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New Acquisitions

The library has just subscribed to Hein Online! This resource allows electronic access to pre-1980 legal periodicals. See http://heinonline.org/ for more information about this valuable addition to our scholastic resources.

Every semester we purchase all first year textbooks.

Some selected new acquisitions include:

  • Marriage Proposals, Questioning a Legal Status, by Anita Bernstein (edited by), New York University, 2006

  • John Jay, Founding Father, by Walter Stahr, Walter Stahr, 2005

  • In the Name of Necessity, Military Tribunals and the Loss of American Civil Liberties, by Marouf Hasain, Jr., University of Alabama Press, 2005

  • In Pursuit of Right & Justice edward Weinfeld as Lawyer & Judge, by William E. Nelson, New York University, 2004

  • Morality of Conflict Resonable Disagreement and the Law, by Samantha Besson, Samantha Besson, 2005

  • Suing the Gun Industry A Battle at the Crossroads of Gun Control & Mass Torts, by Timothy D. Lytton, University of Michigan, 2005

  • Destruction of Young Lawyers Beyond One L, by Doublas Litowitz, Douglas Litowitz, 2006

  • From Madness to Mutiny, Why Mothers Are Running from the Family Courts-and What Can Be Done About It, by Amy Neustein and Michael Lesher, Northeastern University Press, 2005

  • David Hackett Souter, Traditional Republican on the Rehnquist Court, by Tinsley E. Yarbrough, Oxford University Press, 2005

  • Lowering the Bar, Lawyer Jokes and Legal Culture, by Marc Galanter, University of Wisconsin Press, 2005

  • Insincere Promises, The Law of Misrepresented Intent, by Ian Ayres and Gregory Klass, Yale University Press, 2005

  • Slave Country, American Expansion and the Origins of Deep South, by Adam Rothman, Harvard University Press, 2005

  • Legal Education and the Reproduction of Hierarchy a Polemic Against the System, by Duncan Kennedy, New York University, 2004

  • The Case for Gay Rights From Bowers to Lawrence and Beyond, by David A.J. Richards, University Press of Kansas, 2005

  • Gambling: Public Policies and the Social Sciences, by William R. Eadington and Judy A. Cornelius, Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming, 1997

  • More Than the Law Behavioral and Social Facts in Legal Decision Making, by, Peter W. English and Bruce D. Sales, American Psychological Association, 2005

  • Lawyers Are From Mercury Clients Are From Pluto, by Peter D. Zeughauser, Peter D. Zeughauser ClientFocus, 1999

  • Sandra Day O'Connor, How the First Woman on the Supreme Court Became Its Most Influential Justice, by Joan Biskupic, HarperCollins Publishers, 2005

  • America's Changing Coasts, by Diana M. Whitelaw & Gerald R. Visgilio, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2005

  • Constructive Divorce, Procedural Justice and Sociolegal Reform, by Penelope Eileen Bryan, American Psychological Association, 2006

  • By Birth or Consent Children, Law, & the Anglo-American Revolution in Authority, by Holly Brewer, University of North Carolina Press, 2005

  • Pinochet Effect Transnational Justice in the Age of Human Rights, by Naomi Roht-Arriaza, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005

  • Preventing Surprise Attacks Intelligence Reform in the Wake of 9/11, by Richard A. Posner, Rowman & Littlefield, 2005

  • The Proteus Effect: Stem Cells and Their Promise for Medicine, by Ann B. Parson. Joseph Henry Press, 2004.

  • Artist's Estates: Reputations in Trust, Edited by Magda Salvesen and Diane Cousinaeu. Rutgers University Press, 2005.

  • Pay Without Performance: The Unfulfilled Promise of Executive Compensation, by Lucian Bebchuk and Jesse Fried. Harvard University Press, 2004.

  • The Powers of War and Peace: The COnstitution and Foreign Affairs After 9/11, by John Yoo. University of Chicago Press, 2005.

  • Death by a Thousand Cuts: The Fight Over Taxing Inherited Wealth, by Michael J. Graetz and Ian Shapiro. Princeton University Press, 2005.

  • Where Law and Morality Meet, by Mathew H. Kramer. Oxford University Press, 2004.

  • The Dynamic Constitution: An Introduction to American Constitutional Law, by Richard H. Fallon, Jr. Cambridge University Press, 2004.

  • Cyberstalking: Harassment in the Internet Age and How to Protect Your Family, by Paul Bocij. Praeger Publishers, 2004.

  • Conquest by Law: How the Discovery of America Dispossessed Indigenous People of Their Lands, by Lindsay G. Robertson. Oxford University Press, 2005.

  • The Employment Retirement Security Act of 1974: A Political History, by James A. Wooten. University of California Press, 2004.

  • Civil Commitment: A Therapeutic Jurisprudence Model, by Bruce J. Winick. Carolina Academic Press, 2005.

  • Chilling Effect: a Lucinda Hayes mystery, by Marianne Wesson. University Press of Colorado, 2004.

  • Ultimate Punishment: A Lawyer’s Reflections on Dealing with the Death Penalty, by Scott Turow. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003.

  • The Thirteenth Amendment and American Freedom: A Legal History, by Alexander Tsesis. New York University Press, 2004.

  • Human Rights: Between Idealism and Realism, by Christian Tomuschat. Oxford University Press, 2003.

  • Vanishing Point: The Disappearance of Judge Crater, and the New York He Left Behind, by Richard J. Tofel. Ivan R. Dee, 2004.

