Legal information and the development of American law
By: [edited] by Richard A. Danner, Frank G. Houdek.
Contributors: Berring, Robert C.; Danner, Richard A. 1947-; Houdek, Frank G.
Publisher: Thomson West
Published: 2008
Place of publication: St. Paul, MN (601 Opperman Dr., St. Paul 55123)
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
Subjects: Legal research -- United States -- Congresses.; Technology and law -- United States -- Congresses.; Law -- Study and teaching -- United States -- Congresses.; Legal_Research_and_Bibliography
Genres: Congresses.
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. Cf. Pref.

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