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Lewis H. Larue, Motives for Idealizing the Pragmatic, 52 Vill. L. Rev 843 (2007) (Symposium: Expertise in the Courtroom: Scientists and Wizards:Panel Two: Post-Daubert Controversies). Available at Lexis.

On January 9, 2008, Office of Management and Budget Director Jim Nussle announced that the Budget of the United States Government would be released in a web-only format for Fiscal Year 2009 on February 4th, 2008. Mr. Nussle cited the cost savings of such a move as the reason for the discontinuance of paper copies of the Budget. GPO wishes to assure the members of the Federal Depository Library Program that we are committed to keeping the various Budget publications in printed format. To this end, OMB has agreed to provide GPO with files of the Budget documents that will be put to press for the purpose of dissemination to the public through the FDLP and Publication & Information Sales Program. We intend to ship these tangible copies of the Budget in conjunction with the February 4th internet release.

Google Patent Search covers the entire collection of patents made available by the USPTO—from patents issued in the 1790s through those issued in the middle of 2006. They don’t currently include patent applications, international patents, or U.S. patents issued over the last few months,but plans arein place to expand coverage in the future. Access at Google Patent.

Chief Justice Roberts has released his year end report on the Federal Judiciary. Read it here Report.

Timothy Stoltzfus Jost, The Massachusetts Health Plan: Public Insurance for the Poor, Private Insurance for the Wealthy, Self-Insurance for the Rest?, 55 U. Kan. L. Rev. 1091 (2007)(Symposium, The Massachusetts Plan and the Future of Universal Coverage Perspectives on Health Reform) available at Westlaw.

Melissa A. Waters, Using Human Rights Treaties to Resolve Ambiguity: The Advent of A Rights-Conscious Charming Betsy Canon, 38 Vict. U. Wellington L. Rev. 237 (2007) available at Westlaw.

Mark Drumbl, Book Review, 8 Hum. Rts. Rev. 419 (2007) (reviewing Robert Cryer, Prosecuting International Crimes: Selectivity and the International Criminal Law Regime (Cambridge U.Press 2005).

Oxford Islamic Studies Online contains over 3,000 reference articles and chapters by leading scholars and specialists in their fields and Qur'anic studies resources, including two Oxford World's Classics translations of the Qur'an, linked to the first online version of A Concordance of the Qur'an by Hanna Kassis. This resource can be accessed through a link on Annie or at Islamic Studies.

Proposed Amendments Approved by Supreme Court (April 2007) - (Effective December 1, 2007) can be located at Rules. All documents are available in PDF format.

As of January 2008 the library's subscriptions to the following journals will change from paper to electronic format: Law and Philosophy, Law and Human Behavior, Law and Critique and International Journal for the Semiotics of Law.

The Federal Trade Commission has digitized its decisions from 1969-2005, covering almost all administrative documents issued by the Commission, including Opinions, Final Orders, Complaints, and Consent Orders that result from negotiated consent agreements, as well as all Initial Decisions issued by Administrative Law Judges in administrative trial proceedings.The decisions are browsable by volume number and by party name, and they are also full-text searchable. The FTC also plans to add its earlier decisions (1914-1968) to the site eventually. Coverage of FTC decisions on Lexis and Westlaw currently goes back to 1949.The site can be accessed at FTC.

WASHINGTON, D.C. / SEBASTOPOL, CA—November 14, 2007—Public.Resource.Org and Fastcase, Inc. announced today that they will release a large and free archive of federal case law, including all Courts of Appeals decisions from 1950 to the present and all Supreme Court decisions since 1754. The archive will be public domain and usable by anyone for any purpose. The press release can be read at Announcement.

Frederic L. Kirgis, Book Review,101 Am. J. Int'l L. 688 (2007) (reviewing Oren Gross and Fionnuala Ni Aolain,Law in Times of Crisis: Emergency Powers in Theory and Practice (2006)), available at Westlaw.

Congressional Research Service has issued a new report on lobbying and ethics rule changes in the 110th Congress. The report can be accessed at CRS.

Lexis has announced that their dedicated research software will no longer be available to law schools as of January 1st. This is the software which was installed on individual computers.

