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LLRX Book Review by Heather A. Phillips – Jerome Neus Sticks and Stones: The Philosophy of Insults
Heather A. Phillips’ reviews Jerome Neu’s exploration of the characteristics, purpose, intent and effects of insults.
LLRX Book Review by Heather A. Phillips – Nation of Secrets and Presidential Secrecy and the Law
Heather A. Phillips reviews two new books which present various perspectives on the expanding ramifications on our lives, and to our democracy, of government secrecy.
Librarians as Change Agents: How You Can Help Influence Public Policy in the 110th Congress
Mary Alice Baish, Associate Washington Affairs Representative, American Association of Law Libraries, discusses how the leadership changes in both the House and the Senate provide opportunities for national library associations and allied organizations to make inroads on issues important to our communities. She offers a view from inside the beltway on the profession’s legislative agenda.
Commentary: The Military Commissions Act and Habeas Corpus
Beth Wellington’s commentary examines the contentious issues related to the administration’s use of military commissions and the subsequent introduction of new legislation to “correct problems in the act” and “to restore fundamental protections.”
The Directorate of Legal Research at the Library of Congress: A Treasure Hidden Under a Bushel Basket
Michael Ravnitzky pulls back the curtain on a little known but extensive (his findings date back to 1915) and continuously updated source of topical comparative and international law reports, on subjects of public interest, produced each year by experts within the Library of Congress.
Features – Are Libraries Places to Learn or Engage in Illegality?
Are Libraries Places to Learn or Engage in Illegality?
By Raizel Liebler
Features – Commentary: A Librarian Blogger at the DNC
Commentary: A Librarian Blogger at the DNC
By Jessamyn West
Features – CyberAge Stalking
CyberAge Stalking
By Barbara Fullerton
Features – Guide to Indian Laws – Updated
Guide to Indian Laws – Updated
By V. Ramakrishnan
Features – Finding the Law: Islamic Law (Sharia)
Finding the Law: Islamic Law (Sharia)
By Andrew Grossman
Features – Guide to Indian Laws
Guide to Indian Laws
By V. Ramakrishnan
CongressLine – Cybersquatting – The Ins and Outs of Domain Dispute Resolution
Carol M. Morrissey has been a Legislative Specialist in Washington, D.C. for 14 years. She is a lawyer and legislative expert, and has authored a Congressional update column for LLRX.com since 1996.
Extras – The Brief Reporter
The Brief Reporter By Robyn Rebollo
Robyn Rebollo is the Law Librarian for McGuire, Woods, Battle and Boothe LLP in McLean, VA.
Features – Thinking About Linking, Part II: Can Law Accommodate the
Thinking About Linking Part II Can Law Accommodate the Power of the Internet to Share Information? By Bradley J. Hillis
Bradley J. Hillis is a member of the Washington state bar, and the author of “Internet Experiments in Electronic CourtFiling,” “Considerations When Placing Court Opinions on the Internet,” and “Legal Research on the Internet: A Simple, How To Guide.” He lives in Bellevue, Washington, and is a legal analyst for the Office of the Administrator for the Courts.
Features – Thinking About Linking, Part I: Can Law Accommodate the
Thinking About Linking Part I Can Law Accommodate the Power of the Internet to Share Information? By Bradley J. Hillis
Bradley J. Hillis is a member of the Washington state bar, and the author of “Internet Experiments in Electronic CourtFiling,” “Considerations When Placing Court Opinions on the Internet,” and “Legal Research on the Internet: A Simple, How To Guide.” He lives in Bellevue, Washington, and is a legal analyst for the Office of the Administrator for the Courts.
LLRX November 2023 Issue
Articles and Columns for November 2023 AI in Banking and Finance, November 30, 2023 – This semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government reports, industry white papers, academic papers and speeches on the subject of AI’s fast paced impact on the banking and finance sectors. The chronological links provided are to the primary …
Whistleblowers Are the Conscience of Society, Yet Suffer Gravely For Trying to Hold the Rich and Powerful Accountable For Their Sins
Lawyer, activist, author, and whistleblower Ashley Gjovik states: “I blew the whistle and was met with an experience so destructive that I did not have the words to describe what happened to me. I set out to learn if what happened to me is a known phenomenon and, if so, whether there are language and concepts to explain the experience. I found it is well studied. This article focuses on experiences like mine, where a still-employed whistleblower takes disclosures of systemic issues public due to inaction or cover-ups by the institution. This article does not intend to discount the other varieties of whistleblower experiences; instead, it seeks to explain, expose and validate the turmoil many whistleblowers in similar positions are often forced to endure alone.” Gjovik’s article is an extensively researched and documented history of major whistleblower cases in the United Stated, across sectors and decades.
Going Grey and Facing Age Discrimination: Moving Towards an International Treaty on the Rights of Older Persons
For more than two decades attorney Catherine Morris has conducted research, education, and advocacy in the field of international human rights. Her article illuminates an issue that impacts vast numbers of people regardless of nationality. Concerns for the well being of older persons are rarely framed as human rights issues entrenched in age discrimination. This may now be changing after the shocking revelations of maltreatment and excess deaths of older persons in Canadian care homes in 2020. In the United States, the CDC continues to report that 90% percentage of COVID-19 deaths compromise those 65 and older. In both Canada and the U.S. the epicenter of the mortality burden of Covid is among those referred to as “elderly.” Morris states the abuses exposed in 2020 were predictable consequences of Canada’s longstanding neglect of older persons’ fundamental rights. Decades of efforts by Canadian civil society organizations (CSOs) along with international CSOs, and UN human rights bodies may now be gaining traction in a drive for a United Nations (UN) treaty to spell out and guarantee the fundamental human rights of older persons around the world. But efforts may continue to stall until leaders in Canada and other countries come to grips with the root cause of the abuses – endemic ageism.