Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
A recent blog entry from the Law Librarians of Congress has detailed some news ways that the US Code can be searched, viewed and downloaded from the Office of Law Revision Council website. Users can now download section of the code or the entire code in four different formats: XML, XHTML, PCC or PDF. You …
Badgerlink, a unique Wisconsin resource that provides residents with access to music, scholarly works, newspapers, magazines and much more has recently been redesigned. The sight is much more user-friendly, with resource icons, friendlier colors and an intuitive set-up that makes it easy to find what you are looking for. Badgerlink is available for free to …
Hein Online has announced a new way for patrons to use their mobile devices to view and share pdfs. Documents on Hein now include a QR code that link straight to that document, and shows up in your tablet’s internet browser. I tested this out by searching for a Wisconsin Law Review article from 2013 …
A little noticed part of the WI Budget Act (Act 20) requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to certify the online version of the Wisconsin Statutes. The online statutes will be considered prima facie evidence of the law–the legal equivalent of the printed statutes. 2013 WI Act 20, section 575L states: 35.18 (2) (b) of the …
In response to blizzard warnings for Madison and Dane County, Chancellor Biddy Martin has canceled classes and events for Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 for the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The Law Library is closing at 9 pm tonight (Tuesday) and will not be open tomorrow (Wednesday).
From WisBar Inside Track: The 2009-10 Wisconsin Statutes and Annotations are available in hardcover and softcover versions. The hardcover book costs $72 plus $7 for shipping; the softcover book costs $58 plus $6 for shipping. Please add applicable tax. Unless exempt by law, all sales are subject to 5 percent state sales tax and, where …
The Wisconsin Digital Archives is a collection of state publications in PDF format from about 2000 to the present. The documents made available through the Wisconsin Document Depository Program whose purpose is to preserve and make available a record of major state government program and to assure the availability of state publications for use by …
The Wisconsin Digital Archives is a collection of state publications in PDF format from about 2000 to the present. The documents made available through the Wisconsin Document Depository Program whose purpose is to preserve and make available a record of major state government program and to assure the availability of state publications for use by …
This morning, Wisconsin Supreme Court voted 7-0 to keep Wisconsin’s diploma privilege in tact. The justices rejected a proposal from a group of lawyers who wanted to end the practice. Read more at the JS Online blog, Proof and Hearsay, and the Marquette Law School faculty blog.
Here is the latest faculty scholarship from the UW Law School Legal Studies Research Paper Series via SSRN. Historic, Comparative and Evolutionary Analysis of Tax Systems by Allison Christians, University of Wisconsin Law School The Law of Global Space: Rethinking the Legalization of World Politics by David M. Trubek, University of Wisconsin Law School and …