The Law School Fund: ‘Post-Pearce’ Collection Development at the Law Library of the University of Western Australia

Particularly in the 1980s and 1990s, universities and nongovernmental organizations, as well as UNESCO, have held innumerable meetings, workshops, and conferences on the subject of illicit traffic by. The “Illicit Traffic in Cultural Objects: Law Ethics and the Realities” workshop, however, is distinguished by two important elements. First, it emphasizes the importance of the issue for Asian and Pacific countries. Although there have been some meetings focused on the region of Asia—such as the meeting in Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka, in 2003; one in Bangkok in 2004; and one specifically including oceanic countries in Brisbane in 1996—these are few compared to meetings held on illicit traffic in Europe and North America. The second aspect is the range of expertise of the participants. Though we are used to seeing dealers, archaeologists, and lawyers debate the subject, this workshop included on-the-ground managers, an expert in systems of detection, as well as specialists in particular fields such as underwater heritage, postconflict restoration. and criminology.

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From Oxford to Williamsburg: Part 1 – The University of Oxford, Faculty of Law and Bodleian Law Library

Legal Information Management ◽

10.1017/s1472669612000643 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

pp. 284-289 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ruth Bird

Keyword(s):

The United States ◽

Law School ◽

Bodleian Library ◽

University Of Oxford ◽

History Of ◽

History Of Law ◽

History Of The University ◽

The Law ◽

The University ◽

Law Library

AbstractThe Bodleian Law Library has only existed as an entity in its own right for less than 50 years. Yet part of the collection dates back to the days before the founding of the Bodleian Library in 1602. The rise and fall in fortunes of the teaching of law at Oxford is closely tied to the establishment of the law library. A lesser known aspect of the history includes the ties between Oxford and the United States, especially its oldest law school, William and Mary Law School. In this paper, Ruth Bird offers a brief history of the University of Oxford and then looks at the history of law teaching, before moving on to the evolution of the Law Library itself, and some links with our cousins across the pond.

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Julius Chambers Emerges

Julius Chambers ◽

10.5149/northcarolina/9781469628547.003.0003 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Richard A. Rosen ◽

Joseph Mosnier

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

North Carolina ◽

Federal Court ◽

Law School ◽

University Of Michigan ◽

Court Order ◽

North Carolina School ◽

The Law ◽

One Year ◽

The University

This chapter recounts Julius Chambers's achievements during college, graduate school, and law school. After graduating summa cum laude from North Carolina College for Negroes and obtaining his masters degree in history at the University of Michigan, Chambers was admitted to the University of North Carolina School of Law, desegregated the prior decade by federal court order over the forceful objections of University and North Carolina officials. Chambers, despite being ranked 112th among the 114 students admitted to the Class of 1962 and notwithstanding a generally unwelcoming, often hostile atmosphere at the Law School and on campus, became editor-in-chief of the Law Review and graduated first in his class. This chapter also details Chambers's marriage to Vivian Giles and the couple's decision to move to New York City when, after no North Carolina law firm would grant Chambers a job interview, Columbia Law School quickly stepped forward with the offer of a one-year fellowship.

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In Honor of Adolf Sprudzs

International Journal of Legal Information ◽

10.1017/s0731126500014402 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 10 (6) ◽

pp. 280-281

Author(s):

Gerhard Casper

Keyword(s):

School Library ◽

Development Program ◽

Law School ◽

Steady Increase ◽

Successful Implementation ◽

University Of Chicago ◽

Foreign Law ◽

The Law ◽

Grant Money ◽

The University

Adolf Sprudzs, Foreign Law Librarian and Lecturer in Legal Bibliography, came to the University of Chicago in August 1965. At that time the Law School Library had initiated a development program which aimed at the in-depth acquisition of legal materials for the European Economic Community countries and some other selected areas of the world. The appointment of Mr. Sprudzs was an essential step in the successful implementation of this program. The Law School already possessed a particularly rich collection of French and German legal publications, inter alia, and a faculty that included several European-trained law professors. The most influential of these was Max Rheinstein, who was instrumental in the growth of the foreign and comparative law program at the University of Chicago. The partnership of Professor Rheinstein and Mr. Sprudzs combined their great knowledge, interests and talents. Mr. Sprudzs’ ability to inspire faculty support led to the development of a comprehensive retrospective and current foreign and international law collection within the guidelines of the program. However, the real challenge to Adolf Sprudzs’ resourcefulness began in the early 1970's. As grant money became scarce, prices and the volume of legal publishing began a steady increase and the value of the dollar declined. Mr. Sprudzs was realistic in his assessment of the possible support of the collection and focused the scope of the collection in the areas that were of long-term research interest at the University of Chicago. He worked hard to increase European alumni support and to maintain the friendship that the foreign law graduates feel for the University of Chicago. His close contacts with these alumni, as well as with other librarians and law teachers in Europe, have often enabled the Law Library to acquire materials and obtain grants that would otherwise have been unavailable.

