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April 2024 New Books

In April 2024, the Law Library added the following new titles to the collection to support the research and curricular needs of our faculty and students.

BANKING AND FINANCE

1. Alfred M. Pollard and Raymond Natter, Banking Law in the United States (2022).

BIOGRAPHY

2. Allen Goodman, Everyone Against Us: Public Defenders and the Making of American Justice (2023).

3. Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., Henry Varnum Poor, Business Editor, Analyst, and Reformer (1956).

4. Judge Freddie Pitcher Jr., Breaking Barriers: A View from the Bench (2022).

5. Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. and Stephen Salsbury, Pierre S. Du Pont and the Making of the Modern Corporation (1971).

6. Louis Loss, Anecdotes of a Securities Lawyer (1995).

BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

7. Stefanie Mueller, The Corporation in the Nineteenth-Century American Imagination (2023).

8. John W. Cadman, The Corporation in New Jersey; Business and Politics, 1791-1875 (1949).

9. Travis Miller and Todd Cort, eds., The Sustainable Corporation: A Legal and Business Centric Approach to ESG (2023).

COMMERCIAL LAW

10. James T. O’Reilly and Edgar J. Asebey, Legal Guide to the Business of Marijuana: Cannabis, Hemp and CBD Regulation (2023).

CONTRACTS

11. Werner Sabo, Legal Guide to AIA Documents (2022).

12. Andrew Ness and John Foust, eds., Construction Arbitration: The Advocate’s Practical Guide (2023).

EDUCATION LAW

13. Andrew M. Markelz, et.al, The Essentials of Special Education Advocacy (2024).

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

14. Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law (2023).

ESTATES AND TRUSTS

15. Loius A. Mezzullo, An Estate Planner’s Guide to Qualified Retirement Plan Benefits (2023).

16. Gregory May, A Madman’s Will: John Randolph, 400 Slaves, and the Mirage of Freedom (2023).

FEMINIST JURISPRUDENCE

17. Dragica Vujadinovic, Antonio Alvarez de Cuvillo, Susanne Strand, eds., Feminist Approaches to Law: Theoretical and Historical Insights (2023).

18. Ann Genovese, Feminist Jurisography: Law, History, Writing (2023).

IMMIGRATION LAW

19. Victoria Guillen-Nieto, Antonio Doval Pais and Dieter Stein, eds., From Fear to Hate: Legal-Linguistic Perspectives on Migration (2023).

INDIAN AND ABORIGINAL LAW

20. M.Todd Henderson, Native Americans and the Supreme Court (2022).

21. Robert J. Miller and Robbie Ethridge, A Promise Kept: The Muscogee (Creek) Nation and McGirt v. Oklahoma (2023).

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

22. Michael C. Donaldson, Lisa A. Callif, and Christopher L. Perez, Clearance & Copyright: Everything You Need to Know for Film, Television, and Other Creative Content (2023).

LEGAL ANALYSIS AND WRITING

23. Sonya G. Bonneau and Susan A. McMahon, Legal Writing in Context (2024).

24. Diana J. Simon and Mark Cooney, The Case for Effective Legal Writing: Court Opinions, Commentary, and Exercises (2024).

LEGAL EDUCATION

25. Helen Gibbon, et.al, eds., Critical Legal Education as a Subversive Activity (2023).

26. Matthew Atkinson and Ben Livings, eds., Contemporary Challenges in Clinical Legal Education: Role, Function and Future Directions (2024).

27. Thomas Giddens and Luca Siliquini-Cinelli, eds., Biopolitics and Resistance in Legal Education (2023).

LEGAL PROFESSION

28. Grover E. Cleveland, Swimming Lessons for Baby Sharks: The Essential Guide to Thriving as a New Lawyer (2022).

29. Allison C. Johs and Daniel J. Siegel, How to do More in Less Time: The Complete Guide to Increasing Your Productivity and Improving Your Bottom Line (2023).

MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE

30. Anne S. Zimmerman, Medicine, Power, and the Law: Exploring a Pipeline to Injustice (2022).

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

31. Thomas L. Dybdahl, When Innocence is not Enough: Hidden Evidence and the Failed Promise of the Brady Rule (2023).

RACE AND ETHNICITY

32. Wanda Little Fenimore, The Rhetorical Road to Brown v. Board of Education: Elizabeth and Waties Waring’s Campaign (2023).