  • Which Rights Should Be Universal?, by William J. Talbott. Oxford University Press, 2005.

  • More Secure, Less Free: Antiterrorism Policy & Civil Liberties After September 11, by Mark Sidel. University of Michigan Press, 2004.

  • Experts in Court: Reconciling Law, Science, and Professional Knowledge, by Bruce D. Sales, and Daniel W. Shuman. American Psychological Association, 2005.

  • Slave Country: American Expansion and the Origins of the Deep South, by Adam Rothman. Harvard University Press, 2005.

  • Taming the Sharks: Towards a Cure for the High-Cost Credit Market, by Christopher L. Peterson. University of Akron Press, 2004.

  • Digital Crossroads: American Telecommunications Policy in the Internet Age, by Jonathan E. Nuechterlein, and Philip J. Weiser. MIT Press, 2005.

  • The Life of the Law: Anthropological Projects, by Laura Nader. University of California Press, 2002.

  • We the People: The Economic Origins of the Constitution, by Forrest McDonald. Transaction Publishers, 2004.

  • Jury Trials and Plea Bargaining: A True History, by Mike McConville, and Chester L Mirsky. Hart Publishing, 2005.

  • Women’s Lives, Men’s Laws, by Catherine A MacKinnon. Belknap Press, 2005.

  • Equal Justice in the Balance: American’s Legal Responses to the Emerging Terrorist Threat, by Raneta Lawson Mack, and Michael J. Kelly. University of Michigan Press, 2004 .

  • Courting Failure: How Competition for Big Cases is Corruption the Bankruptcy Courts, by Lynn M LoPucki. University of Michigan Press, 2005.

  • Kentucky Justice, Southern Honor, and American Manhood: Understanding the Life and Death of Richard Reid, by James C. Klotter. Louisiana State University Press, 2003.

  • Don’t Kill in Our Names: Families of Murder Victims Speak Out Against the Death Penalty, by Rachel King. Rutgers University Press, 2005.

  • Capital Consequences: Families of the Condemned Tell Their Stories, by Rachel King. Rutgers University Press, 2005.

  • Clarence Darrow on Religion, Law and Society, edited by S.T. Joshi. Ohio University Press, 2005.

  • Keeping us Safe: Secret Intelligence and Homeland Security, by Arthur S. Hulnick. Praeger, 2004.

  • Go Directly to Jail: The Criminalization of Almost Everything, edited by Gene Healy. Cato Institute, 2004.

  • Partisan Hearts & Minds: Political arties and the Social Identities of Voters, by Donald Green, Bradley Palmquist, and Eric Schickler. Yale University Press, 2002.

  • A Public Betrayed: An Inside Look at Japanese Media Atrocities and Their Warnings to the West, by Adam Gamble, and Takesato Watanabe. Regnery Publishing, 2004.

  • Private Lives: Families, Individuals, and the Law, by Lawrence M Friedman. Harvard University Press, 2004.

  • Negotiation Analysis: The Science and Art of Collaborative Decision Making, by Howard FRaiffa. Belknap Pres, 2002.

  • Judging Thomas: The Life and Times of Clarence Thomas, by Ken Foskett. HarperCollins, 2004.

  • Selling Women Short: The Landmark Battle for Workers’ Rights at Wal-Mart, by Liza Featherstone. Basic Books, 2004.

  • The Essential Ronald Reagan, by Lee Edwards. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2005.

  • Rights from Wrongs: A Secular Theory of the Origins of Rights, by Alan Dershowitz. Basic Books, 2004.

  • The Prosecutors: A Year in the Life of a District Attorney’s Office, by Gary Delsohn. Dutton, 2003.

  • Indians in Unexpected Places, by Philip J. Deloria. University Press of Kansas, 2004.

  • Electing Justice: Fixing the Supreme Court Nomination Process, by Richard Davis. Oxford University Press, 2005.

  • Jurisprudence or Legal Science?, edited by Sean Coyle, and George Pavlakos. Hart Publishing, 2005.

  • Inside: A Public and Private Life, by Joseph A. Califano, Jr. PublicAffairs, 2004.

  • Constitutional Goods, by Alan Brudner. Oxford University Press, 2004.

  • Courting Justice: From NY Yankees v. Major League Baseball to Bush v. Gore, by David Boies. Miramax, 2004.

  • The Bible in the Park: Federal District Courts, Religious Speech, and the Public Forum, by John Blakeman. University of Akron Press, 2005.

  • Intellectual Property: Economic and Legal Dimensions of Rights and Remedies, by Roger D. Blair, and Thomas F. Cotter. Cambridge University Press, 2005.

  • The Transatlantic Constitution: Colonial Legal Culture and the Empire, by Mary Sarah Bilder. Harvard University Press, 2004.

  • A History of Alternative Dispute Resolution: The Story of a Political, Cultural, and Social Movement, by Jerome T. Barrett. Jossey-Bass, 2004.

  • Contemporary Paganism: Minority Religions in a Majoritarian America, by Carol Barner-Barry. Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

  • Purposive Interpretation in Law, by Aharon Barak. Princeton University Press, 2005.

  • What Roe v. Wade Should Have Said, edited by Jack M Balkin. New York University, 2005.

  • A User’s Guide to the USA Patriot Act and Beyond, by Robert P. Abele. University Press of America, 2005.

These titles can be found on display in the library main level, next to the reference desk.

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