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To the librarians
Sergio just posted a review of a new book, Teaching of Intellectual Property – Principles and Methods, that sounds great and we’ll order it post-haste. However, since today is the first day of summer,...
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New book by Harvard Law Library’s director – Born Digital: Understanding the...
I have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives, by Harvard’s John Palfrey and Urs Gasser. It just arrived yesterday and it is...
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Government Data Mining
“Government Data Mining“ MCGRAW-HILL HANDBOOK OF HOMELAND SECURITY, 2008 FRED H. CATE, Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington NEWTON MINOW Government data mining is widespread and expanding. A...
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Four scholars look at Google
Today’s Financial Times includes a review essay by James Harkin, “Net prophets – Incorporated just 10 years ago, Google predicts and shapes our view of the world.” The essay is a review of these three...
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A Brief History of Opinion Writing (the book)
There’s a new book that all law clerks and law clerk wannabees might want to read. It is: Opinion Writing, 2d edition by Judge Ruggero J. Aldisert. Ordering information can be found here. West...
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Book Review: Revue Bibliographique – Le Blog Droit Administratif
The Droit Adminsitratif blog publishes every two month a very handy compilation of new French language titles called “Revue bibliographique.” The revue includes cover images, summaries, and table of...
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Legal Research Methods in a Modern World: A Coursebook
Together with my Stanford Law School colleague George D. Wilson and our friend and Danish legal scholar Henrik Spang-Hanssen, we have just published the third edition of our legal research book, a...
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Becoming the “compleat lawyer” the Aldisert way
From time to time I will get a call or e-mail from a proud parent whose son or daughter has been admitted to Stanford Law School. The parent wants my advice on a book for their accomplished child to...
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Writing a winning brief, in three easy steps
The best way to become a good writer is to read a lot of good writing. And to me there’s no better legal writing than that of Judge Ruggero Aldisert. Judge Aldisert just published the third edition of...
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The superhero approach to legal research
We haven’t asked our students to buy a textbook in advanced legal research for a long time. The existing books are just too darn expensive. But a new book crossed my desk today that looks...
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