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The Role of a Constitutional Court in a Federation a Comparison of the Australian and the United States Experience

Federal Law Review ◽

10.1177/0067205x8601600101 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 1-28 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Sir Anthony Mason

Keyword(s):

The United States ◽

Law School ◽

Constitutional Court ◽

University Of Virginia ◽

Federal Law ◽

National University ◽

The Law ◽

States Experience ◽

High Court Of Australia ◽

The University

The Australian National University, the Sir Robert Menzies Memorial Trust and the University of Virginia Law School have established an annual Menzies Lecture Series. The Lectures are held in honour of Sir Robert Menzies and mark his contribution to the law and public life. The Lectures are given in alternate years at the Law Schools of the University of Virginia and the Australian National University. The Lectures will be published in the “Federal Law Review”. The first Menzies Lecturer was The Honourable Sir Anthony Mason of the High Court of Australia who visited the University of Virginia in October 1985. The following article is based on Sir Anthony's lecture.

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La Bibliothèque Léon Graulich (Faculté de Droit de Liège)

International Journal of Law Libraries ◽

10.1017/s0340045x00000939 ◽

1980 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 97-102

Author(s):

Paulette Guillitte

Keyword(s):

The United States ◽

Law School ◽

Small Scale ◽

Modern Computer ◽

Indexing System ◽

Foreign Law ◽

The Law ◽

Legal Subjects ◽

The University ◽

A Current

SummaryThe Library Léon Graulich of the University of Liège Law School was founded in 1929 and has approximately 250,000 volumes in its collections.Its acquisitions policy emphasizes books on legal subjects with main attention devoted to the law of Belgium. Foreign law materials, especially French law and the law of the European Communities are also being collected on a current basis, as well as the law of the United States and a few other countries on a small scale.Since 1971 the Library has been using modern computer techniques for the production of a bibliographic record of books and articles on legal subjects published in Belgium.In addition, the documents of the Belgium Parliament are also accessible through computer terminals which have been installed in the Library. Since 1977 the collective labor agreements are also part of this automated indexing system.

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The Library Without Walls: Striving for an Excellent Law Library Service Post-Earthquake

Legal Information Management ◽

10.1017/s1472669615000614 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 15 (4) ◽

pp. 252-260 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Sara Roberts

Keyword(s):

Annual Conference ◽

Library Service ◽

Physical Damage ◽

Professional Law ◽

The Law ◽

To Come ◽

The University ◽

The City ◽

Law Library

AbstractThis paper is adapted from a presentation given by Sara Roberts at the 2015 BIALL Annual Conference. On September 4th 2010 Christchurch suffered the first of a series of catastrophic earthquakes which continued over the next two years and damaged much of the city. During this time the University of Canterbury suffered greatly, both through physical damage to the campus and from a loss of students willing to come and study in Christchurch. Subsequently, the dedicated Law Library on campus was closed and it was necessary to reassess the service in the light of severely reduced resources. More than four years on from that first earthquake, the law collection is situated in the central library on campus, and the number of professional law librarians supporting the service has reduced from four to two. Yet despite the changes the service has not diminished and, indeed, is stronger in some areas.

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Influences of New England Law on the Middle Colonies

Law and History Review ◽

10.2307/743851 ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 238-250 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

George L. Haskins

Keyword(s):

New England ◽

The United States ◽

Law School ◽

University Of Pennsylvania ◽

Mother Country ◽

The World ◽

Middle Colonies ◽

History Of ◽

The Law ◽

The University

On October 3, 1881, William Henry Rawle, the distinguished Philadelphia lawyer and scholar, addressed students at the University of Pennsylvania Law School hoping to illustrate, ‘in a very general and elementary way,’ the differences between the growth of English and early Pennsylvania jurisprudence. ‘It would have been more interesting and more broadly useful,’ Rawle apologized to his audience, ‘if the attempt could have been extended to embrace the other colonies which afterwards became the United States, for there would have been not only the contrast between the mother country and her colonies, but the contrast between the colonies themselves.’ Rawle was confident that such an examination would have revealed how ‘in some cases, one colony followed or imitated another in its alteration of the law which each had brought over, and how, in others, the law was changed in one colony to suit its needs, all unconscious of similar changes in another.’ ‘Unhappily,’ Rawle explained, ‘this must be the History of the Future for the materials have as yet been sparingly given to the world.’

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