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Biography of Marylin J. Raisch

Title: Associate Law Librarian for International and Foreign Law
Phone Number: 202-662-9159
Office Location: Wolff, Room 3003E
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Marylin Johnson Raisch received her J.D. from Tulane University School of Law (1980) with work in both civil and common law courses as well as international law and Roman law. She holds degrees in English literature from Smith College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1973) and St. Hugh's College, Oxford (M.Litt., 1978). She received her M.L.S. degree from Columbia University School of Library Service in 1988 and worked at the Columbia University School of Law as International and Foreign Law Librarian for fifteen years. Marylin has edited (with Roberta I. Schaffer) the volume of proceedings, Transnational Legal Transactions (Oceana, 1995) and is the author of several articles, reviews, and web guides on international and foreign legal research.

Publication List (2000 - Present)

Note: Links to selected articles are available below. Following is a list of what the links represent:
[HEIN] = Available on Hein Online [W] = Available on Westlaw [L] = Available on Lexis [SSRN] - Available in SSRN Working Papers collection

Journal Articles
Marylin Raisch, Book Survey 2008, 12 J. Int'l Econ. L. 227-236 (2009). [W]

Marylin Raisch, Website Survey 2008, 12 J. Int'l Econ. L. 237-245 (2009). [W]

Marylin Raisch, Book Survey 2007, 11 J. Int'l Econ. L. 217-223 (2008). [W]

Marylin J. Raisch, Codes and Hypertext: The Intertextuality of International and Comparative Law, 35 Syracuse J. Int'l. L. & Com. 309-339 (2008). [L] [W] [SSRN]

Marylin Raisch & Yasmin Morais, Foreign, Comparative and International Law SIS, 100 Law Libr. J. 714-725 (2008). [L] [W]

Marylin Raisch, Remembering Bob Oakley, 100 Law Libr. J. 246 (2008). [L] [W]

Marylin Raisch, United We Stand, Even if We're Divided, 18 Trends L. Libr. Mgmnt. & Tech. 63-69 (2008). [HEIN]

Marylin Raisch, Website Survey 2007, 11 J. Int'l Econ. L. 225-231 (2008). [W]

Marylin Raisch, Book Survey 2006, 10 J. Int'l Econ. L. 181-187 (2007). [W]

Marylin Raisch, Transnational and Comparative Family Law: Harmonization and Implementation, GlobaLex (Jan. 2007). [WWW]

Marylin Raisch, Website Survey 2006, 10 J. Int'l Econ. L. 189-196 (2007). [W]

Marylin Raisch, Blogs and Scholarly Communication in International and Foreign Law: A Reflection and a Report on the Electronic Issues Interest Group Meeting, FCIL Newsl., Oct. 2006, at 9-19. [WWW]

Marylin Raisch, Book Survey 2005, 9 J. Int'l Econ. L. 237-242 (2006). [L] [W]

Marylin Raisch, Religious Legal Systems: A Brief Guide to Research and Its Role in Comparative Law, GlobaLex (Feb. 2006). [WWW]

Marylin Raisch, Website Survey 2005, 9 J. Int'l Econ. L. 243-247 (2006). [L] [W]

Marylin Raisch, Website Survey 2005, 10 J. Int'l Econ. L. 189-196 (2006). [W]

Marylin Raisch, Travaux Preparatoires and United Nations Treaties or Conventions: Using the Web Wisely , 30 Int'l J. Legal Info 324-330 (2002). [HEIN] [W]

Book Reviews
Marylin Raisch, 35 Int'l J. Legal Info. 318 (2007) (reviewing The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Law (Mathias Reimann & Reinhard Zimmermann eds., 2006)).

Marylin Raisch, 34 Int'l J. Legal Info 190-192 (2006) (reviewing Reinhard Zimmerman, Mixed Legal Systems in Comparative Perspective (2004)). [HEIN]

Marylin Raisch, 34 Int'l J. Legal Info 192-195 (2006) (reviewing Roy L. Brooks, Structures of Judicial Decision Making from Legal Formalism to Critical Theory (2nd ed. 2005)). [HEIN]

Marylin Raisch, 33 Int'l J. Legal Info 281 (2005) (reviewing H. Patrick Glenn, Legal Traditions of the World (2nd ed. 2004)). [HEIN]

Marylin Raisch,  33 Int'l J. Legal Info 281 (2005) (reviewing H. Patrick Clenn, Legal Traditions of the World (2nd ed. 2004)). [HEIN]

Marylin Raisch, 31 Int'l J. Legal Info 417-419 (2003) (reviewing Ayelet Shachar, Multicultural Jurisdictions: Cultural Differences and Women's Rights (2001)). [HEIN]

Marylin Raisch, 31 Int'l J. Legal Info 124-126 (2003) (reviewing H. Patrick Glenn, Legal Traditions of the World: Sustainable Diversity in Law (2000)). [HEIN]

Marylin Raisch, 30 Int'l J. Legal Info 369-373 (2002) (reviewing Mirela Roznovschi, Toward a Cyberlegal Culture (2001)). [HEIN]

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