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Vol. 7, No.8
May 1997
by Jennifer Bryan
Are you tired of stalking the circulation desk for hours on end, only to discover upon it's return that the frayed Tort's exam folder is missing exactly the pages you need? Do you suffer from the deleterious effects of the blinking lights and noxious toner fumes of copy machines? Idle gossip no longer, the rumors are true! The IU Law School Exam File is now available online through the Library's web site at a link under Library Services and Publications. You may also visit the Exam File online at the following address: <http://www.law.indiana.edu/exams/>
The online Exam File contains selected exams from
the past 10 years. Exams will be added as they become available.
In order to get this important service to you in time for this
semester's exams, some files are complete but some are not yet
in their final format. You can print these exams from the convenience
of your own home or from the Library computing facility. A downloading
feature is forthcoming as well.
Accessible exclusively to IU Law School students
and faculty, the Exam File is password protected. The Library
will e-mail the password to you. However, if you forget the password
or do not receive the e-mail, you can also contact me in the Library,
and I will provide you with the necessary information. SUMMER
ACCESS TO WESTLAW AND LEXIS
Students taking summer classes or working on summer
research projects can have their Westlaw and Lexis passwords extended
for the summer. Student passwords are to be used for educational
purposes only, not for law firm research. To extend the Westlaw
password, fill out one of the forms available at the Reference
Desk or fill out the online form, which is available at the following
web site: <http://www.westpub.com/pswdextn.htm>.
To extend the Lexis password, sign on to Lexis and select the
CAREER library. Then choose the SUMMER file and complete the online
registration form. Remember the laser printing options for both
Westlaw and Lexis are tied to the printers located in the Permanent
Learning Center of the Library, so use the attached printer option
if you are working outside Bloomington.
Juliet Casper Smith
Electronic Services Librarian
For the sixth consecutive year, the Law Library sponsored a team
in the Monroe County Public Library's VITAL Quiz Bowl. For those
of you unfamiliar with this major media event (it's broadcast
on BCAT), the quiz bowl is an annual trivia contest with its proceeds
going towards supporting the library's adult literacy program.
Ready for action, Perry and the Masons (otherwise known as Jennifer
Bryan, Juliet Smith, Dick Vaughan, and Nonie Watt) competed in
Round 1 against a group of alumni/youngsters from Harmony School.
While we would prefer to think it was our vast wealth of accumulated
knowledge coupled with the confidence maturity brings that gave
us the edge in the contest, it was more likely the fact that we
owned socks older than our opponents. In any case, not counting
the legal questions which we bombed (no one told us to study the
Amendments), we sailed through the first round, winning 120-65.
The second night found us pitted against One World Enterprises:
managers from Lennie's and The Wild Beet, along with their captain,
an admitted "hired gun" and alumnus of about a dozen
championship VITAL teams. We should have known we would be in
for a rocky night when the moderator turned to Perry and the Masons
and asked, "So, are you all brick-layers, or what?"
Employing our new strategy, "Buzz first, think later",
we got off to a quick lead but found ourselves faltering in mid-game.
(Who would have thought Uganda was the world's leading producer
of bananas?) As the final buzzer sounded, Perry and Company ended
up on the short end of a 130-90 score.
On a more cheerful note, congratulations are in order for Professors
Joe Hoffmann and Bob Heidt, members of the La Squadra Azzura (blue
team?). They went on to play in the final round, ultimately going
down in a heart- wrenching sudden death overtime. Their knowledge
of zodiac signs and ballet terms was truly impressive and an inspiration
to us all.
Nonie Watt
Head of Technical Services
Table of Contents
Today there are many ways to gain access to foreign and international
law on the world-wide web, and a large variety of sites that make
such law available. One that is particularly valuable is the For
Int-Law site at Washburn University, which can be located through
a direct link on the I.U. Law Library's home page. This site bears
particular notice because it is well designed, quite comprehensive,
and updated regularly.
For Int-Law is logically divided into two parts. The first is
a list of the world's countries, grouped first by region. Once
an individual country has been selected, the researcher will find
a list of primary legal documents, such as statutes, constitutions,
regulations, and case law. Following this is a list of information
published by government ministries, information about programs
sponsored by American law schools in the subject country, and
a list of law firms practicing in the subject country that maintain
web pages of their own.
Of course, the amount of material available depends greatly upon
the country in question. For many countries, there is little more
than the text of the constitution. However, a great deal of material
is available for those countries which are either of great interest
to American business (e.g., Japan, Viet Nam), or which themselves
are immersed in the culture of the world wide web (e.g., Germany).
Even for these countries, there is nothing like a comprehensive
collection of primary sources. One usually finds a fairly arbitrary
selection of statutes, some in translation, plus some statute
summaries, judicial press releases, and in a few cases, the actual
full text of high court opinions for recent years. For Int-Law
is likeliest to be of use to those seeking recent, major statutory
revisions, such as the German competition law or Japanese product
liability law, which are still difficult, or impossible to locate
in print, much less in English.
In addition to access by country, For Int- Law includes an index
by broad subject categories, such as human rights and environmental
law. Within this index the researcher will find a combination
of national legislation and international instruments of various
sorts.
