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The inaugural 2012 issue of the Georgetown Law Center, Business, Economics & Regulatory Law Research Paper Series (Vol. 14, Issue No. 1) has just been just been released by SSRN.

This issue includes the following new works of scholarship from Georgetown Law faculty:

• The WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel: The Evolution of Global Health Diplomacy by Allyn L. Taylor and Ibadat S. Dhillon (Realizing Rights)
• Looking at the Lanham Act: Images in Trademark and Advertising Law by Rebecca Tushnet
• The Dodd-Frank Act and Housing Finance: Can It Restore Private Risk Capital to the Securitization Market? by Adam J. Levitin, Andrey D. Pavlov (Simon Fraser University) and Susan M. Wachter (University of Pennsylvania)

Registered SSRN users can subscribe to this series for free.

Recent faculty publications and working papers are also available via the Georgetown Law Scholarly Commons.  The Georgetown Law Center’s SSRN series and the Scholarly Commons are administered by the Georgetown Law Library.

This entry was posted on January 30, 2012 at 3:53 PM and has received 342 views. Print this entry.

The inaugural 2012 issue of the Georgetown Public Law & Legal Theory Paper Series (Vol. 14, Issue No. 1) has just been just been released by SSRN.

This issue includes the following new works of scholarship from Georgetown Law faculty:

• Turning the Corner on Mass Incarceration? by David Cole
• Scary Monsters: Hybrids, Mashups, and Other Illegitimate Children by Rebecca Tushnet
• Tragic Rights: The Rights Critique in the Age of Obama by Robin West
• On Constitutional Disobedience by Louis Michael Seidman

Registered SSRN users can subscribe to this series for free.

Recent faculty publications and working papers are also available via the Georgetown Law Scholarly Commons. The Georgetown Law Center’s SSRN series and the Scholarly Commons are administered by the Georgetown Law Library.

This entry was posted on January 25, 2012 at 10:02 AM and has received 543 views. Print this entry.

The Georgetown Law Library has launched a new data archiving service, the Georgetown Law Dataverse, to support the empirical research of Law Center faculty members, academic centers and institutes, and legal journals.

"Georgetown Law faculty are increasingly publishing scholarship with empirical data components," said Law Library Director and Professor of Law Michelle Wu. "This trend is reflected in the broader legal academy as well. As a result, free, open and reliable access to source data has become critical to the development of legal scholarship. With an eye towards facilitating such scholarship, the Georgetown Law Library is offering this innovative service to support the preservation and sharing of digital datasets."

The Georgetown Law Dataverse is a repository of digital datasets, collections of statistical information or other related data used in empirical scholarship. This service will allow authors to permanently preserve and publically release data that they have collected. Authors who continue to update their work after publication can upload revised data as it becomes available.

More information about the Dataverse is available here: http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/collections/dataverse.cfm.

This entry was posted on January 12, 2012 at 1:41 PM and has received 779 views. Print this entry.

In collaboration with Georgetown's undergraduate library, the law library provides access to Credo Reference, featuring electronic access to hundreds of encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographical sources and other reference resources from 80 publishers. Some of the ebooks featured include:

• Dictionary of Spanish Law
• Business German Dictionary
• Financial Times World Desk Reference
• Ripples of Hope: Great American Civil Rights Speeches
• Marquis Who's Who in America
• National Gallery Image Collection

Credo Reference is searchable by keyword, subject, phrase and date. If you need any assistance making use of this resource, please contact a reference librarian.

This entry was posted on January 12, 2012 at 9:23 AM and has received 692 views. Print this entry.

The Library has added an electronic subscription to Tax Notes Today. Tax Notes Today has daily coverage of Federal tax law changes and policy shifts, special reports, analytical articles, and news concerning Congressional, Treasury, and IRS actions. 

Current faculty and students may subscribe to receive a daily email of Tax Notes Today. Archives of Tax Notes Today are also available --- coverage goes back to 1987.

Tax Notes Today is accessible from the Tax Analysts database.

To set up an email subscription to Tax Notes Today, select "Edit my email profile", then click on "E-Mail Profile" on the following screen. Once you enter your email address, you will have the option of subscribing (or unsubscribing) to Tax Notes Today.