33. Foluke Adebisi, Decolonisation and Legal Knowledge: Reflections on Power and Possibility (2023).

RELIGION

34. SpearIt, Muslim Prisoner Litigation: An Unsung American Tradition (2023).

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

35. Tsachi Keren-Paz, Egalitarian Digital Privacy: Image-Based Abuse and Beyond (2023).

36. Gaia Bernstein, Unwired: Gaining Control Over Addictive Technologies (2023).

37. Maurizio Borghi and Roger Brownsword, eds., Law, Regulation and Governance in the Information Society: Informational Rights and Informational Wrongs (2023).

38. Lawrence M. Friedman, Law, Science, and Technology: Historical and Social Context (2023).

39. Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., Inventing the Electronic Century: The Epic Story of the Consumer Electronics and Computer Industries (2021).

SEX CRIMES

40. Cheryl Taylor Page and Bill Piatt, Human Trafficking (2023).

STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAW

41. Ashley Wiltshire, Everyday Justice: A Legal Aid Story (2023).

42. E. Merrick Dodd, American Business Corporations Until 1860, with Special Reference to Massachusetts (1954).

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

43. David A. Frank and Francis J. Mootz III, eds., The Rhetoric of Judging Well: The Conflicted Legacy of Justice Anthony M. Kennedy (2023).

44. Cedric Merlin Powell, Post-Racial Constitutionalism and the Roberts Court: Rhetorical Neutrality and the Perpetuation of Inequality (2023).

45. Cliff Sloan, The Court at War: FDR, His Justices, and the World They Made (2023).

TORTS

46. Lawrence M. Friedman and Joanna L. Grossman, The Walled Garden: Law and Privacy in Modern Society (2022).

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.

December 2022 New Books

In December 2022, the Law Library added the following new titles to the collection to support the research and curricular needs of our faculty and students.

BIOGRAPHY

1. Laura Coates, Just Pursuit: A Black Prosecutor’s Fight for Fairness (2022).

BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

2. Felix Lessambo, U.S. Mergers and Acquisitions: Legal and Financial Aspects (2021).

ENERGY AND UTILITIES LAW

3. Malik Dahlan, Rosa Lastra, and Gustavo Rochette, eds., Research Handbook on Energy, Law and Ethics (2022).

LEGAL EDUCATION

4. Paul Baumgardner, Critical Legal Studies and the Campaign for American Law Schools: A Revolution to Break the Liberal Consensus (2021).

MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE

5. Brian Dean Abramson with Dorit Reiss, Peter O. Safir, and John R. Thomas, Vaccine, Vaccination, and Immunization Law (2021).

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

6. Joan M. Rocklin, Robert B. Rocklin, Christine Coughlin, and Sandy Patrick, An Advocate Persuades (2022).

PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

7. H.Lowell Brown, Prosecution of the President of the United States: The Constitution, Executive Power, and the Rule of Law (2022).

PROFESSIONAL ETHICS

8. Michael Huemer, Justice Before the Law (2021).

SEX CRIMES

9. Joseph Bristow, Oscar Wilde on Trial: The Criminal Proceedings, from Arrest to Imprisonment (2022).

Offering Support to the Black Lives Matter Movement

protest booklist — Illustration by Jane Mount

These are times of tremendous change and stress for Americans. We are experiencing a pandemic that has crippled our economy as well as being in the midst of social unrest.

The Texas Tech University School of Law Library echos recent statements from the American Library Association:

Diversity is one of ALA’s key commitments and guiding principles. For this reason, the Executive Board calls on library and information services leaders, staff, and advocates of all races and backgrounds to abolish racism against Black people and against all People of Color and to see to it that it has no place in our institutions, our policies, our practices, or our behaviors.

There are many places to contribute, provide help to protesters, and support the Black Lives Matter movement. Here are a few blogs that point to some places where you can help both locally and nationally.

