Wednesday, March 28, 2012

New Law Books at Cornell

The latest list of New Books for February 16-29 is available on the Law Library web site.  Click here to view the entire list.  It includes all new books at the Law Library as well as law-related books at other libraries on campus.  Here are a few titles of interest:

 

Navigating legal issues around the Marcellus Shale: an immediate look at the benefits and consequences of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling / [Joseph F. Speelman ... et al.]. -- [Boston, Mass.] : Aspatore Books, c2011.

Special Reserve KF1870 .N384 2011 -- Law Library (Myron Taylor Hall)

 

International law and domestic legal systems: incorporation, transformation, and persuasion / edited by Dinah Shelton. -- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011

K302 .I58x 2011 -- Law Library (Myron Taylor Hall)

 

Corporate governance and directors' independence / Yuan Zhao. -- Alphen aan den Rijn : Kluwer Law International ; Frederick, 2011.

K1328 .Z48x 2011 -- Law Library (Myron Taylor Hall)

 

Ethics of plea bargaining / Richard L. Lippke. -- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

K5458 .L57 2011 -- Law Library (Myron Taylor Hall)

 

All the missing souls: a personal history of the war crimes tribunals / David Scheffer. -- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2012.

KF373.S34 A3 2012 -- Law Library (Myron Taylor Hall)

 

Defending the defenseless: a guide to protecting and advocating for pets / Allie Phillips. -- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2011.

HV4764 .P45x 2011 -- Law Library (Myron Taylor Hall)

 

You can click on the underlined title to go to the online catalog entry for that book.  And then click on “Long View” near the top of that screen for more information, usually chapter titles and authors, and subject headings.

 

If you would like to have any of these or other books checked out to you, please contact me or your librarian liaison.

 

Pat

 

Pat Court

Associate Law Librarian

pat.court@cornell.edu   

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New Law Books at Cornell

The latest list of New Books for the first half of March is available on the Law Library web site.  Click here to view the entire list.  It includes all new books at the Law Library as well as law-related books at other libraries on campus.  Here are a few titles of interest:

 

 

Legal gridlock: a critique of the American legal system / Thomas C. Fischer. -- Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, c2012.

KF384 .F57x 2012 -- Law Library (Myron Taylor Hall)

Law in society -- The American form of government -- Legal training -- The work of lawyers.

 

Supreme Court and the NCAA: the case for less commercialism and more due process in college sports / Brian L. Porto. -- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2012.

KF3989 .P67 2012 -- Law Library (Myron Taylor Hall)

Antitrust and distrust of the NCAA : the current legal structure in college sports -- A revolt of the "haves" : the road to NCAA v. Board of Regents -- Free-market football : the Supreme Court decides NCAA v. Board of Regents -- Thursday night games and millionaire coaches : the implications of NCAA v. Board of Regents -- Hunting the shark : the road to NCAA v. Tarkanian -- Taming the shark : the Supreme Court decides NCAA v. Tarkanian -- What process is due? : the implications of NCAA v. Tarkanian -- Trust replaces antitrust : a new legal structure for college sports.

 

Climate change justice

Climate change justice / Eric A. Posner, David Weisbach. -- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2010.

QC903 .P78x 2010 -- Law Library (Myron Taylor Hall)

Ethically relevant facts and predictions -- Policy instruments -- Symbols, not substance -- Climate change and distributive justice: climate change blinders -- Punishing the wrongdoers: a climate guilt clause? -- Equality and the case against per capita permits -- Future generations: the debate over discounting -- Global welfare, global justice, and climate change.

 

You can click on the underlined title to go to the online catalog entry for that book.  And then click on "Long View" near the top of that screen for more information, usually chapter titles and authors, and subject headings.

 

If you would like to have any of these or other books checked out to you, please contact me or your librarian liaison.

 

Pat Court

pgc1@cornell.edu