You can also set up daily or weekly email alerts to Tax Notes Today that will notify you of articles discussing particular Code sections or subject areas. 

This entry was posted on January 5, 2012 at 12:21 PM and has received 986 views. Print this entry.

It's that special time of year again! Yes, once again we hear the seasonal sounds of complaints about a 'War on Christmas' wafting through the blogosphere and cable news channels. Whatever one may think of this alleged suppression of all things Christmas, the current 'conflict' pales in contrast to the genuine banning of Christmas celebrations that took place in 16th and 17th century Britain and New England. The Real 'War on Christmas': 1581-1690 exhibit in the Williams Library Atrium displays facsimiles of several laws enacted during this period that outlawed the singing of carols, the holding of feasts and festivals, and other aspects of what we today cluster together under the seasonal rubric of holiday joy. These materials illuminate an easily overlooked chapter in the history of religious liberty, and give some valuable perspective to the current debate over the 'War on Christmas'.

This entry was posted on December 9, 2011 at 11:55 AM and has received 2523 views. Print this entry.

The Friends of the Georgetown Law Library invite you to the latest screening in the Law at the Movies film series:

Movie: Michael Clayton (2007)
Date:  Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Hart Auditorium

Michael Clayton is the story of a “fixer” in a law firm who specializes in cleaning up sensitive, high-stakes cases. The film sheds light on questionable legal and corporate ethics, and examines complex and conflicting duties of law firms and attorneys. Starring George Clooney, the film was nominated for eight Oscars in 2008 and earned one for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role.

After the program, please stay for a discussion on the ethical, legal, and cultural aspects of the film. The panel will include:

• Michael Frisch, Adjunct Professor of Law & Ethics Counsel
• Kumar Jayasuriya, Adjunct Professor of Law & Associate Law Librarian
• Roger Skalbeck, Associate Law Librarian
• Andrew Christensen, Reference Librarian

To learn more about the Friends of the Georgetown Law Library program and the benefits of becoming a member, please visit http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/friends.

This entry was posted on November 3, 2011 at 4:37 PM and has received 4472 views. Print this entry.

Eight times a year, the Federal Reserve publishes commentary on the current economic conditions throughout its regional districts and the nation as a whole. Their compilation, the Beige Book, is just one of the many publications produced by the Fed and made available on their web site. To assist researchers, FedinPrint is their comprehensive search engine which provides access to all of the Fed's reports, working papers, statistics and surveys.  It's an invaluable resource for any researcher tracking economic trends, following the financial crises throughout the world or monitoring the areas of securities law or banking.

This entry was posted on November 3, 2011 at 2:08 PM and has received 4415 views. Print this entry.

One of the truly delightful aspects of working with rare books is finding unique and sometimes suprising objects, inscriptions, and other miscellanies within them. The newest exhibit in the atrium display cases of the Williams Library location of Georgetown Law Library features a few such hidden treasures. Miscellanies Found in Blackstone's Commentaries includes a handwritten index to the first American edition of Blackstone's that included editorial notes and supplementary essays on, and case citations to, American law - Tucker's Blackstone published in 1803; a bookmark from the law bookstore frequented by Georgetown Law students in the early 1900s - John Byrne & Co.; and, a study outline list of Offenses against Public Justice written by Thomas A. Tighe of the Georgetown Law Class of 1914. Pictured here is Georgetown Law Library's copy of vol. 1 of the 1765 first edition of Blackstone's together with the original owner's inscription and bookplate found on the inside front cover.

This entry was posted on September 16, 2011 at 4:43 PM and has received 6913 views. Print this entry. Download attachment.

The Law Library has developed a new resource page for a few of the most popular citation managers: RefWorks, Zotero and Mendeley.  These tools can help you collect and manage your research sources, and so, if you’re frustrated with remembering sources and organizing your research, you might look into using one of these tools.

On our resource page, you’ll find a comparison of the tools’ features, information on how well each tool works with the Bluebook, and information on accessing and using each tool.

If you would like more information about citation tools or a personalized training session to determine which tool would be best for you, please contact Jennifer Davitt.

This entry was posted on September 7, 2011 at 9:55 AM and has received 7284 views. Print this entry.