Category: Books
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Enciclopedia Giuridica
Enciclopedia Giuridica The Enciclopedia Giuridica is a 37-volume set comprising all aspects of Italian law, with 3.200 entries and 35.000 pages. It is compiled by a group of 1,000 leading Italian jurists, and is constantly updated. This is considered the single best resource for practitioners and scholars of Italian law. The “Enciclopedia Giuridica” is published…
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Digital Legal Deposit
Digital Legal Deposit (E-Deposit) The Digital Legal Deposit (E-Deposit) legal regime regulate the legal deposit of collection of digital material. The Nederlands The Royal Library of The Nederland started early “with e-deposit based on agreements with publishers and begun its web archiving program only several years later”. France The legislation governing digital legal deposit in…
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Henry Smythies' Analytical Digest
Henry Smythies’ analytical digest (1863) In 1863, an Auckland (New Zealand) lawyer, Henry Smythies, compiled An Analytical Digest of the Laws of New Zealand. the digest describes in outline form the laws of New Zealand in force in 1862, comprised in: Acts of the Imperial Parliament relating to New Zealand; ordinances of the legislative Council;…
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List of Dewey with number of Books
List of Dewey with number of Books in WorldCat .org 340 Law (5939) 341 Law of nations (5105) 342 Constitutional & Administrative law (5036) 343 Military, tax, trade & industrial law (6724) 344 Labor, social, Education & cultural law (7788) 345 Criminal law (2133) 346 Private law (10080) 347 Civil procedure & courts (3280) 348…
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European Thesaurus on International Relations and Area Studies
European Thesaurus on International Relations and Area Studies The European Thesaurus on International Relations and Area Studies has approximately 8,400 descriptors, and numerous non-descriptors. It provides a wellstructured and wide-ranging ” terminological tool” of controlled vocabulary with which to describe the subject content and format of all kinds of literature and material (books, reports, essays,…
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Classification schemes in the UK
Classification schemes in the UK “Class K, may be the dominant classification scheme in the United States, but a 2007 survey indicated that only 5% of law libraries surveyed in the UK are using Class K.(1) Most of the UK law libraries (41%) are still maintaining their own in-house scheme, with the next largest number…
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KF Modified
KF Modified Classification (Canada) KF Modified is the short form for KF Classification Modified for Use in Canadian Law Libraries and is a classification suitable for legal collections in any common Law library . Generally, and contrary to the Library of Congress (LC) classification scheme, KF Modified organizes legal information by topic first and then…
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Stimson’s Law Dictionary
Stimson’s Law Dictionary “A concise law dictionary of words, phrases, and maxims : with an explanatory list of abbreviations used in Law books “(1911). The Authors were Stimson, Frederic Jesup, 1855-1943 and Voorhees, Harvey Cortlandt, b. 1867. FREDERIC JESUP STIMSON was PROFESSOR OF COMPARATIVE LEGISLATION IN HARVARD and HARVEY CORTLANDT VOORHEES was lawyer in the…
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A Selection of Legal Maxims
A Selection of Legal Maxims “A Selection of Legal Maxims, Classtfieli and Illustrated”is a legal treatise. By Herbert Broom, Barrister at Law, and, in the 6th Edition (1884), also by CHARLES CAGNEY and HERBERT F. MANISTY. LONDON: W. MAXWELL & SON, 8, BELL YARD, TEMPLE BAR. PREFACE TO THE SIXTH EDITION. The reader will find…
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Dictionary of International and Comparative Law
Dictionary of International and Comparative Law About the Dictionary of International and Comparative Law Author: Fox, James R. Publication details: 3rd ed. Dobbs Ferry, NY: Oceana Publications, 2003. 396 pages. Reviews of the Dictionary According to “Introduction to Research in International Law”(see Further Reading), this Dictionary of comparative and international law is “ideal for anyone…
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Cataloging for legal materials
Cataloging of law materials Most libraries use LC (Library of Congress) or DDC ( Dewey Decimal Classification ). Some law libraries use other classifications in conjunction with these. Like a library serving a medical school may not use LCC’s R (Medicine) but rather NLM’s (National Library of Medicine) W and late Qs, legal Canadian libraries…
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World Encyclopedia of Peace
World Encyclopedia of Peace Publication details: 4 vols. New York: Pergamon Press, 1986. According to “Introduction to Research in International Law”(see Further Reading) this encyclopedic reference has “two predominant themes: peace research and peace activism. It is organized into four volumes. Volumes one and two contain articles arranged alphabetically by title. A comprehensive system of…
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International Law: A Dictionary
International Law: A Dictionary Author: Boczek, Boleslaw Adam. Publisher and date of Publication: Scarecrow Press, 2005. According to “Introduction to Research in International Law”(see Further Reading) this dictionary of international law “acquaints legal and other professionals, students, and interested general readers with the basic tenets of public international law, combining the features of both a…
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Historical Dictionary of International Tribunals
Historical Dictionary of International Tribunals Author: Boczek, Boleslaw A. Historical Dictionary of International Tribunals. Place and date of Publication and Publisher: Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1994. According to Introduction to Research in International Law (see Further Reading), this Legal dictionary “provides a “comprehensive treatment of international courts and tribunals and related aspects of…
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Modern Legal Systems Cyclopedia
Modern Legal Systems Cyclopedia The Modern Legal Systems Cyclopedia comprises introductions to the major legal systems in the world, with coverage ranging from legal Education and the way of professional practice, to the form of government and substantive law. This comprehensive compilation was a result of the efforts of Kenneth Robert Redden, who was a…