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	Law Library What's New Faculty Publications Lewis H. Larue, Motives for Idealizing the Pragmatic, 52 Vill. L. Rev 843 (2007) (Symposium: Expertise in the Courtroom: Scientists and Wizards:Panel Two: Post-Daubert Controversies). Available at Lexis. Federal Budget 2008 On January 9, 2008, Office of Management and Budget Director Jim Nussle announced that the Budget of the United States Government would be released in a web-only format for Fiscal Year 2009 on February 4th, 2008. Mr. Nussle cited the cost savings of such a move as the reason for the discontinuance of paper copies of the Budget. GPO wishes to assure the members of the Federal Depository Library Program that we are committed to keeping the various Budget publications in printed format. To this end, OMB has agreed to provide GPO with files of the Budget documents that will be put to press for the purpose of dissemination to the public through the FDLP and Publication & Information Sales Program. We intend to ship these tangible copies of the Budget in conjunction with the February 4th internet release. Google Patent Search Google Patent Search covers the entire collection of patents made available by the USPTO—from patents issued in the 1790s through those issued in the middle of 2006. They don’t currently include patent applications, international patents, or U.S. patents issued over the last few months,but plans arein place to expand coverage in the future. Access at Google Patent. Report on Judiciary Released Chief Justice Roberts has released his year end report on the Federal Judiciary. Read it here Report. Faculty Publications Timothy Stoltzfus Jost, The Massachusetts Health Plan: Public Insurance for the Poor, Private Insurance for the Wealthy, Self-Insurance for the Rest?, 55 U. Kan. L. Rev. 1091 (2007)(Symposium, The Massachusetts Plan and the Future of Universal Coverage Perspectives on Health Reform) available at Westlaw. Melissa A. Waters, Using Human Rights Treaties to Resolve Ambiguity: The Advent of A Rights-Conscious Charming Betsy Canon, 38 Vict. U. Wellington L. Rev. 237 (2007) available at Westlaw. Mark Drumbl, Book Review, 8 Hum. Rts. Rev. 419 (2007) (reviewing Robert Cryer, Prosecuting International Crimes: Selectivity and the International Criminal Law Regime (Cambridge U.Press 2005). Oxford Islamic Studies Online Oxford Islamic Studies Online contains over 3,000 reference articles and chapters by leading scholars and specialists in their fields and Qur'anic studies resources, including two Oxford World's Classics translations of the Qur'an, linked to the first online version of A Concordance of the Qur'an by Hanna Kassis. This resource can be accessed through a link on Annie or at Islamic Studies. Changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Proposed Amendments Approved by Supreme Court (April 2007) - (Effective December 1, 2007) can be located at Rules. All documents are available in PDF format. Subscription Format Change As of January 2008 the library's subscriptions to the following journals will change from paper to electronic format: Law and Philosophy, Law and Human Behavior, Law and Critique and International Journal for the Semiotics of Law. FTC Decisions Online The Federal Trade Commission has digitized its decisions from 1969-2005, covering almost all administrative documents issued by the Commission, including Opinions, Final Orders, Complaints, and Consent Orders that result from negotiated consent agreements, as well as all Initial Decisions issued by Administrative Law Judges in administrative trial proceedings.The decisions are browsable by volume number and by party name, and they are also full-text searchable. The FTC also plans to add its earlier decisions (1914-1968) to the site eventually. Coverage of FTC decisions on Lexis and Westlaw currently goes back to 1949.The site can be accessed at FTC. 1.8 Million Pages of Federal Case Law Soon Freely Available WASHINGTON, D.C. / SEBASTOPOL, CA—November 14, 2007—Public.Resource.Org and Fastcase, Inc. announced today that they will release a large and free archive of federal case law, including all Courts of Appeals decisions from 1950 to the present and all Supreme Court decisions since 1754. The archive will be public domain and usable by anyone for any purpose. The press release can be read at Announcement. Faculty Publications Frederic L. Kirgis, Book Review,101 Am. J. Int'l L. 688 (2007) (reviewing Oren Gross and Fionnuala Ni Aolain,Law in Times of Crisis: Emergency Powers in Theory and Practice (2006)), available at Westlaw. CRS Report on Lobbying and Ethics Changes in the 110th Congress Congressional Research Service has issued a new report on lobbying and ethics rule changes in the 110th Congress. The report can be accessed at CRS. Lexis Software Announcement Lexis has announced that their dedicated research software will no longer be available to law schools as of January 1st. This is the software which was installed on individual computers. older What's New entries