Studies in Scarlet

Last Tuesday's post directed you to "bloody murder" from the Harvard Law Library. This week, we are following it up with adultery, abduction, and seduction. Also from the Harvard Law Library, Studies in Scarlet presents trial narratives involving marriage and sexuality from 1815-1914. This fascinating collection "consists of the stories of ordinary men and women thrust into the public eye when their marriages and love affairs went wrong or their relationships did not conform to social standards."

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Loose-leaf Binders

Need a loose-leaf binder? There are some used blue loose-leaf binders available in Government Documents. Some of the exteriors are a little battered, but all of the binders are sturdy and usable. We prefer not to discard usable binders so are offering them to law students.

The binders are on a carrel – with a sign - in Government Documents. Government Documents is the glass-enclosed area in the same lower level as the computer lab and periodicals.

Please come and take a binder if you need one. The number is limited so they may be taken on a first come, first serve basis.

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Human Rights Watch

If you are interested in human rights issues, look at the Human Rights Watch website. Their site provides access to information concerning current human rights issues and includes Human Rights Watch Reports in full text.



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Regulations.gov

Regulations.gov, previously noted on this blog in 2005, is being called Regulations.gov 2.0 because of some enhancements. More agencies now integrate information into the site (a full list of participating agencies is here). It is also possible to sign up to be alerted by email when documents have been added to specific dockets, and to get an RSS feed of new material in the Federal Register. However, the RSS feed from Regulations.gov is general, for all Federal Register content. Better, agency-specific RSS feeds are available from OpenRegulations.org.



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Discovery Resources

Those cutting-edge future litigators among you might find the Discovery Resources Web site to be of interest.

Discovery Resources aggregates current information about electronic discovery for the legal community from a variety of different online sources. The site’s aim “is to keep legal professionals informed and [to] provide the best tools available to evaluate the wide range of technological and legal issues associated with electronic discovery.” Resources include articles, news items, links to e-discovery case law, rules and regulations, and practice-based tools.

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Manage Your Library Transactions With "My Library Account" and "Preferred Searches"

Save time by re-running important searches using the "Preferred Searches" option in "My Library Account.” Preferred Searches allows you to save search results when using the library catalog. To access Preferred Searches:

• Log in to your My Library Account
• Click "Search Catalog"
• Key in your search terms and click “Submit”
• When your search results display, click “Save as preferred search”
• The next time you use “My Library Account” click the preferred search icon to retrieve your saved searches.
• Click the “Search” link to re-run your search
• Remember to log out

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Dying Speeches & Bloody Murders: Crime Broadsides Collected by the Harvard Law School Library

From the Cornell Law Library's InSITE website reviews: We learn that Harvard Law School Library digitized its collection of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British crime broadsides, covering the years 1707 to 1891.

Broadside. A sheet of paper printed on one side only or containing one large page without columns. The term is applied to such works as copies of a "last dying speech" of some celebrated criminal, and other similar street literature. Walter Thomas Rogers. A Manual of Bibliography ... (1891), p. 188

Just as programs are sold at sporting events today, broadsides -- styled at the time as "Last Dying Speeches" or "Bloody Murders" -- were sold to the audiences that gathered to witness public executions in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain.

An interesting collection to remind us that not all that long ago executions were popular public events. Dying Speeches & Bloody Murders: Crime Broadsides Collected by the Harvard Law School Library.

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Court Rules and Forms, Nationwide

There's no need to browse through poorly organized official court websites looking for the local rules of procedure, because this LLRX page offers links to court rules for most courts in the U.S., as well as links to online forms and dockets.



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Martin Luther King: A Legal Legacy

Focusing on the impact and contributions of Martin Luther King and his movement to American law, two librarians from the University of Chicago Law School created a wonderful resource guide. "The Legal Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Selected Resources" includes books, videos, and online articles (many available in Hofstra libraries and databases), as well as primary documents and key web sites with a wealth of information and material on the subject. For law school research papers or personal interest, this guide is a great place to start.

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Martin Luther King Day

Although there are no classes on Monday, January 21 in observance of Martin Luther King Day, the Law Library will be open 10am - 6pm and both Reference and Circulation services will be available during those times.

I, of course, will be prowling to make sure all is in order.

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