One way to help support is by donating to bail funds. Here are some sites that suggest organizations that accept donations:

•ACLU Texas – Protests and Police: Community Resources in Texas

•List of Bail Funds for Protestors across the Country

•Bail Relief Resources for Protestors

Here are some blogs with additional suggestions on how to support protesters and to help protesters to know and understand their rights.

•How to Support the Struggle Against Police Brutality

•How to Find a Pro Bono Lawyer If You’re Arrested During a Protest

•Here’s Where You Can Donate to Help Protests Against Police Brutality

•ACLU – Know Your Rights – Protester’s Rights

•Legal Observer Program on the national NLG’s website (a legal observer is someone who is observing and noting what is happening to document violence they see and if possible prevent violence by their presence)

•Law for Black Lives (provides opportunities for legal professionals to volunteer their services)

•How to Reduce Police Violence with 6 Proven Methods

Even if you are unable to donate time or money, you can still be an advocate by learning more about the Black Lives Matter movement, racism, and about the African-American experience. These lists provide a variety of ways to explore, learn, and educate yourself.

These sites offer a variety of books and multimedia to help you understand what is happening and why.

•An Essential Anti-Racist Reading List

•Black Lives Matter: Recommended Reading

•Black Lives Matter A Book List

•Listopia: Black Lives Matter Book Lists

•Racial Justice Resources

•A Timeline of Events that Led to the 2020 “Fed Up”-rising

•Trevor Noah video about the protests

•Hasan Minhaj, host of The Patriot Act, put out this video about George Floyd

Some of the books in these lists may be available through our Law Library, the main university library, or through our InterLibrary Loan services.

If you would like assistance finding any of these titles, please contact the circulation desk at either 806-742-3957 or circulation.law@ttu.edu.

3rd Annual National Library Week Trivia Night Sign-Ups Now Open

Sign-ups are now open for the Law Library’s 3^rd Annual National Library Week Trivia Night. Trivia Night will be held on Monday, April 9^th in the law school forum. Doors open at 5:00pm; trivia begins at 5:30pm and goes until approximately 7:00pm. Great prizes will be given to the first, second, and third place teams, and there will be door prize drawings throughout the event. First prize is a $25 Alamo Drafthouse gift card for each team member! Please note: this is general trivia, not law-related trivia.

Get five of your closest (or smartest) friends to join your team of six! All registered team members will get free pizza and beer (or bottled water). Students–the past two years, the first, second, and third place teams were comprised of teams with a diversity of ages, so I highly recommend asking your favorite law school faculty and staff members to join you for this night of frivolity.

To sign up, pick up a sign-in sheet at the Circulation Desk, fill out your roster, and then turn it back into the Circ Desk or email it to Prof. Drake at alyson.drake@ttu.edu. If you don’t have a team, but want to play, contact Prof. Drake and we will do our best to get you on a team that’s not completely full. If you can’t find six players, that’s okay; turn in your team sign-up sheet and we will do our best to find you a few extra players from our free agents.

We only have room for 20 teams of 6 in the forum, so get your team together and sign up ASAP! Hope to see many of you there.

Last year’s co-champions and third place teams:

CQ Magazine: What is it?

This is the first in a four part series blog post spotlighting Congressional Quarterly Magazine.

The CQ Magazine reports on the world’s most powerful legislative body completely and accurately every week. Readers get an in-depth report on issues looming on the congressional horizon, plus a complete wrap up of the previous week’s news, including the status of bills in play, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, committee and flood activity, debates, and all roll-call votes.

Below is a view of the home page.

Additionally, CQ Magazine is written in plain-English prose that makes it easy for people “outside the beltway” to understand just as well as any Washington insider. CQ Magazine covers the issues, makes them simple to understand, and does so in a manner that is even-handed and accurate.

Below is a view one of the articles that is available online on the CQ Magazine.

On the right side of the navigation screen, you can view several search tools to assist you. Also, you can click on the Advanced Search feature to further search and narrow your results.

Below is a view of the advanced search tool.

Additionally, you can make a profile on the CQ Magazine website. You can view your profile, select favorite documents, saved searches, and document history. Those options are located on the top left side of the home page.

Below is a view of the options you have when you make a profile on the website.

Access to the CQ Magazine database is available through the Texas Tech Law Library website under the Electronic Databases tab.