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February 21, 2005
Foreign Affair's Best Books on Political & Legal Issues
Each month (except for a summertime hiatus in July and August) a different member of Foreign Affair's distinguished panel of book reviewers recommends the best books discussed in Foreign Affairs in the past year. For February 2005, G. John Ikenberry selects the best books on political and legal issues.
A New World Order
Anne-Marie Slaughter
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2004
Read May/June 2004 review
Rules for the World: International Organizations in Global Politics
Michael Barnett and Martha Finnemore
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2004
Read November/December 2004 review
The Dark Side of Democracy: Explaining Ethnic Cleansing
Michael Mann
New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004
Read November/December 2004 review
Free World: America, Europe, and the Surprising Future of the West
Timothy Garton Ash
New York: Random House, 2004
Read November-December 2004 review.
February 21, 2005 in Reviews | Permalink | TrackBack
PLI's The Law Library, 2005 Is Just Around the Corner
Here's the schedule for PLI's "The Law Library, 2005"
San Francisco on March 2, 2005. The San Francisco event will be webcast.
New York on March 16, 2005.
Agenda for both events:
9:00 Introduction
9:05 Beyond the Books: The Expanding Roles of Librarians
11:00 Break
11:15 Managing the Virtual Law Library
12:20 Networking Lunch
1:30 Filtering and Packaging Information for the User.
2:35 Project Management.
3:40 Break
3:55 New Technologies and Privacy Law Implications
February 21, 2005 in Education & Professional Development | Permalink | TrackBack
On the Record, Off the Record, In the Blog
In this 10-minute web video of a discussion about whether bloggers do or should conform to journalistic standards, Berkman bloggers pose much more fundamental questions:
What is blogging?
Whare are the norms of blogger behavior?
In the background you may see a production crew filming the meeting for ABC's Nightline.
February 21, 2005 in New Publications | Permalink | TrackBack
February 20, 2005
Are Your Law School Facilities ADA Accessible?
Following a report that Northwestern Law School is Not Accessible to the Disabled, Brian Leiter, Joseph D. Jamail Centennial Chair in Law and Professor of Philosophy is soliciting comments on accessibility at other law school on the The Leiter Report.
Meanwhile I am soliciting comments on the viability of Professor Leiter running for President on an American Progressive Party ticket in 2008.
February 20, 2005 in Academic Law Libraries | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Fall Titles from West: Family Law
Cases and Problems on Domestic Relations, 7th Ed.
Homer H. Clark, Jr., University of Colorado,
Ann Laquer Estin, University of Iowa
February 20, 2005 in New Publications | Permalink | TrackBack
Send Your Clues to the Deep Throat Blog
The Deep Throat Blog "was created to help a group of amateur sleuths solve the greatest whodunit of American politics. Yes, we're trying to determine the identity of Deep Throat. The concept is simple - if you come across an article that provides a possible clue just post a message here with a brief description and instructions on how to access it."
February 20, 2005 in New Publications | Permalink | TrackBack
New Features Make Acrobat 7 Worth the Purchase Price
Acrobat 7 integrates a full RSS reader/aggregator that can automatically convert RSS/HTML to PDF -- I'm sold! But this is just one of many new features of Acrobate 7. Read a detailed (and certainly more useful) product review at LegalIT .
February 20, 2005 in Products & Services | Permalink | TrackBack
