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  • Encyclopedia of Public Administration & Public Policy

    Encyclopedia of Public Administration & Public Policy The first edition of the Encyclopedia of Public Administration & Public Policy (EPAP1) was published by Marcel Dekker in two volumes in 2003 under the editorship of Jack Rabin, with a supplementary volume issued in 2005 under the Taylor and Francis imprint. After Jack’s death in November 2006,…

  • Encyclopedia of Public Administration & Public Policy

    Encyclopedia of Public Administration & Public Policy The first edition of the Encyclopedia of Public Administration & Public Policy (EPAP1) was published by Marcel Dekker in two volumes in 2003 under the editorship of Jack Rabin, with a supplementary volume issued in 2005 under the Taylor and Francis imprint. After Jack’s death in November 2006,…

  • Privacy in Argentina

    Privacy in Argentina Argentina country report of the Epic (Electronic Privacy Infomation Center) survey “Privacy and Human Rights” (2005, 2006 and 2007): Constitutional Privacy Framework Articles 18 and 19 of the Argentine Constitution provide (in part), “The home is inviolable as is personal correspondence and private papers; the law will determine what cases and what…

  • Law Librarianship

    Law Librarianship Note: for related information, see the entries Law library and Legal Research in this legal Encyclopedia. Legal Materials To find articles on law librarianship, check out: The Legal Information Management Index, which I believe is the only index to cover the field exclusively and extensively. Legal Indexes — the Current Law Index (a/k/a…

  • Criminal Investigation

    Crime Detection: Scientific Crime Investigation Mineralogical InvestigationsIntroduction to Crime Mineralogical InvestigationsThe science of mineralogy is also used in crime detection. The mineralogist studies soil, plaster, cement, brick, concrete, and glass for any evidence. Mine…

  • Google Scholar

    Google Scholar for Legal Research Google launched a “Legal opinions and journals” database in its Google Scholar search in November 2009. It allows attorneys to search for cases from the United States federal and state courts. Free Online Legal Research Google Scholar allows users to search and read opinions for U.S. state appellate and supreme…

  • Legal Ontologies

    Legal Ontologies Note: for more information about legal ontologies, read the legal metadata website here. Legal Ontologies are the expression of the metadata section of legal documents according to a formalized ontology language such as OWL. They have proved crucial for representing, processing and retrieving legal information, “Legal ontologies differ from ontologies in other fields…

  • Semantic Indexing and Law

    Semantic Indexing and Law Note: see also Semantic Web and Law, Semantic Indexing and legal, Semantic Indexing and Law Search, Semantic Indexing and Law news and Semantic Indexing and Law dictionary. Semantic Indexing Semantic Indexing is to discover words and phrases that are related in the context of any document or group of documents. Search…

  • Free Access to Law Movement

    Free Access to Law Movement The Free Access to Law Movement is a collective of legal projects from various countries that aim to provide free online access to legal information such as case law and legislation. The movement began in 1992 with the Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute. There are 40 members of the…

  • Archives and data

    Archives and data See Using public records Archives and data 1. Federal Archives. The U. S. National Archives include material that dates from before the founding of the country . Some documents and other materials were, in fact, carefully set aside in their own time, because someone knew they were important. Others, however, just happened…

  • International Business Arbitration

    International business arbitration American Arbitration Association International Council for Commercial Arbitration International Chamber of Commerce. Court of Arbitration Permanent Court of Arbitration Arbitration and award, International Arbitration and award, International Cases Arbitration and award Pacific Area Conflict of laws Arbitration and award Arbitration, International Arbitration and award Latin America Arbitration and award, International Periodicals Dispute…

  • Expert Witnesses

    Follow that with a search of (a) expert directories, (b) news, (c)judicial opinions and (d) case filings in the relevant databases, as appropriate, on Lexis and/or a Westlaw. Also check directories for the expert’s field (find lawyers) and the appropriate article index(es) on Dialog (e.g., the “Engineering Index”) or elsewhere (e.g., Medline for doctors). You…

  • Law Schools of the future

    Law Schools of the future From “A VISION OF LAW SCHOOLS OF THE FUTURE”, by James L. Hoover(*) Presuming to predict the future is dangerous. It seems especially foolish at the ends of centuries. The results do make for often humorous reading decades later. The best we can really do is describe what is possible…

  • International Law General resources

    International Law – General resources General Key Resources on the Internet for International Law Research(Lyonette Louis-Jacques) A Concise Guide by a Leading Authority:Selected Major Sites; International Organizations ; Selected Other Sites; Books and Library Catalogues; Journals and Periodical Indexes; Major Newsgroups; International News Services; Directories; Research Guides International Law In Brief (ASIL) Recent Developments in…

  • Electronic Commerce Law Concepts

    Introduction to Electronic Commerce Law E-Commerce and Internet Law Consumer protection laws in Internet Copyright and trademark issues Cryptography Database protection Defamation Domain name disputes Electronic signatures Free speech and First Amendment issues in the cyberspace Information licensing Internet governance Using the Internet in the law firm practice: Online Resources and Strategies Internet-related telecommunications regulation…