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Law and the 1960s

JSTOR HeinOnline & ILP Retrospective Books Legislation/Legislative History More Recent and Current Sources and Events This semester, CWRU Law School is offering a seminar on Law and the ’60s. Students are to write papers that likely will be more interdisciplinary than some law school research papers. Most law-student notes focus on current legal topics; offer …Read the Rest

Fair Use: Quick Guide

Statutes Cases Legal Treatises Legal Journals Other (Secondary) Sources Citators Other, Scholarly Books Effective legal research takes into consideration the amount of time and money you expend, as well as your access to research resources. While CORE II students certainly may lack time and cannot pay for their CORE research, they do have educational use …Read the Rest

Hate Crimes

Selected Resources Selected Books Selected, Recent Articles On Feb. 8, 2013, Judge Dan Aaron Polster sentenced Samuel Mullet to fifteen years in prison for orchestrating a series of beard- and haircutting incidents among members of his Amish sect in Bergholz, Ohio. Mullet took responsibility for the crimes, and he could have received a sentence of …Read the Rest

Federal Tax Research

Federal income tax law is based on statutes and administrative regulations. This means that the answer to a tax question will likely include section(s) of the Internal Revenue Code and the Code of Federal Regulations. In addition to code section(s), your answer may involve finding cases, administrative decisions, and administrative pronouncements. The library has just posted a …Read the Rest

Federal Holidays

The 2013 Federal Holidays are set out on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Operating Status & Schedules page. These days are established by 5 U.S.C. 6103. The designation of a day as a “Federal Holiday” only establishes rights for federal employees. Executive Order: No. 11582 (Feb 11, 1971), 36 F.R. 2957, (Feb. 13, …Read the Rest

Hurricane Sandy News

The unprecedented multi-state swath of devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Sandy will take months to assess and recover. For those looking for immediate information about the local, regional and, national implications of the storm there are blogs, newspaper websites, television news broadcasts, and government websites for updates online. Here are a few highly …Read the Rest