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August 2021 New Resources

In August 2021, the Law Library added the following new resources to the collection to support the research and curricular needs of our faculty and students.

New Resources

HeinOnline’s Open Society Justice Initiative

HeinOnline has provided a new database, Open Society Justice Initiative. The Open Society Justice Initiative, part of the Open Society Foundations, was established in 2003 to provide expert legal support for Open Society’s broader mission and values through strategic human rights litigation and other legal work. The Justice Initiative publishes reports, handbooks, briefing papers, legal and policy submissions, and fact sheets exploring and advocating on issues of human rights and justice.

New Books

ADMIRALTY

Felicity G. Attard, The Duty of the Shipmaster to Render Assistance at Sea Under International Law (2020).

ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE LAW AND LEGISLATION

Woodrow Barfield, ed., The Cambridge Handbook of the Law of Algorithms (2021).

BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

Grant M. Hayden and Matthew T. Bodie, Reconstructing the Corporation: From Shareholder Primacy to Shared Governance (2020).

CONTRACTS

Edward Yorio and Steve Thel, Contract Enforcement: Specific Performance and Injunctions (2011).

CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE

Glen Sample Ely, Murder in Montague: Frontier Justice and Retribution in Texas (2020).

DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Mark A. Chinn, Forms, Checklists, and Procedures for the Family Lawyer (2021).

HEALTH LAW AND POLICY

W. Andrew H. Gantt III, ed., Healthcare Cybersecurity (2021).

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

Michelle M. Wu, Rebalancing Copyright: Considering Technology’s Impact on Libraries and the Public Interest (2021).

Theodore H. Davis, Jr., Jay Erstling, and Megan Miller, What is a Trademark (2021).

JUDGES

Mary Theresa Vasquez and Anthony Head, From the Texas Cotton Fields to the United States Tax Court: The Life Journey of Juan F. Vasquez (2021).

LEGAL EDUCATION

Melissa A. Wong, Instructional Design for LIS Professionals: A Guide for Teaching Librarians and Information Science Professionals (2019).

LEGAL RESEARCH AND LIBRARIES

Rebecca Tolley, A Trauma-Informed Approach to Library Services (2020).

MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE

Barak Cohen, ed., with Michael C. Bleicher, Cannabis Law: A Primer on Federal and State Law Regarding Marijuana, Hemp, and CBD (2021).

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Alan S. Gutterman, Business and Human Rights: Advising Clients on Respecting and Fulfilling Human Rights (2020).

Theda C. Snyder, Women Rainmakers’ Best Marketing Tips (2021).

Jennifer K. Robbennolt and Jean R. Sternlight, Psychology for Lawyers: Understanding the Human Factors in Negotiation, Litigation, and Decision Making (2021).

Nancy Harris Vaidik and Rebecca Diaz-Bonilla, Point Well Made: Persuasive Oral Advocacy (2021).

James H. Fierberg, A Civility-Based Model for New Lawyers: Understanding Your Moral Compass, Interpersonal Skills, and Ethical Inventory Before Practicing Law (2021).

SEXUAL ORIENTATION

Kevin Leo Yabut Nadal, Queering Law and Order: LGBTQ Communities and the Criminal Justice System (2020).

All resources are available from the Law Library. If you would like to check out any of these titles, please contact the circulation desk at either 806-742-3957 or circulation.law@ttu.edu.

All electronic databases are available through the Library’s webpage, http://www.depts.ttu.edu/law/lawlibrary/index.php.

Library staff will be able to assist in locating and checking out any of these items or helping you contact the Librarian on call for questions about electronic resources.

July 2021 New Resources

In July 2021, the Law Library added the following new resources to the collection to support the research and curricular needs of our faculty and students.

New Resources

Law.com – Law.com provides timely legal news and analysis to stories from American Lawyer Media’s national and regional publications including The Recorder, the American Lawyer and the National Law Journal. Links to these individual publications are in the pull-down menu in the top left corner of the Law.com site. To access this site, the user needs to use our proxied link in our Electronic Resources List.

New Books

BANKING AND FINANCE

1. Karol K. Sparks, The Keys to Banking Law: A Handbook for Lawyers (2020).

BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

2. American Bar Association American Bar Association, Antitrust Law Section, Joint Ventures: Antitrust Analysis of Collaborations Among Competitors (2020).

DOMESTIC RELATIONS

3. Rachel Rebouche, Feminist Judgments: Family Law Opinions Rewritten (2020).

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

4. H. Ward Classen, The Practical Guide to Software Licensing and Cloud Computing (2020).

LEGAL EDUCATION

5. Gilberto Q. Conchas and Nancy Acevedo, The Chicana/o/x Dream: Hope, Resistance, and Educational Success (2020).

6. Carolyn Caffrey Gardner, Elizabeth Galoozis, and Rebecca Halpern, eds., Hidden Architectures of Information Literacy Programs: Structures, Practices, and Contexts (2020).

