Legal Reference Services Quarterly最新文献

{"title":"Librarians Before Congress: Advocacy and Identity","authors":"G. Fowke","doi":"10.1080/0270319X.2018.1580101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0270319X.2018.1580101","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article explores the connection between congressional testimony and political identity for libraries. Library testimony highlights the ways in which libraries are hybrid, public/private institutions. Thus in some areas (such as library funding or intellectual property), libraries are like private associations: They testify to protect interests that are library specific. In other areas (such as government information), libraries are more like governmental agencies: They testify as a partner and stakeholder in specific government programs, policies, and benefits. And in yet other areas (such as privacy), libraries are more like issue-oriented advocacy groups: They testify to engage their peers and patrons while organizing these constituencies to effectively advocate for public goods.","PeriodicalId":39856,"journal":{"name":"Legal Reference Services Quarterly","volume":"37 1","pages":"236 - 256"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/0270319X.2018.1580101","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48140513","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The 25th Amendment: A Selective Annotated Bibliography","authors":"C. Anglim","doi":"10.1080/0270319X.2018.1587941","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0270319X.2018.1587941","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This selective bibliography is intended to assist legal researchers in researching the 25th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.1 In addition to Article II, Clause 6, and the Presidential Succession Act of 1947,2 the 25th Amendment is part of the fundamental law governing presidential succession in the United States. This bibliography compiles books, book chapters, and law review articles to facilitate legal research in this area.3 When ratified in 1967, the 25th Amendment culminated nearly 175 years of Congressional effort to resolve Constitutional vagueness on certain procedure involving the temporary or permanent incapacitation of the president. While the 25th amendment did not fundamentally change the constitutional procedure of presidential succession, it did significantly clarify areas of uncertainty with the purpose of complying with the apparent intentions of the Framers of the Constitution on presidential succession.4 Since Donald Trump became president in January 2017, there has been an ongoing public debate over his provocative rhetoric and actions, and his reportedly dysfunctional presidency. In 2017, for example, questions arose about his emotional stability when he apparently tweeted threatening language involving nuclear weapons in response to statements made by Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea.5 In addition, significant concerns arose after an anonymous letter to the editor appeared in the New York Times, allegedly sent by a high-ranking administration official, stating he or she was part part of the “resistance” within the White House, which was attempting to block some of President Trump’s allegedly more dangerous actions. The author reported that there was a group of similarly situated White House officials who believe that the president was unfit for office and that there was an effort to remove Trump under the Section 4 of the 25th Amendment.6 More recently, former FBI Director Andrew McCabe revealed that Justice Department officials had sought to discuss the possibility of invoking the 25th Amendment with cabinet officials. Because of the critical importance of the issues involved for the nation today, this article includes sources discussing when the 25th Amendment can be invoked and whether Donald Trump’s pattern of statements and behavior could give cause to invoke the 25th Amendment. As current events suggest, the issue of whether Trump should be removed under the 25th Amendment is likely to remain an issue of public concern for the foreseeable future.","PeriodicalId":39856,"journal":{"name":"Legal Reference Services Quarterly","volume":"37 1","pages":"159 - 203"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/0270319X.2018.1587941","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42788756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Congressional Research Service Products: Purpose and Legislative Histories","authors":"Charlie Amiot","doi":"10.1080/0270319X.2018.1552054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0270319X.2018.1552054","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Congressional Research Service (CRS) products, such as CRS Reports and Issue Briefs, are valuable reference tools that can assist reference professionals in providing service to a wide range of patrons and should not be overlooked. This article briefly explains how legislative reference bureaus came into existence and details the early legislative history of the formation of CRS, the federal legislative reference service. This article also explains what products CRS creates and for what purpose. Finally, this article provides a brief legislative history of modern congressional efforts to publicly disseminate CRS products, which includes summaries of public discourse on the subject.","PeriodicalId":39856,"journal":{"name":"Legal Reference Services Quarterly","volume":"37 1","pages":"273 - 308"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/0270319X.2018.1552054","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49515600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Emergency Preparedness in the Legal Librarian Community in the United States: Current Culture and the Need to Expand Collaboration","authors":"D. E. Lewis","doi":"10.1080/0270319X.2018.1574164","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0270319X.2018.1574164","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The frequency of natural disasters hitting populated areas is increasing, and due to society’s increased dependency on modern infrastructure, the impacts of disasters have also escalated. I interviewed librarians and law librarians who work or have worked in libraries that were impacted by natural disasters as well as experts in the disaster management field. From their comments and insights, shared in this article, it is clear that there are lessons that can be learned from the larger community in the area of disaster management in law libraries. The law librarian community needs to expand the scope of the national discussion to include disaster management. The key lessons obtained in these national forums, like those shared by the subject matter experts I interviewed, will enable law libraries to become a more resilient and an even more valuable asset to the communities we serve when a natural disaster strikes.","PeriodicalId":39856,"journal":{"name":"Legal Reference Services Quarterly","volume":"37 1","pages":"204 - 235"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/0270319X.2018.1574164","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42946986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Those Who Do, Teach: Preparing Law Librarianship Students for the Teaching of Legal Research","authors":"Michael Chiorazzi, A. Delgado","doi":"10.1080/0270319X.2018.1556970","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0270319X.2018.1556970","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article