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The Ames Index
273. Ames, John
G., Compiler.
Comprehensive Index to the Publications of the United States
Government 1881-1893. Washington: Government Printing
Office, 1905. Reprint. Buffalo: W.S. Hein, 2003. Two volumes. Cloth.
New. $215.
* This
valuable index covers the period from the terminal date of Poore’s
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Government Publications
through the beginning date of the index prepared by the
superintendent of documents. Ames’ index remains an indispensable
resource for information on U.S. Government publications of the late
nineteenth century.  
274. Berring,
Robert.
Berring: Legal Research for the 21st Century Tapes 1-5: The Basics;
Case Finding and the Future of Cases; Citators and Secondary
Research; Statutes, Legislative History and Administrative
Materials; Legal Research on the Internet and Research Strategies.
St. Paul, MN: West Group. Five video tapes. New. List Price $699.
Special $299.
* Tape 1
is designed for first year law students, paralegals, new attorneys
or anyone coming to legal research with little or no experience.
Tape 2 covers case-finding both on paper and in cyberspace, and
reveals to you the best tricks for saving time. Tape 3 shows you how
to tell if your case is still good law, how you can use a citation
to trigger your research, and how to use “Shepards” and “KeyCite.”
Tape 4 is a bread-and-butter explanation of statutes, legislative
history and administrative materials. Tape 5 explores both the
content and methods of Internet research. The Berring Video Series
covers the full gamut of legal research in a fast and exciting
manner. From the basics to the latest Internet technology, Professor
Berring’s expert content and insightful narration provide
information on legal research that is invaluable to all law
students. See digital image below.
275. Bryson, W.
Hamilton. A
Legal Bibliography of Virginia Legal History Before 1900, Second
edition. Buffalo: Wm. S. Hein & Co., 1997. 292 pp. Cloth.
New. $50.
* The new
edition of Professor Bryson’s bibliography includes 1,452 entries
which include citations to articles and books which have been
published since the first edition 1979. Appendixes include: Virginia
Codes published before 1900; Virginia Acts of Assembley before 1900;
Virginia Legislative Journals before 1900; and Virginia Reports
before 1900.
With the New CD-ROM and
2003 Bound Supplement Volume 7
276. Cohen, Morris
L. Bibliography
of Early American Law. Buffalo: William S. Hein & Co.,
1998-2003. Cloth. Seven volumes with 2003 CD-ROM. New. $1,850.
* The
foremost Early American Legal Bibliography culminating nearly
thirty-five years of research covering the period from the beginning
of American history up to and including 1860. It lists and describes
the monographic and trial literature on American law and American
legal development, regardless of language or place of publication.
It also includes works on foreign, comparative and international law
if published in the United States during the crucial, formative
period. There are more than 14,000 items in the bibliography,
including: treatises, bibliographies, commentaries, digests, indexes
of cases and statutes, formbooks, lectures, tracts, polemics,
biographies, collections of cases and statutes on one subject (but
not court reports or statutes in a series), trials (both civil and
criminal), claims, arbitrations, constitutional conventions,
catalogs of law books, crime narratives and confessions, documentary
collections as well as addresses, administrative and legislative
proceedings, histories, legal manuals, legislative documents
(selectively) and special proceedings, and less obvious genres, such
as law-related: ballads, fiction, children’s books, memoirs, sermons
and plays. Set also available in print form only (7 vols.) $1,750.
or CD-ROM version only (powered by FOLIO) is $1,650. 2003
supplement with new CD-ROM available at $275.
The Scholar’s Edition
277.
[Encyclopedia].
The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences,
Literature and General Information. Eleventh Edition. New
York: The Encyclopaedia Britannica Company, 1910-1911. 29 volumes.
Printed in double columns. Black-and-white and color plates, folding
maps and tables. Full contemporary limp morocco, moderate shelfwear,
fading and minor chipping to some spines, internally clean. A good
to very good set. $450.
* Handy
volume issue. Known as the “scholar’s edition,” this is the most
distinguished edition of the standard encyclopedia in English and
“for some purposes the best” (Marke). It has entries by several
distinguished scholars of the early 1900s, including T.H. Huxley,
Ralph Adams Cram, William Lyons Phelps, Gifford Pinchot, Donald
Francis Tovey, Roscoe Pound, Hans Kelsen and Sir Paul Vinogradoff.
