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. On the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) by Richard Bilder, University of Wisconsin Law School A New Federalism for Indian Tribes: The Relationship Between the United States and Tribes in Light of our Federalism and …
Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. The Incoherent Justification for Naked Restraints of Competition: What the Dental Self-Regulation Cases Tell Us About the Cavities in Antitrust Law by Peter Carstensen Flipping the Script on Brady by Ion Meyn Mixing Legal Systems in the British …
Many databases and professional networking sites feature author profiles that compile an author’s scholarship and provide impact metrics such as citations, downloads, views, etc. Among other things, these profiles can help authors engage with other scholars, identify new and seminal works, and enhance the visibility of and citations to their own scholarship. Some of these …
Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. The Giant Shadow of Corporate Gadflies by Yaron Nili, University of Wisconsin Law School and Kobi Kastiel, Tel Aviv University – Buchmann Faculty of Law, Harvard Law School, Program on Corporate Governance China’s Economic Transition …
HeinOnline recently announced that it has integrated its author profiles with ORCID enabling authors of legal publications to connect their ORCID iD with their Hein author profile. If you’re following the news on US News & World Report’s new law school scholarly impact ranking, this is potentially a pretty big deal. So what’s ORCID? ORCID provides …
Fastcase has announced the relaunch of Law Street Media, a legal news service that publishes emerging legal news by industry and enables readers to track litigation, companies, and firms within industry sectors. From the press release via Dewey B Strategic: Furthering Fastcase’s mission to democratize the law, Law Street Media provides legal news content for …
Meet Nina Varsava, new Assistant Professor at UW Law School. Nina was recently profiled in the campus newsletter Inside UW. I work largely at the intersection of law and applied ethics. I’m interested, for example, in revealing and remedying injustices in human subjects research, and in the delivery of health care and legal services. Also, …
Here is the latest faculty scholarship appearing in the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. Food Sustainability in the Age of Complex, Global Supply Chains by Steph Tai, University of Wisconsin Law School Globalization, Lawyers, and Emerging Economies: The Rise, Transformation, and Significance of the New Corporate Legal Ecosystem in …
On the topic of assessing law journal publication offers — There is a very interesting article recently available on SSRN that examines the relationship between a school’s prestige and the citation impact factor of its flagship journals. To investigate whether ranking translates into impact, the authors analyze historical data from American law journal’s impact-factor (using Washington & Lee’s rankings) and the US …
Carol Hassler of Wisconsin State Law Library has put together a very helpful guide on finding older legal materials in the latest edition of InsideTrack. She provides tips on locating archived: Laws & Regulations Agency Opinions Court Opinions Court Rules Archived Websites Book Editions