Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Here is the latest faculty and staff scholarship from the UW Law School Legal Studies Research Paper Series via SSRN. Taxing with Purpose by Susannah Camic Tahk, University of Wisconsin Law School Heterogeneity, Legislative History, and the Cost of Litigation: A Brief Comment On Bruhl’s ‘Hierarchy and Heterogeneity’ by Anuj C. Desai, University of Wisconsin …
The Wisconsin Law Review has announced that its 2013 Symposium will be held on October 31, 2013 from 8 am – 6 pm at the Madison Concourse Hotel. This year’s topic is “Safety and Sustainability in an Era of Food Systems.” The symposium will draw together practitioners and scholars who are taking a broader systems-oriented …
Starting in November, the url THOMAS.gov will be redirected to Congress.gov. THOMAS.gov will remain accessible from the Congress.gov homepage through late 2014. If you are unfamiliar with Congress.gov and want to learn more, trainings are available Oct. 17 and Nov. 14. Complete this form to register. For more information about the transition, see In Custodia …
On Sept 26th, On This Day in Wisconsin History reported: On this date [in 1833], Indian tribes including the Ojibwe, Menominee, Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk, Ottawa, and Sauk ceded land to the government, including areas around Milwaukee, especially to the south and east of the city. The ceded land included much of what is today John Michael …
The 2013-2014 edition of the Wisconsin Blue Book is now available on the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau website. What is the Wisconsin Blue Book? The State of Wisconsin Blue Book remains the primary one-volume reference source about the state, documenting the organization of the state’s three branches of government (legislative, executive, and judicial). Typically, each …