about Crawford, an important voter ID case. In the book, Judge Posner characterizes the Indiana voter ID law that he upheld as “a type of law now widely regarded as a means of voter suppression rather than of fraud prevention.”¹

The Law Library’s collection is constantly growing as we purchase books and other resources to support the scholarly and clinical work of faculty and students. Please let us know if you have a suggestion for a new book.

¹ Richard A. Posner, Reflections on Judging 84-85 (2013).

The “What’s Happening at UCI Law” display in the Reading Room features recent publications by featured speakers at the Law School. Watch for new books on display throughout the semester as additional speaker events are announced.

Our list of new books is now updated.

In September, the Law Library received books on legal writing, environmental law, international law, and labor law, among other topics. A few titles might be of interest to students participating in the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition:

• The law of the sea : an historical analysis of the 1982 treaty and its rejection by the United States / James B. Morell. (1992)
• The precautionary principle in marine environmental law : with special reference to high risk vessels / Bénédicte Sage-Fuller. (2013)
• Jessup competition 2013 : final rounds. . . the case concerning the “Alfurnan migrants”. DVD (2013)

The Law Library’s collection is constantly growing as we purchase books and other resources to support the scholarly and clinical work of faculty and students. Please let us know if you have a suggestion for a new book.

Our list of new books is now updated.

In August, the Law Library received books on legal history, environmental law, international law, and patent law, among other topics. One title is particularly timely: The ethics of preventative war, edited by Deen K. Chatterjee.

The Law Library’s collection is constantly growing as we purchase books and other resources to support the scholarly and clinical work of faculty and students.  Please let us know if you have a suggestion for a new book.

Our list of new books is now updated.

In July, the Law Library received books on legal history, environmental law, and international law, among other topics. We also received several new study aids to supplement our core collection, including three new titles in the Understanding series: Environmental Law, Evidence, and Trusts and Estates.

If you’re wondering what other study aids are at the Law Library, we have more information under Students > Study Aids.

The Law Library’s collection is constantly growing as we purchase books and other resources to support the scholarly and clinical work of faculty and students.  Please let us know if you have a suggestion for a new book.

Our list of new books is now updated.

In June, the Law Library received books on international law, trial practice, and same-sex marriage, among other topics. One of our new titles is Mrs. Shipley’s ghost : the right to travel and terrorist watchlists, by Jeffrey Kahn. From the review in the Chronicle of Higher Education:

Ably navigating an alphabet soup of agencies and watchlists, Kahn draws on interviews with a feisty set of officials, including Timothy Healy, until this spring the head of the TSC, and Michael Jackson, formerly deputy secretary at the Department of Homeland Security. “Ask yourself a prudential question,” Jackson urges. “Would you rather those people have the authority to err on the side of caution?”¹

The Law Library’s collection is constantly growing as we purchase books and other resources to support the scholarly and clinical work of faculty and students.  Please let us know if you have a suggestion for a new book.

¹ Nina C. Ayoub, The Talented Mrs. Shipley, Chron. Higher Educ., May 24, 2013, at B16. (book review), http://chronicle.com/article/The-Talented-Mrs-Shipley-/139259/.

Our list of new books is now updated.

In May, the Law Library received books on legal careers, immigration, and legal history, among other topics. If you’re interested in courts and clerking, these titles are especially noteworthy:

• The Oath, by Jeffrey Toobin. Reviews and related material were highlighted last fall on the Constitutional Law Prof Blog: Toobin’s “The Oath”, Sep. 17, 2012.
• Judicial Clerkships: A Practical Guide. (2010)
• Federal Appellate Court Law Clerk Handbook. (2007)

The Law Library’s collection is constantly growing as we purchase books and other resources to support the scholarly and clinical work of faculty and students.  Please let us know if you have a suggestion for a new book 

Our list of new books is now updated.

In April, the Law Library received books on international legal issues, immigration, and intellectual property, among other topics. A couple titles that might be of interest are:

• The new edition of McCormick on Evidence This is one of the titles we highlight on our list of major Evidence Treatises.
• The Federalist Society by Michael Avery and Danielle McLaughlin. This was reviewed by Jeffrey Rosen in the in the New York Times on May 12, 2013.

The Law Library’s collection is constantly growing as we purchase books and other resources to support the scholarly and clinical work of faculty and students.  Please let us know if you have a suggestion for a new book