278. Garner. Bryan
A. The Elements
of Legal Style. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.
xviii, 236 pp. Cloth. Gilt stamped binding. Dust jacket. New. $30.
279. Garner, Bryan
A. Garner’s
Modern American Usage. Second Edition. New York: Oxford
University Press, 2003. xlv, 879 pp. Cloth in dust jacket. New.
$39.95
* The
latest edition of this acclaimed reference includes hundreds of
updates and new entries ranging from Dubya to weaponize.
Painstakingly researched with numerous citations from books,
newspapers and magazines, this new edition furthers Garner’s mission
to help everyone become a better writer, and to enjoy it in the
process. See digital image below.
280. Hunsberger,
Willard D.
Clarence Darrow: A Bibliography. Metuchen: The Scarecrow
Press, Inc. 1981. vii, 215 pp. Cloth. Fine. $20.
* An
annotated bibliography which attempts to list in chronological order
by date of publication all published writings by and about Darrow,
along with reviews of his books, summaries and bibliographies of
eight famous court cases, and locations of his letters and papers.
Indexed.
281. [Legal
Writing] Judicial
Opinion Writing Handbook. Fourth Edition. Joyce J. George.
Buffalo: William S. Hein & Co., Inc., 2000. Cloth. New. $58.
282. Martindale
Hubbell Law Directory. 2003 Edition.
New Providence: Martindale Hubbell/Lexis Publishing. 21 volumes.
Complete set, ex-private law firm library with stamps, else very
good. Publisher’s Price $650. Special $295.
*
Provides basic practice profile data on virtually every attorney in
the U.S. with professional biographies of leading lawyers and firms,
with detailed descriptions of each firm and full biographies of its
members. One of the most comprehensive listing of international
lawyers available, with profiles of lawyers and firms in 160 foreign
countries, as well as U.S. firms with international interests.
Information on almost every in-house lawyer and corporate legal
department. Exclusive lawyer and law firm ratings based upon peer
review evaluations. Also provides law digests of the U.S. and 75
countries, prepared by leading law firms and covering every topic
from Absentees and Affidavits to Divorces and Wills.
283. Matthews,
Elizabeth W.
Lincoln as a Lawyer: An Annotated Bibliography. Foreword by
Cullom Davis. xviii; 248 pp. Carbondale: Southern Illinois
University Press, 1991. Frontispiece. Cloth. Fine. $20.
Poore’s Catalogue
284. Poore,
Benjamin Perley, Compiler.
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Government Publications of the
United States, September 5, 1774-March 4, 1881. Washington:
Government Printing Office, 1885. Reprint. Buffalo: W.S. Hein, 2003.
iv, 1392 pp. Cloth. New. $185.
* Also
known as Poore’s Catalogue, this valuable reference was the first
official work of its kind. Commissioned by the Senate in 1882, and
begun in 1883 by fourteen employees who secured the records of the
Library of Congress, the Senate, the House of Representatives, the
various Executive Departments and their respective Bureaus, the
Department of Agriculture, the Smithsonian Institution, and the
public library of Boston, which had the best non-official collection
of Congressional documents at that time. More than 63,000 books,
pamphlets, and other documents are found in this work. More
important, each entry includes a brief abstract. An extensive index
is also included.
285. Price, Miles
O., and Harry Bitner.
Effective Legal Research. A Practical Manual of Law Books and
Their Use. New York: Prentice Hall, 1953. xii, 633 pp.
Reprint. Buffalo: William S. Hein & Co., Inc, 1999. Cloth. New. $75.
* A
reference tool of long-standing on American and British materials.
This is a reprint of the first edition which legal researchers
consider to be the most valuable edition.
286. Szladits,
Charles, Compiler. A
Bibliography on Foreign and Comparative Law. Books and Articles in
English. 1972-1977.
Dobbs Ferry, NY: Oceana Publications Inc., 1981. 3 volumes. Cloth.
Very good. $125.
287. User’s Guide
to the Bluebook. Revised for the 17th Edition.
Alan L. Dworsky. Buffalo, NY: Wm. S. Hein & Co., 2000. vi, 52 pp.
Paper. New. $8.95
* This
guide is designed to make mastering the Bluebook as easy
and painless as possible. Set up as a how-to manual, it takes
a step-by-step approach to learning the basic skills of citation
and arranges the rules and information for each topic in one section
rather than scattered throughout as arranged in the Bluebook.
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