All in all, For Int-Law does an excellent job of providing one-stop
access to the law of all national jurisdictions and to international
law. Of course, no single web site is completely comprehensive,
and the researcher should not necessarily be discouraged if For
Int-Law lacks the document he or she seeks. But For Int-Law should
nevertheless be at or near the top of the list for anyone searching
for foreign and international documents on the web.
Ralph Gaebler
Foreign and International Librarian
Table of Contents
If you can't judge a book by it's cover, maybe you can judge it
by its title (then again, maybe not). I've always been someone
who appreciates a book's title - especially when it gives the
reader an idea of what to expect inside. To me, a title like An
Introduction to American Law: A Primer for Beginners is a perfect
name for a book. On the other hand, I too can appreciate a publisher's
marketing department's attempt to jazz up the title a bit in hopes
of increasing sales (i.e. Gowns Gavels and Justice: An Inside
Look at America's Legal System). While the titles listed below
(all acquired by the Law Library in 1996/97) aren't necessarily
"good" books, you do have to admit they have catchy
titles. Enjoy your summer!
Eight Ball Chicks: A Year in the Violent World of Girl Gangsters,
by Gini Sikes. New York: Anchor Books, 1997. [HV 9104 .S54 1997]
Sex, Laws, and Cyberspace, by Jonathan Wallace & Mark Mangan.
New York : M&T Books and Henry Holt, 1996. [HV 7914 .D66 1997]
Killer Kids, Bad Law: Tales of the Juvenile Court System, by Peter
Reinharz. New York: Barricade Books, 1996. [KFN 5116.5 .R45 1996]
Ashes to Ashes: America's Hundred-year Cigarette War, the Public
Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip Morris, by Richard
Kluger. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. [HV 5760 .K58 1996]
Wild Beasts & Idle Humours: The Insanity Defense From Antiquity
to the Present, by Daniel N. Robinson. Cambridge, MA: Harvard
University Press, 1996. [K 5077 .R63 1996]
Shamans, Software, and Spleens: Law and the Construction of the
Information Society, by James Boyle. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University
Press, 1996. [K 1401 .B69 1996]
Hep-cats, Narcs, and Pipe Dreams: A History of America's Romance
with Illegal Drugs, by Jill Jonnes. New York: Scribner, 1996.
[HV 5825 .J65 1996]
Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the
Entire U.S. Government, by P.J. O'Rourke. New York : Vintage Books,
1992. [ JK 34 .O74 1992]
We're Right, They're Wrong : A Handbook for Spirited Progressives,
by James Carville. New York : Random House, 1996 [E 885 .C37 1996]
Slouching Towards Gomorrah: Modern Liberalism and American Decline,
by Robert H. Bork. New York: Regan Books, 1996. [HN 59.2 .B68
1996]
And of course, my personal favorite title of the year...
Mug Shots: Celebrities Under Arrest, photographs compiled by George
Seminara. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1996. [HV 6791 .S426
1996.]
Dick Vaughan
Acquisitions & Serials Control Librarian
Prince, Carl E. Brooklyn's Dodgers: The Bums, the Borough,
and the Best of Baseball, 1947-1957. New York: Oxford
University Press, 1996. GV875.B7 P75 1996.
1997 marks the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's historic
entry into major league baseball, breaking the color barrier that
had existed for over 80 years. The team that Robinson played for
was, of course, the Brooklyn Dodgers. This book, written by a
history professor at New York University, covers the Dodgers final
eleven seasons in Brooklyn beginning with Jackie Robinson's entry
into major league baseball, the heartbreak of Bobby Thompson's
"shot heard 'round the world" home run in 1951, the
Dodger's only World Series triumph in Brooklyn (1955), and ending
with the Dodgers leaving Brooklyn for Los Angeles at the conclusion
of the 1957 season. During these eleven seasons, the Dodgers played
in six World Series, led the way for the integration of major
league baseball, and was recognized as the glue that held Brooklyn
together. This book discusses all this in the context of the late
1940's and 1950's.
Professor Prince begins the book with the most significant event
to occur during those eleven years--integration. His title for
the chapter is "Integration: Dodgers' Dilemma, Dodgers' Response,"
and it details the trials and tribulation that not only Jackie
Robinson and other African-American ballplayers went through,
but also what the entire team and organization went through. Prince
documents how the racial baiting and ugly incidents did not cease
after the 1947 season. The 1953 season had several episodes of
extremely crude and vulgar behavior by other teams, including
St. Louis Cardinal's manager Eddie Stanky (who played with the
Dodgers during the 1947 season) imitating an ape every time Robinson
came to bat during a game on August 30 at Ebbets Field. The justice
in this particular incident occurred during the 7th inning. Robinson
was injured and struck out to lead off the inning, with Stanky
pulling his ape act in the Cardinal's dugout. The Dodgers then
responded by scoring 12 runs in the inning, crushing the Cardinals
by the score of 20-4. Stanky was force to make two pitching changes
during the inning, having to walk out and back to the pitcher's
mound twice while the Ebbets Field crowd made their feelings for
him known with boos, catcalls, and hankies waving in his face.
