NEW BOOK: Federal Income Tax Law: A Legal Research Guide, 2nd Edition

Legal Research Guides, New Book Breanne Callahan

  • A necessary resource for researchers navigating the complex world of federal income tax law
  • Provides vital information regarding primary and secondary sources, as well as free and subscription online resources
  • A comprehensive guide to exploring topics such as the Internal Revenue Code, case law, Treasury Regulations, and legislative histories
  • New edition includes timely information on tax cuts and COVID-19 relief legislation

About This Title

Federal Income Tax Law: A Legal Research Guide is an extensive and descriptive research guide that discusses the different primary sources of federal income tax law,

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NEW BOOK: Marijuana Law: A Legal Research Guide

Legal Research Guides, New Book Breanne Callahan

  • A must-have title for any researcher navigating the laws concerning the rapidly changing world of marijuana
  • Provides a state-by-state listing of federal and state legal approaches to legalizing marijuana
  • A comprehensive guide with in-depth exploration of primary and secondary sources, including U.S. Supreme Court cases

About This Title

Marijuana Law: A Legal Research Guide was created to help novice and advanced researchers navigate the rapidly changing laws concerning this trending topic. Included are primary sources which are explored at length, including the federal law controlling marijuana and the federal regulations scheduling it as an illegal drug.

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NEW BOOK: Grandparents’ Visitation Rights: A Legal Research Guide

Legal Research Guides, New Book Breanne Callahan

  • Provides nearly 20 years of updates to primary and secondary materials on current statutory law and case law
  • A one-of-a-kind tool for researching this important aspect of family law
  • A must-have title for anyone researching or practicing in the area of family law

About This Title

Grandparents’ visitation rights are an important part of family law, with laws passed in every state since 1990. This work is a second edition of M. Kristine Taylor Warren’s Grandparent Visitation Rights: A Legal Research Guide (2001), which provided a useful summary of the statutory law,

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NEW BOOK: Weather and Climate Law: A Legal Research Guide

Legal Research Guides, New Book Breanne Callahan

  • A one-of-a-kind legal reference guide on primary state and federal weather-related issues
  • A must-have title for all lawyers and laypeople addressing legal matters caused by extreme climate conditions
  • Includes valuable secondary sources related to weather and climate

About This Title

Weather and law. These two matters may appear unrelated, but they’re not. Peoples’ problems caused by weather is where the law comes into play.

Take, for example, extreme hot or cold temperature conditions—the law might forbid eviction or place a moratorium on utility shutoffs for gas,

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NEW BOOK: Texas Water Law: A Legal Research Guide

Legal Research Guides, New Book, State Law Breanne Callahan

  • A one-of-a-kind tool for researching print and online sources pertaining to Texas water law.
  • Discover the roles and functions that various government bodies play in regulating Texas water use.
  • A must-have title for all attorneys and students researching Texas environmental laws.

About This Title

Understanding water law in Texas is essential due to the continued decline of available resources and climate change. It is certain that conflicts and litigation over the rights to and usage of water are going to increase in the coming years. This guide introduces researchers to the basic concepts and resources (both print and online) needed to research water law issues in Texas;

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NEW BOOK: Grand Juries: A Legal Research Guide

Legal Research Guides, New Book Breanne Callahan

  • A source for locating essential primary and secondary grand jury materials, including constitutional, statutory, rule references, and more.
  • A comprehensive bibliography including more than 300 new periodical references on the grand jury since 1975.
  • A must-have title for all criminal law practitioners and professors, as well as law libraries

About This Title

The grand jury has a distinguished history in Anglo-American legal history, from the reign of King Henry II (1154-1189) to the adoption of the Grand Jury Clause in the Fifth Amendment of the Bill of Rights (1791).

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Author Spotlight: Caitlin Hunter

Author's Spotlight, Book Sale, Legal Research Guides Breanne Callahan

This week we are featuring a guest post by Caitlin Hunter, author of the renowned title California Administrative Law: A Legal Research Guide.

Order this title by September 18, 2020, and save $10.00!

About the Author

Caitlin Hunter

Caitlin Hunter is a Reference Librarian at UCLA School of Law. She previously worked as a Reference Librarian and International and Foreign Law Librarian at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles and a Reference, Circulation, and Technical Services Assistant at the University of Denver Law Library.

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NEW BOOK: Judicial Ethics and Discipline: A Legal Research Guide

Legal Research, Legal Research Guides, New Book Breanne Callahan

  • Provides a comprehensive bibliography of judicial ethics and discipline
  • Highlights federal and state resources available to researchers
  • Presents detailed coverage of the major primary and secondary sources in judicial ethics and discipline
  • Perfect for students, lawyers, and judges interested in the topic of legal ethics

About This Title

Legal ethics is usually seen as ethics dealing with attorney practice, but there has been a significant increase in the consideration of judicial conduct throughout the country. The American Bar Association has created a Model Code of Judicial Conduct (1990,

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NEW BOOK: Drones: A Legal Research Guide

Legal Research Guides, New Book Breanne Callahan

  • Unprecedented work on drones and their rapidly growing technology
  • Easy-to-follow research guide covering primary and secondary resources
  • Abundant research material that details the use of drones and how to locate specific laws, regulations, and federal and state agencies that govern them
  • Perfect for students, lawyers, and any citizen researching all matters regarding drones, including their usage and restrictions

About This Title

Drones have garnered recent global headlines, yet these unmanned aircraft (UA), also known as unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAVs),

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Trade Secrets: A Legal Research Guide, 2nd ed.

Legal Research Guides, New Book Skyler Hein

  • First and only research guide of its kind!
  • New edition includes additional, extensive, and well-rounded treatises,
    covering all applicable research resources
  • Must-have guide for all academic law firms and business libraries dealing with trade secrets
  • Ground-breaking model for a new generation of legal research books which guide the teaching and understanding of trade secrets law

About This Title

The topic of trade secrets is an area of law growing in importance to legal and business professionals.

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