Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. An Error and an Evil: The Strange History of Implied Commerce Powers by David S. Schwartz Understanding State Agency Independence: Appendices by Miriam Seifter, University of Wisconsin Law School This is a supplement to Professor Seifter’s article, Understanding State …
The FTC has put together a useful guide to stopping unwanted scam and robocalls. There are some tutorial videos and links to reputable call blocking apps. Hat tip to BeSpacific
Here in Wisconsin, we are fortunate to have our own non-partisan, state-wide public affairs cable network. WisconsinEye features coverage of the Wisconsin Legislature (floor sessions and committees), Governors’ addresses, Supreme Court oral arguments, as well as other programs of state interest such as panels, forums, town halls, and programs about state history. The WisconsinEye website offers both …
Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. Legal Realist Innovation in the Wisconsin Law School Curriculum 1950-1970: Four Influential Introductory Courses by William H. Clune Successor CEOs by Yaron Nili Feigned Consensus: Usurping the Law in Shaken Baby Syndrome/Abusive Head Trauma Prosecutions …
By Eric Taylor, Evening Reference Librarian For ages, people have been putting together books of lists. Librarians love to catalog books making lists. Merchant marines make manifests. In fact, there is probably a list for everything. In the present book, A Book of Legal Lists (1997), the author Bernard Schwartz tackles the law. Here there is a list for …
In a guest column in the Capital Times, the Center for Media and Democracy reports that the Wisconsin Legislature is considering merging the Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB) with the Legislative Council. Both are nonpartisan legislative agencies but they serve different functions. The LRB provides legal, research, and information services to the Wisconsin Legislature whereas the Legislative Council staff …
Google is working to make communicating easier for those with hearing difficulties, recently releasing two new apps, Live Transcribe and Sound Amplifier. Live Transcribe works as a “live” transcription tool. It uses cloud-based speech recognition to transcribe conversations in real time. This can help those with hearing difficulties to participate in conversations without a time …
Reports of fake news seem to be increasing every day. In her recent Practice Innovations article, UW Law Library Reference & Instructional Services Librarian Jenny Zook offers some helpful tips on spotting fake news. The list is based on the cleverly named CRAAP test (Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose) developed by a librarian in …
Due to the extreme cold conditions, UW–Madison is canceling classes and suspending non-essential operations beginning today Tuesday at 5 pm through Thursday at noon. The Law Library and other campus libraries are included in this closure. The Law School building will be locked during this time.
Five years ago, Europeans gained the right to ask search engines to block certain information about them. It was unclear, however, if this “right to be forgotten” extended to Internet searches made outside the European Union. It appears now not that it does not per an opinion issued by European Court of Justice advocate general …