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Balkinization

By Yale Law School Professor Jack M. Balkin.

http://balkin.blogspot.com/

May 23
Obama's National Security Speech--Eloquence, Yes; Change, Less Certain

Obama's National Security Speech--Eloquence, Yes; Change, Less Certain

President Obama's speech today at the National Defense University represents a renewed effort to frame U.S. national security policy and to impose a sense of order and coherence amid mounting criticism of drone killings and Guantanamo.…
May 23
More on compromise

More on compromise

Two friends made important points about m previous post. Dennis Thompson, co-author of The Spirit of Compromise, notes that the term "rotten compromise," used by the Israeli philosopher Avashi Margalit in hid book On Compromise and…
May 22
How (and why) rotten compromises are made (and justified?)

How (and why) rotten compromises are made (and justified?)

The Times reported earlier today on the truly disgraceful decision of Senate Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee to capitulate to Republican homophobia by withdrawing an amendment by Senator Leahy that would have allowed, in the…

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Yale Law Library - Foreign and…

Yale Law Library - Foreign and International Blog

Covers international law, agreements and legal research resources.

http://blogs.law.yale.edu/blogs/foreign/default.aspx

May 3
Is the united Nations Getting Away with Murder?

Is the united Nations Getting Away with Murder?

The search for accountability for the genocide of the Bosnian Muslims in July 1995 has gone beyond the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. In 2007 Bosnia and Herzegovina brought a case to the…
Apr 19
Resources on Corporate Liability and Human Right

Resources on Corporate Liability and Human Right

This year’s Bernstein Symposium, Beyond Kiobel: Human Rights and Corporate Liability in the 21st Century, held last week, explored how the legal framework of international human rights law has evolved to make possible holding…
Apr 4
Comparing Human Rights System

Comparing Human Rights System

In addition to the United Nations' overarching human rights regime, Europe, Africa, and the Americas each have regional human rights systems. They share similarities and also have significant differences and histories. Below is a…

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Written Description

Reviews recent scholarship in patent law, intellectual property theory, and innovation. By Christopher Suarez, Sarah Tran, and Tan Mau Wu.

http://writtendescription.blogspot.com/

May 21
Abbott: Incentivizing Production of Drug Safety Information

Abbott: Incentivizing Production of Drug Safety Information

Information about drug safety and efficacy is a public good, and it will thus be undersupplied absent government incentives to close the gap between the cost of producing this information and the private benefit that can be appropriated. Many…
May 15
Are R&D tax credits the software patent solution?

Are R&D tax credits the software patent solution?

The Federal Circuit's fractured en banc decision in CLS Bank v. Alice probably pleased only those patent litigators who might benefit from the resulting uncertainty. The case could have provided clear guidance on the "abstract ideas"…
May 9
Crews: The Overreaching of Museums Art Image Copyright Policie

Crews: The Overreaching of Museums Art Image Copyright Policie

Do copyright and contract licensing policies adopted by art museums to restrict access to reproduced images of original artwork constitute overreaching? In his article, Museum Policies and Art Images: Conflicting Objectives and Copyright…

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Yale Law Library - News and Events

Covers library acquisitions, book talks, and administrative news.

http://blogs.law.yale.edu/blogs/librarynews/default.aspx

Apr 23
Reference desk closing early Tuesday 4/23/2013

Reference desk closing early Tuesday 4/23/2013

Apologies for the inconvenience, but the reference desk will be closing early today, Tuesday 4/23/2013 and no reference services will be available.Remember you can always set up an appointment to meet with a reference librarian…
Apr 22
Book Talk - The Death of Corporate Reputation: How Integrity Has Been Destroyed on Wall Street

Book Talk - The Death of Corporate Reputation: How Integrity Has Been Destroyed on Wall Street

Event location: Yale Book Store Event time: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - 6:00pm - 7:00pm Meet the…
Apr 18
Faculty Publications - The Regulator Effect in Financial Regulation

Faculty Publications - The Regulator Effect in Financial Regulation

In his recent article in the Cornell Law Review Professor Jonathan Macey examines the process of "regulation by assimilation", arguing that assimilation is common in the financial world and has negative, unanticipated…

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Yale Law Library - Rare Books Blog

Covers historical and rare law books.

http://blogs.law.yale.edu/blogs/rarebooks/default.aspx

Apr 26
Rare books and manuscripts join the eYLS Repository!

Rare books and manuscripts join the eYLS Repository!