LEGAL PROFESSION

7. Alex Davies, ed., Lawyer Health and Wellbeing: How the Legal Profession Is Tackling Stress and Creating Resiliency (2020).

MILITARY, WAR, AND PEACE

8. David A. Schlueter, Stephen A. Saltzburg, Lee D. Schinasi, and Edward J. Imwinkelried, Military Evidentiary Foundations (2021).

MOTOR VEHICLES

9. Zachary B. Pyers and Kenton H. Steele, eds., Ridesharing Law and Liability (2020).

NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

10. Jill R. Horwitz, Restatement of the Law, Charitable Nonprofit Organizations: As Adopted and Promulgated by the American Law Institute at Washington, D.C., May 17, 2016; May 22, 2017; and May 20, 2019 (2021).

All resources are available from the Law Library. If you would like to check out any of these titles, please contact the circulation desk at either 806-742-3957 or circulation.law@ttu.edu.

All electronic databases are available through the Library’s webpage, http://www.depts.ttu.edu/law/lawlibrary/index.php.

Library staff will be able to assist in locating and checking out any of these items or helping you contact the Librarian on call for questions about electronic resources.

June 2021 New Resources

In June 2021, the Law Library added the following new resources to the collection to support the research and curricular needs of our faculty and students.

HeinOnline’s Military and Government database

New Resources

Military and Government – HeinOnline’s Military and Government allows users to research the functions of the federal government in administering all six armed forces, as well as the issues confronting service personnel both on and off the battlefield. This new database includes topics such as women’s changing role in the military to the development of new weaponry to navigating benefits offered by the Department of Veterans Affairs after service.

New Books

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, GENERALLY

1. Paula A. Monopoli, Constitutional Orphan: Gender Equality and the Nineteenth Amendment (2020).

DISASTER LAW

2. Carol A. Fichtelman, Weather and Climate Law: A Legal Research Guide (2021).

DOMESTIC RELATIONS

3. Joel Fishman, Grandparents’ Visitation Rights: A Legal Research Guide (2021).

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

4. Paul Bolster, Saving the Georgia Coast: A Political History of the Coastal Marshlands Protection Act (2020).

FIRST AMENDMENT

5. Joseph Russomanno, ed., Speech Freedom on Campus: Past, Present, and Future (2021).

IMMIGRATION LAW

6. Adam B. Cox and Cristina M. Rodriguez, The President and Immigration Law (2020).

LEGAL EDUCATION

7. Beth McMurtrie and Beckie Supiano, The Future of Teaching: How the Classroom is Being Transformed (2021).

8. Ashley Krenelka Chase, ed., Millennial Leadership in Law Schools: Essays on Disruption, Innovation, and the Future (2021).

9. Pooja K. Agarwal and Patrice M. Bain, Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning (2019).

10. Malcolm S. Knowles, Elwood F. Holton III, Richard A. Swanson and Petra A. Robinson, The Adult Learner: The Definitive Classic in Adult Education and Human Resource Development (2020).

LEGAL PROFESSION

11. Robert A. Gottfried and Jessica Rudin MacGregor, Profile of Legal Malpractice Claims, 2016-2019 (2020).

12. Ulrike Schultz, Gisela Shaw, Margaret Thornton, and Rosemary Auchmuty, eds., Gender and Careers in the Legal Academy (2021).

13. Katrina Lee, The Legal Career: Knowing the Business, Thriving in Practice (2020).

LEGAL RESEARCH AND LIBRARIES

14. Gregory C. Thompson, Harish Maringanti, Rick Anderson, Catherine B. Soehner and Alberta Comer, Strategic Planning for Academic Libraries: A Step-by-Step Guide (2019).

LEGISLATION

15. Jonathan Lewallen, Committees and the Decline of Lawmaking in Congress (2020).

MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE

16. R. Annie Gough, Injury Illustrated: How Medical Images Win Legal Cases (2021).

17. Joel Michael Reynolds and Erik Parens, eds., For “All of Us”?: On the Weight of Genomic Knowledge (2020).

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

18. David L. Ginsberg and Robert A. Feisee, How Successful Law Firms Really Work (2020).

PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

19. Daniel P. Franklin, Stanley M. Caress, Robert M. Sanders, and Cole D. Taratoot, The Politics of Presidential Impeachment (2020).

SOCIAL WELFARE

20. Helen Hershkoff and Stephen Loffredo, Getting By: Economic Rights and Legal Protections for People with Low Income (2020).

