Wednesday, March 28, 2012

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