The Federal Information Manual
Posted by admin on Mar 23, 2006
P. Stephen Gidiere III. The Federal Information Manual: How the Government Collects, Manages, and Discloses Information Under FOIA and Other Statutes. Chicago: American Bar Assoication, 2006. KF 5753 .G53 2006
From the publisher: Are you or a client faced with a request for information from a federal agency, or are you seeking information from an agency? If your business involves seeking, using, or sharing information in the hands of the U.S. government, The Federal Information Manual is the comprehensive guide you need to understand the maze of laws, regulations, and orders that govern this information.
The Federal Information Manual provides an easy-to-navigate and accessible explanation of the most well-known of these statues, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). It contains useful information for practitioners, including explaining how to submit a successful FOIA request and checklists to use in preparing the request.
Trial of Saddam Hussein
Posted by admin on Mar 9, 2006
The Law Library of Congress has created a website presenting information and documents about the trial of Saddam Hussein. The website includes information about the defendants, background to the trial, procedural rules and relevant Iraqi and international law.
http://www.loc.gov/law/public/saddam/saddam.html
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Sandra Day O’Connor
Posted by admin on Mar 9, 2006
Joan Biskupic. Sandra Day O’Connor: How the First Woman on the Supreme Court Became Its Most Influential Justice. New York: ECCO, 2005. KF8745.O25 B57 2005
From the publisher:
Sandra Day O’Connor, America’s first woman justice, became the axis on which the Supreme Court turned. She was called the most powerful woman in America, and it was often said that to gauge the direction of American law, one need look only to O’Connor’s vote. Then, just one year short of a quarter century on the bench, she surprised her colleagues and the nation by announcing her retirement.Drawing on information from once-private papers of the justices, hundreds of interviews with legal and political insiders, and the insight gained from nearly two decades of covering the Supreme Court, Joan Biskupic examines O’Connor’s remarkable career, providing an in-depth account of her transformation from tentative jurist to confident architect of American law. The portrait that emerges is of a complex and multifaceted woman: lawyer, politician, legislator, and justice, as well as wife, mother, A-list society hostess, and competitive athlete. To all appearances, she was the polite lady in pearls, handbag on her arm. But in the back rooms of politics and the law, she was a determined, focused strategist. O’Connor was the feminist who, rather than rebel against the male-dominated system, worked from within — and succeeded.
War Law
Posted by admin on Mar 9, 2006
Michael Byers. War Law: Understanding International Law and Armed Conflict. New York: Grove Press, 2006 KZ6385 .B94 2006
From the publisher: International law governing the use of military force has been the subject of intense public debate. Under what conditions is it appropriate, or necessary, for a country to use force when diplomacy has failed? Michael Byers, a widely known world expert on international law, weighs these issues in War Law. Byers examines the history of armed conflict and international law through a series of case studies of past conflicts, ranging from the 1837 Caroline Incident to the abuse of detainees by U.S. forces at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Byers explores the legal controversies that surrounded the 1999 and 2001 interventions in Kosovo and Afghanistan and the 2003 war in Iraq; the development of international humanitarian law from the 1859 Battle of Solferino to the present; and the role of war crimes tribunals and the International Criminal Court. He also considers the unique influence of the United States in the evolution of this extremely controversial area of international law. War Law is neither a textbook nor a treatise, but a fascinating account of a highly controversial topic that is necessary reading for fans of military history and general readers alike.