TORTS

21. Douglas G. Smith, The Rising Behemoth: Multidistrict and Mass Tort Litigation in the United States (2020).

22. Mass Torts Committee and Courtney E. Ward-Reichard, ed., Mass Torts in the United States: Strategy & Practice (2021).

WATER LAW

23. James H. Davenport, Western Water Rights and the U.S. Supreme Court (2020).

All resources are available from the Law Library. If you would like to check out any of these titles, please contact the circulation desk at either 806-742-3957 or circulation.law@ttu.edu.

All electronic databases are available through the Library’s webpage, http://www.depts.ttu.edu/law/lawlibrary/index.php.

Library staff will be able to assist in locating and checking out any of these items or helping you contact the Librarian on call for questions about electronic resources.

Bar Prep Study Aids in the Law Library

If you are studying for the bar exam and need some additional study aids to help you prepare, then come by the law library! The law library has brand new study aids to help you. There are flash cards and Uniform Bar Exam books. Plus, we have a large collection of study aids to help with essays, practice questions, and how to study for the bar exam.

If you have any questions about which study aid is best for you, talk to our Circulation staff! They will be glad to help find the right book for you.

May 2021 New Books

In May 2021, the Law Library added the following new titles to the collection to support the research and curricular needs of our faculty and students.

ANIMAL LAW

1. Karen Bradshaw, Wildlife as Property Owners: A New Conception of Animal Rights (2020).

BANKING AND FINANCE

2. Daniel T. Stabile, Kimberly A. Prior, and Andrew M. Hinkes, Digital Assets and Blockchain Technology: US Law and Regulation (2020).

CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE

3. Joel Fishman, Grand Juries: A Legal Research Guide (2020).

ELECTIONS AND VOTING

4. Mark P. Jones, ed., Voting and Political Representation in America: Issues and Trends (2020).

ENERGY AND UTILITIES LAW

5. Sarah A.W. Fitts and Florence K.S. Davis, eds., Distributed Generation Law: A Guide to Regulations, Policies, and Programs (2020).

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

6. Sumudu A. Atapattu, Carmen G. Gonzalez, and Sara L. Seck, eds., The Cambridge Handbook of Environmental Justice and Sustainable Development (2021).

7. Michael Burger, ed., Combating Climate Change with Section 115 of the Clean Air Act: Law and Policy Rationales (2020).

8. Jonathan Rosenbloom, Remarkable Cities and the Fight Against Climate Change: 43 Recommendations to Reduce Greenhouse Gases and the Communities that Adopted Them (2020).

EVIDENCE

9. Paul W. Grimm, Charles S. Fax, and Paul Mark Sandler, Discovery Problems and Their Solutions (2020).

LAW AND SOCIETY

10. Jef Ausloos, The Right to Erasure in EU Data Protection Law: From Individual Rights to Effective Protection (2020).

LAW OF THE SEA

11. Oystein Jensen, ed., The Development of the Law of the Sea Convention: The Role of International Courts and Tribunals (2020).

12. Graeme Scott Baber, The Global Law of the Sea: Baselines and Boundary Delimitation (2020).

LEGAL ANALYSIS AND WRITING

13. Hon. Robert E. Bacharach, Legal Writing: A Judge’s Perspective on the Science and Rhetoric of the Written Word (2020).

LEGAL EDUCATION

14. Nicole P. Dyszlewski, Raquel J. Gabriel, Suzanne Harrington-Steppen, Anna Russell, and Genevieve B. Tung, eds., Integrating Doctrine and Diversity: Inclusion and Equity in the Law School Classroom (2021).

15. Primary Research Group, Survey of Law School Faculty & Staff: Evaluating Information Technology Needs & Resources (2020).

16. Primary Research Group, Survey of Law School Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic (2020).

LEGAL PROFESSION

17. American Bar Association, Standing Committee on Lawyers’ Professional Liability, Protecting Against Cyber Threats: A Lawyer’s Guide to Choosing a Cyber Liability Insurance Policy (2019).

PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

18. Gary Gerstle and Joel Isaac, eds., States of Exception in American History (2020).

PROFESSIONAL ETHICS

19. Joel Fishman, Judicial Ethics and Discipline: A Legal Research Guide (2020).

REPRODUCTION

20. N. E. H. Hull and Peter Charles Hoffer, Roe v. Wade: The Abortion Rights Controversy in American History (2021).

SEX CRIMES

21. Mary Welek Atwell, Sexual Harassment in the United States: Analyzing the Hostile Environment (2020).

WATER LAW

22. Maria E. Milanes, International Groundwater Law and the US-Mexico Border Region (2020).

All of these books are available from the Law Library. If you would like to check out any of these titles, please contact the circulation desk at either 806-742-3957 or circulation.law@ttu.edu. Library staff will be able to assist in locating and checking out any of these items.