NEW BOOKS added March 2007


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Administrative Law

 

Gordon, Richard J. F.  EC law in judicial review.  KJE5640 .G67 2007

 

Arts & Literature

 

DVD:  Big love. The complete first season.  Reference Area. Feature Film Collection

 

Landay, William.  The strangler.  PS3612 .A5477 S77 2007

 

Banking & Finance

 

White, Gregory L., chair.  Understanding later-stage venture capital and private equity transactions: legal and business perspectives.  KF1428 .Z9 U53 2007

 

Williams, Harding de C.  Federal banking law and regulations: a handbook for lawyers.  KF969 2006  

 

Bankruptcy

 

Ruttenberg, Adam J., chair.  Consumer bankruptcies--one year after the new act: learn the latest law, practice, and attorney's responsibilities.  KF1524.3 .C66 2007

 

Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP.  Reorganizing failing businesses: a comprehensive review and analysis of financial restructuring and business reorganization.  KF1544 .R463

 

Williams, Rosemary E.  Electronic case management and filing in bankruptcy court.  KF242 .B3 W55 2006

 

Civil Rights

 

Ifill, Sherrilyn A.  On the courthouse lawn: confronting the legacy of lynching in the twenty-first century.  HV6457 .I45 2007

 

Communications Law

 

Asscher, Lodewijk and Sjo Anne Hoogcarspel.  Regulating spam: a European perspective after the adoption of the e-privacy directive.  KJE6970 .A87 2006

 

Comparative Law

 

Gross, Oren and Fionnuala N� Aol�in.  Law in times of crisis: emergency powers in theory and practice.  K3344 .G76 2006

 

Menon, Anand and Martin Schain, editors.  Comparative federalism: the European Union and the United States in comparative perspective.  JN30 .C572 2006

 

Von Mehren, Arthur Taylor and Peter L. Murray.  Law in the United States. 2nd ed.  KF385 .V66 2007

 

Computer Law

 

            Jewkes, Yvonne, editor. Crime online.  HV6773 .C75 2007

 

Koops, Bert-Jaap and Susan W. Brenner, editors.  Cybercrime and jurisdiction: a global survey.  K564 .C6 C93 2006 

 

Constitutional Law

 

Albi, Anneli and Jacques Ziller, editors.  The European Constitution and national constitutions: ratification and beyond.  KJE4445 .E9695 2007

 

Anastaplo, George.  Reflections on freedom of speech and the First Amendment.  KF4772 .A96 2007

 

Choudhry, Sujit, editor.  The migration of constitutional ideas.  K3165 .M54 2006

 

Dillon, John M., editor.  John Marshall, complete constitutional decisions.  KF213 .M3 D5 2003

 

Dyzenhaus, David.  The constitution of law: legality in a time of emergency.  K3344 .D99 2006

 

Eisgruber, Christopher L. and Lawrence G. Sager.  Religious freedom and the constitution.  KF4783 .E355 2007

 

Forum for State Appellate Court Judges.  Still coequal? State courts, legislatures, and the separation of powers: report of the 2004 Forum for State Appellate Court Judges.  KF5130 .F672 2006

 

Hemmer, Joseph J.  The First Amendment: theoretical perspectives.  KF4770 .H46 2006

 

Ratnapala, Suri.  Australian constitutional law: foundations and theory.  KU1750 .R38 2007

 

Contracts

 

Kastely, Amy Hilsman, Deborah Waire Post and Sharon Kang Hom.  Contracting law. 4th ed.  KF801 .A7 K37 2006

 

Corporations

 

DVD:  Enron: the smartest guys in the room.  Permanent Reserve/AV  HD9502 .U54 E57 2005

 

Branch, Ben, Hugh M. Ray and Robin Russell.  Last rights: liquidating a company.  KF1475 .B73 2007

 

Jonker, Jan and Marco de Witte, editors.  The challenge of organizing and implementing corporate social responsibility.  HD60 .C442 2006

 

Renehan, Richard W., chair.  Business litigation conference 2007: a comprehensive update on the latest practice issues.  KFM2613 .Z9 M38 2007

 

Sheppey, Terence and Ross McGill.  Sarbanes-Oxley: building working strategies for compliance.  KF1446 .S527 2007

 

Courts

 

Baird, Vanessa A.  Answering the call of the court: how justices and litigants set the Supreme Court agenda.  KF8742 .B295 2007

 

Jost, Kenneth.  The Supreme Court A to Z. 4th ed.  Reference Area KF8742 .A35 S8 2007

 

Criminal Law & Procedure

 

Dressler, Joshua, editor in chief.  Encyclopedia of crime & justice. 2nd ed.  Reference Area HV6017 .E52 2002 

 

            Leverick, Fiona.  Killing in self-defence.  K5171 .L48 2006

 

Love, Margaret Colgate.  Relief from the collateral consequences of a criminal conviction: a state-by-state resource guide.  KF390 .E87 L68 2006

 

St. Clair, Amber L.  The criminal lawyer's job: a survival guide.  KF9656 .S7 2006

