Legal information and the development of American law
By: [edited] by Richard A. Danner, Frank G. Houdek
Publisher: Thomson/West
Published: 2008
Place of publication: St. Paul, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
Subjects: Legal research; Congresses; Technology and law; Law; Study and teaching
Other titles: Law library journal.
Notes: "A collection of essays inspired by the contributions of Robert C. Berring"--Cover.

Papers originally presented at a conference at Boalt Hall in Oct. 2006 and published as an issue of Law library journal, spring 2007; papers republished in this volume along with a new paper by R. Berring.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction  -- Richard A. Danner and Frank Houdek; title: Legal information and the development of American law : writings on the form and structure of the published law  -- Richard A. Danner; title: The Universe of thinkable thoughts : literary warrant and West's Key Number System  -- Daniel Dabney; title: Context and legal research  -- Barbara Bintliff; title: Legal information as social capital  -- Virginia J. Wise and Frederick Schauer; title: Law and Heidegger's question concerning technology : a prolegomenon to future law librarianship  -- Paul D. Callister; title: Why do we ask the same questions? : the triple helix dilemma revisited  -- Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic; title: Peer to peer meets the world of legal information : encountering the new paradigm  -- Ethan Katsh and Beth Noveck; title: Neutral citation, court web sites, and access to authoritative case law  -- Peter W. Martin; title: Legal research versus legal writing within the law school curriculum  -- Roy M. Mersky; title: Should legal research be included on the bar exam? : an exploration of the question  -- Steven M. Barkan; title: Researching legal history in the Digital Age  -- Morris L. Cohen; title: The heart of legal information : the crumbling infrastructure of legal research  -- Robert C. Berring; title: From the reference desk to River City : a bibliography -- Frank G. Houdek.