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257. Berring, Robert.
Berring: Legal Research for the 21st Century: Tape 1: The Basics.
St. Paul, MN: West Group. One video tape. New. Publisher’s Price
$99. Special $50.
* This is not a stuffy training video for the uninitiated, but
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258. [Bluebook, The].
A Uniform System of Citation. 17th Edition. Compiled by the
editors of Columbia, Harvard, University of Pennsylvania and Yale
Law Reviews. The Harvard Law Review Assn., 2000. Paper, spiral
bound. New. $18.
259. Columbia Human Rights Law Review.
A Jailhouse Lawyer’s Manual. Fifth Edition. [2000]. xvi, 1007
pp. Softbound. New. $95.
* Contents include: Learning What Your Rights Are: Your Right to
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Important Rights of Prisoners and Getting Out of Prison.
260. 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
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261. Garraty, John A., and Mark C. Carnes, Editors.
American National Biography. 24 Volumes. Cary: Oxford
University Press, 1999. Cloth. 22,968 pp. Cloth. New. $795.
* 1999 Dartmouth Medal Award Winner. American National Biography
is the first new comprehensive biographical dictionary focused on
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scope, the American National Biography ranges from the time
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past. The approximately 17,500 historical figures who are profiled
come from virtually all walks of life.
262. Grossman, Mark.
Encyclopedia of the
United States Cabinet.
Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2000. 3 Vols. xxi, 1137 pp.
Hardbound. As new, excellent condition. Special $100.
* “This encyclopedia is the first work of its kind devoted entirely
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263. Gutterman, Roy S.
L. Rev. The Law Review Experience in American Legal Education; A
Personal Memoir. Bethesda: Academica Press, LLC, [2002]. 345 pp.
Softcover. New. $29.
* L.rev details Roy S. Gutterman’s experience as the editor
of the Syracuse University law review. Along with this personal
account, Gutterman also provides a brief chapter detailing the
historical development of the law review as an institution in
American law schools and a glossary of relevant terms.
264. Kadish, Sanford H. , Editor.
Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice. 4 volumes. New York: The
Free Press, 1983. xxxvi, 428 pp. Cloth. Ex-library with
classification labels at foot of spines, moderate shelfwear,
internally clean. $50.
265. Prince, Mary Miles.
Bieber’s Dictionary of Legal Citations. Reference Guide for Attorneys,
Legal Secretaries, Paralegals and Law Students. Sixth edition.
Buffalo, NY: W.S. Hein, 2001. x, 493 pp. [With]
The Bluebook. A Uniform System of Citation. Seventeenth Edition.
Cambridge, Mass. Harvard Law Review Assn., 2000]. xv, 391 pp.
Hardcover. New. $47.50
* Latest edition. Intended to assist the legal profession in citing
legal authorities according to rules given in The Bluebook.
The 17th edition of The Bluebook is included as an appendix
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266. User’s Guide to the Bluebook. Revised for the 17th Edition.
Alan L. Dworsky. Buffalo: Wm. S. Hein & Co., 2000. vi, 52 pp. Paper.
New. $8.95
* This guide is designed to make mastering the Bluebook as
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step-by-step approach to learning the basic skills of citation and
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267. Vile, John R. , Editor.
Great American Lawyers: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara,
Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2001. 2 Vols. Hardbound. As new, excellent condition.
Special $100.
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