 

Dispute Resolution

 

Forum for State Appellate Court Judges.  The privatization of justice? Mandatory arbitration and the state courts: report of the 2003 Forum for State Appellate Court Judges.  KF9084 .Z9 P74 2006

 

Schneider, Andrea Kupfer and Christopher Honeyman, editors.  The negotiator's fieldbook.  KF9084 .Z9 N436 2006

 

Economics

 

Greif, Avner.  Institutions and the path to the modern economy: lessons from medieval trade.  HF395 .G74 2006

 

Environmental Law

 

Davis, Todd S., editor.  Brownfields: a comprehensive guide to redeveloping contaminated property. 2nd ed.  KF3946 .Z95 B76 2002

 

Louka, Elli.  International environmental law: fairness, effectiveness, and world order.  K3585 .L68 2006

 

Sands, Philippe and Paolo Galizzi, editors.  Documents in European Community environmental law. 2nd ed.  KJE6242 .D63 2006

 

Estate Planning & Probate

 

Dugan, John G. and James A. McLaughlin, editors.  Actions involving probate of wills, accounts and settlements: GAL training for category D matters.  KFM2507 .Z9 A38 2007

 

Steffensen, Jon E., editor.  A practical guide to estate planning in Massachusetts. 2nd ed.  KFM2540 .P73 2007

 

Evidence

 

Cwik, Cynthia H. and Helen E. Witt, editors.  Scientific evidence review: current issues at the crossroads of science, technology and the law.  KF8961 .S35 2006

 

Family Law

 

            Eekelaar, John.  Family law and personal life.  K625 .E334 2006

 

Kohm, Lynne Marie.  Family manifesto: what went wrong with the moral basis for the family and how to restore it.  HQ515 .K64 2006

 

Patton, William Wesley.  Legal ethics in child custody and dependency proceedings: a guide for judges and lawyers.  KF306 .P38 2006

 

Food & Drug Law

 

Imhoff, Dan.  Foodfight: the citizen's guide to a food and farm bill.  TX360 .U6 I64 2007

 

Foreign Law

 

Liu, Guofu.  The right to leave and return and Chinese migration law.  KNQ2445 .L58 2007

 

Peers, Steve.  EU justice and home affairs law. 2nd ed.  KJE5977 .P44 2006

 

History

 

Baker, H. Robert.  The rescue of Joshua Glover: a fugitive slave, the constitution, and the coming of the civil war.  KF4545 .S5 B35 2006

 

Butler, Sara M.  The language of abuse: marital violence in later medieval England.  HV6626.23 .G7 B88 2007

 

Evans, Suzanne.  Mothers of heroes, mothers of martyrs: World War I and the politics of grief.  JZ6405 .W66 E92 2007

 

Williams, Frank J.  Judging Lincoln.  E457.2 .W69 2002

 

Williams, Rina Verma.  Postcolonial politics and personal laws: colonial legal legacies and the Indian state.  KNS540 .W55 2006

 

Human Rights

 

Bedi, Shiv R. S.  The development of human rights law by the judges of the International Court of Justice.  K3240 .B42 2007

 

Dembour, Marie-B�n�dicte.  Who believes in human rights? Reflections on the European Convention.  KJC5135 .D455 2006

 

Greer, Steven C.  The European Convention on Human Rights: achievements, problems and prospects.  KJC5132 .G74 2006

 

Hathaway, James C.  The rights of refugees under international law.  K3230 .R45 H38 2005

 

            Likosky, Michael.  Law, infrastructure, and human rights.  K3240 .L55 2006

 

Macklem, Timothy.  Independence of mind.  JC571 .M312 2006 

 

Mani, V. S., editor.  Handbook of international humanitarian law in South Asia.  K3240 .H35 2007  

 

Mutua, Makau.  Human rights: a political and cultural critique.  JC571 .M95 2002

 

Robertson, Geoffrey.  Crimes against humanity: the struggle for global justice. 3rd ed.  K5301 .R63 2006

 

Welna, Christopher and Gustavo Gall�n, editors.  Peace, democracy, and human rights in Colombia. JL2881 .P39 2007

 

Immigration Law

 

Bray, Ilona M.  Fianc� & marriage visas: a couple's guide to U.S. immigration. 4th ed.  KF4819.6 .B73 2007

 

Miller, Charles M., editor.  The visa processing guide and consular posts handbook: process and procedure at U.S. consulates and embassies.  KF4827 .V57 2006

 

Indian Law

 

            Cohen, Felix S.  On the drafting of tribal constitutions.  KF8221 .C64 2006

 

Ross, Jeffrey Ian and Larry Gould, editors.  Native Americans and the criminal justice system.  KF8210 .C7 N38 2006

 

Insurance Law

 

Carol A. Griffin, chair.  Automobile liability insurance update 2007: hot developments--and a look ahead for the personal injury lawyer.  KFM2591 .A4 A798 2007

 

Intellectual Property

 

Gader-Shafran, Rachel.