The Rare Book Collection is excited to announce that it now has its own section in the Lillian Goldman Law Library's eYLS Repository. Titled Yale Law Special Collections, it contains digitized rare books and manuscripts from the Rare Book…
Apr 4
Exhibit talk at the Litchfield Historical Society

Exhibit talk at the Litchfield Historical Society

Michael von der Linn, lead curator of our current exhibit, "From Litchfield to Yale: Law Schools in Connecticut, 1782–1843," will be speaking about the exhibit on April 19 at the Litchfield Historical Society in Litchfield, Connecticut.…
Apr 4
Exhibit talk now online: "Law Schools in Connecticut, 1782-1843"

Exhibit talk now online: "Law Schools in Connecticut, 1782-1843"

Michael von der Linn's March 27 talk, "From Litchfield to Yale: Footnotes to the Exhibit," is now available online in the Lillian Goldman Law Library's Vimeo channel. Von der Linn, Manager of the Antiquarian Book Department at The Lawbook…

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Foreign Collection Development…

Foreign Collection Development Blog (FCIL-SIS)

Discusses new titles and current issues in collection development for law librarians who collect foreign and international law at their institutions.

http://foreignlawcollections.blogspot.com/

Nov 28
Google Scholar Citations Open To All - Google Scholar Blog

Google Scholar Citations Open To All - Google Scholar Blog

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May 5
The Role of Information Specialists in the Aftermath of Military Conflict

The Role of Information Specialists in the Aftermath of Military Conflict

This week, the New York Times reported the death of Ernesto Sábato, renowned novelist and head of the commission that investigated the crimes committed by Argentina's military dictatorship during the "Dirty War" from 1976 to 1983. Ernesto…
Sep 22
Autumn...and International Law...in New York (City) with apologies to Vernon Duke and Jo Stafford

Autumn...and International Law...in New York (City) with apologies to Vernon Duke and Jo Stafford

Weather-wise, October is a great time to visit New York City, and you beat the crowded November and December holiday season.If your plans are bringing you here October 21-23 this year, anchor your vacation with a little continuing…

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Jason the Content Librarian

Covers technology, libraries, and the Internet. By Jason Eiseman.

http://www.jasoneiseman.com/blog

Feb 23
E-Book Lending Program from Internet Archive & Partner Librarie

E-Book Lending Program from Internet Archive & Partner Librarie

ReadWriteWeb is reporting that “Internet Archive Partners With 150 Libraries to Launch an E-Book Lending Program.”
Feb 17
Video: Watson and Law Librarian

Video: Watson and Law Librarian

Following up on my post yesterday, I have been thinking for awhile about adding more video to this blog. The problem is getting the motivation during busy work times to create the content can be difficult. However, I think I’ve come up with…
Feb 16
I, for one, welcome our new robot overlord

I, for one, welcome our new robot overlord

Everyone is busy imagining why the IBM computer Watson is so important to their own industry. Robert C. Weber writes in the National Law Journal about how great it will be when computers like Watson can perform legal research on their own.

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Yale Law Library - Reference Blog

http://blogs.law.yale.edu/blogs/reference/default.aspx

Dec 10
The Two Faces of American Freedom

The Two Faces of American Freedom

There is a new video available at the law library, a discussion with Aziz Rana '06 on his new book, " The Two Faces of American Freedom," with commentary by Professor Bruce Ackerman. The video is available here, and the book is available at…
Dec 8
US Code adds a new Title!!!

US Code adds a new Title!!!

Coming soon: Title 51 Space Law! More here.
Nov 30
Yale Finding Aids now in Connecticut Archives Online

Yale Finding Aids now in Connecticut Archives Online

Finding aids from Yale's special collections repositories are now discoverable through Connecticut Archives Online (CAO, ). CAO is a union index of finding aids from repositories across Connecticut, developed and hosted by Western…

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The Yale Law Journal Online

From Yale Law School.

http://www.yalelawjournal.org/the-yale-law-journal-pocket-part/

Nov 11
Lawrence Meets Libel: Squaring Constitutional Norms with Sexual-Orientation Defamation

Lawrence Meets Libel: Squaring Constitutional Norms with Sexual-Orientation Defamation

Introduction Yonaty v. Mincolla1 may have been the most anachronistic judicial ruling of 2011.
Oct 16
Losers’ Rule

Losers’ Rule

Introduction Each year, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts holds an extraordinary panel. All active judges are present to answer questions from the bar. A lawyer’s question one year was particularly…
Oct 1
How (Not) To Bring an Affirmative-Action Challenge

How (Not) To Bring an Affirmative-Action Challenge

A little-known fact about the biggest Supreme Court case of the Term is that it is botched beyond repair. This Essay describes a series of grave defects in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, the potentially momentous affirmative-action…

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