As Prince puts it, "it was a Dodger moment; it was a Brooklyn
moment. This one time, a crude, frontal racial assault by the
Cardinals had been met with the brute force of Dodger bats."
[p. 15]
Additional chapters discuss such topics as the political culture ("Reds and Dodger Blue"), the rivalry between the Giants, the Yankees, and the Dodgers, the baseball culture of the female and child population of Brooklyn, and just how the Dodgers became the one thing that everyone who lived in the ethnically diverse borough could identify with. Professor Prince points out that the feeling was that Brooklyn was not a part of the real New York; after all it was the New York Yankees, and the New York Giants, but the Bums were the Brooklyn Dodgers. Prince speculates that perhaps this is the reason the move from Brooklyn to Los Angeles proved to be so devastating to the borough.
The final chapter of the book is titled "The Outer Edges
of Dodger Memory" and it discusses how even nearly 40 years
after the Dodgers left Brooklyn, their memory lives on. Prince
examines the two personalities he feels have survived symbolically:
Jackie Robinson and Walter O'Malley (the owner who moved the Dodgers).
Prince shows how Robinson's reputation went down during the 1960's,
began to rise after his death in 1972, and today has reach the
level of legend for both baseball and integration. O'Malley on
the other hand, is as roundly hated today in Brooklyn as he was
40 years ago. Prince concludes the book by stating that "The
very extremes of memory that Jackie Robinson and Walter O'Malley
together offer up suggest the degree to which the town and team
were one. There is no discernible charisma attached, for example,
to the old Boston Braves, or the late Philadelphia Athletics,
to name two examples. Yet the Brooklyn Dodgers, nearly forty years
after the team ceased to exist, carry a national reputation as
pioneers in worlds well beyond professional baseball." [p.
147]
I found this book to be a fascinating discussion of baseball and
Brooklyn of the late 1940's and 1950's. It was easy to read and
also extremely thought-provoking. The ugliness of the racial incidents
reveals some of what Jackie Robinson was forced to endure, and
yet Professor Prince presents the opinion that Robinson was not
necessarily the saint he is sometimes portrayed as being. The
discussion of what Brooklyn was like and why the move was so crushing
to the spirit of the borough was also fascinating. This book is
at the Main Library, and I highly recommend it.
Michael Maben,
Cataloging Librarian
SUMMER READING PLEASURE
With finals just about over, perhaps you've thought about escaping into the world of fiction this summer. Now, there are many web sites featuring an assortment of books on-line, and Bibliomania is one of them. Bibliomania has an ever-growing selection of the classics, with such titles as Emma, Wuthering Heights, Lord Jim, The Pickwick Papers, Jude the Obscure, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Phantom of the Opera, Billy Budd, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Anna Karenina, as well as the complete works of Lewis Carroll and the complete shorter fiction of Oscar Wilde. Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass is featured in the poetry section as well as the collected poems of William Blake. Also, a major English-French /French-English Dictionary is on it's way to the reference section. Booklovers: to find a site with a multitude of links to electronic book and text sites, point your browser to <http://www.awa.com/library/omnimedia/links.html>
Happy Reading!
Happy May Birthdays to the following people:
2nd Rebecca Jones
3rd Ralph Gaebler and Dawn Polaski
5th Kelly Townes
6th Susan Stuart
10th Alysa Rollock
16th Amy van der Vliet
19th Jeanne Brown
20th Fred Cate
22nd Don Gjerdingen
And in case you forgot to wish these April Birthday's a happy
day, congratulate them on being a year older!
7th Pat Baude
8th Kim Bunge
13th Linda Fariss
17th Rob Fischman
23rd Juliet Casper Smith
25th Jan Turner and David Williams
28th Val Nolan
To the following new Law School Staff Members:
Lynn Glaze, Senior Faculty Secretary, 3rd Floor.
Lynn began working here on St. Patrick's Day.
Joanna Broderick, Faculty Secretary, 2nd Floor.
Joanna joined the law school March 31st.
Congratulations to Cindy and Brian Smith, who became the proud parents of Abbey Jean on Sunday, April 13th. Abbey arrived weighing 7 lbs. and 10 oz. and was 21 inches long. This is their first child.
2nd Robbin Spoonamore Hubbard
3rd Kathy McCarnes
4th Adrian Allen
20th Cindy Smith
22th Jennifer Bryan
26th Sarah Hughes
27th Jean Janisse
1st Lisa Farnsworth
2nd Amy Cheek
6th Stephen Akard
7th Fred Aman
9th Ann Likes
12th Sophia Goodman, Susan Williams and Mary Michelle Yager
18th Perry Hodges and John Scanlan
25th Marianne Mason
26th Ken Dunn
27th Steve Johnson
5th Beth Plew
6th Gene Shreve
15th Len Fromm
16th Steve Conrad
17th Seth Lahn
19th Dale Calabrese
19th Ed Greenebaum and Jeff Stake
27th Sherrilyn Lawrence, Harry Pratter and Cynthia Reichard
29th Karen Miller
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