describes what we believe to be the first course to teach future law librarians how to best teach legal research. It was a process of trial and error and has evolved over the years. The article consists of a description of the evolution of the course from Professor Chiorazzi, followed by comments by Professor Delgado and the syllabus created by Delgado and Chiorazzi. The syllabus serves as a sort of annotated bibliography for those interested in the craft of teaching legal research.","PeriodicalId":39856,"journal":{"name":"Legal Reference Services Quarterly","volume":"37 1","pages":"134 - 158"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/0270319X.2018.1556970","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46862092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Felony Disenfranchisement: An Annotated Bibliography","authors":"Sarah Lewis","doi":"10.1080/0270319X.2018.1522916","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0270319X.2018.1522916","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This selective annotated bibliography is a guide to scholarly articles, books, and websites about felony disenfranchisement and published or updated between 1999 and 2018. Felony disenfranchisement affects more than 6 million Americans and disproportionately impacts African Americans. This annotated bibliography is intended to be used by scholars and practitioners to inform them about the origins and impact of felony disenfranchisement and to aid them in developing arguments against the practice.","PeriodicalId":39856,"journal":{"name":"Legal Reference Services Quarterly","volume":"37 1","pages":"122 - 133"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/0270319X.2018.1522916","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43522087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Playing to Their Passion: A Legal Research Course that Resonates with Law Students","authors":"Sue Zago","doi":"10.1080/0270319X.2018.1522898","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0270319X.2018.1522898","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The first year of law school is chock-full of new experiences. Students can become overwhelmed in the face of so much change that they forget why they chose law school as a career path. They often lose sight of their end goal and need a touchstone to ground them back to their initial interests. Legal Research is the ideal first-year class to connect the acquisition of legal skills with interesting topics in a way that encourages students’ engagement in their present and future learning. By adding a student-selected subject context to their class, Legal Research instructors can incorporate contextualized learning and active learning techniques that improve student engagement and student learning. This article discusses the transformation of a generic, required, first-year legal research course into one that divides into four small (18–20 students) classes, each with one of four topics: patent, trademark and copyright, traditional practice, and social justice. In addition, it envisions future innovations to improve student engagement and student learning.","PeriodicalId":39856,"journal":{"name":"Legal Reference Services Quarterly","volume":"37 1","pages":"75 - 96"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/0270319X.2018.1522898","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45269544","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Curricular Changes in Legal Research Instruction: An Empirical Study","authors":"Caroline L. Osborne, Stephanie C. Miller","doi":"10.1080/0270319X.2018.1522910","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0270319X.2018.1522910","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article examines components of curricular design of a legal research class as impacting student performance. Expertise of instructor and use of the inverted, or flipped, classroom are specifically explored. Eight years of exam performance on an oral legal research midterm is used to measure student performance and success of various components of curricular design.","PeriodicalId":39856,"journal":{"name":"Legal Reference Services Quarterly","volume":"37 1","pages":"121 - 97"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/0270319X.2018.1522910","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48512677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"From the Editor","authors":"Alex M. R. Zhang","doi":"10.1353/sys.2016.0000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/sys.2016.0000","url":null,"abstract":"Welcome to Legal Reference Services Quarterly. In this issue, we examine three key aspects of legal information and law library services. In A Body Without a Soul: Why Print Still Matters in Legal Research, Mari Cheney and H.J.E. Simmons offer a balanced and in-depth exploration of the significance and usefulness of using print materials in legal research education in the digital age. Critical legal information Literacy as well as epistemicide and epistemic injustice are two concepts that Nicholas Norton, a law librarian, introduced in his article Critical Collections: Bringing a Critical Eye to Law Library Collection Development. These concepts ought to be utilized by academic law libraries to evaluate information needs and build collections. It is crucial for the field of law librarianship to collaborate and partner internationally. Tian He, a law librarian, and Duncan Alford, a late law professor and librarian, discuss their experiences in developing the law library at Peking University School of Transnational Law in their article, Building a Western-Style Law Library in Shenzhen China: Peking University School of Transnational Law. Peking University School of Transnational Law is the only law school in the world that grants a dual degree in American common law (Juris Doctor) and in Chinese law (Juris Master). Last but not the least, Katharine Hanson elaborates on the benefits of slowing down utilizing Daniel Kahneman’s “System 1 and System 2” model in her article, Slow is Smooth, Smooth is Fast: How Slowing Down Can Make Us Better Researchers.","PeriodicalId":39856,"journal":{"name":"Legal Reference Services Quarterly","volume":"42 1","pages":"1 - 1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/sys.2016.0000","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41418068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Supreme Court Review (1960–2009): A Bibliometrical Study","authors":"J. Fishman","doi":"10.1080/0270319X.2018.1493804","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0270319X.2018.1493804","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Supreme Court Review is a faculty-edited legal periodical published by the University of Chicago Law School. This periodical is a highly read and cited law review in law, history, and political science. This article applies bibliometrics to a study of the 438 articles that are published in the periodical over a 50-year period. It is analysis of the number of articles by volume, pages, footnotes, authorship by sex, by individual, by institution, and most-cited articles.","PeriodicalId":39856,"journal":{"name":"Legal Reference Services Quarterly","volume":"37 1","pages":"1 - 10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/0270319X.2018.1493804","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49244977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}