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Law Library: 1859-2017, Barbara H. Garavaglia

Book Chapters

The Law Library was established in 1859 as part of the Law Department and continues to be "maintained and administered as a part of the instruction and research operation of the Law School." The library has been considered the "apparatus" of the Law Department and "the lawyer's laboratory." Indeed, this underlying view led the library to build a comprehensive collection that would provide "the means necessary for original investigation" and "permit scholars to do research work in any field of law, regardless of country or period." The collection development policy--to collect primary sources of law: statutes, civil law codes, court …

Building A Home For The Laws Of The World: Part Ii: Hoping, Hunting, And Honing, Margaret A. Leary

Articles

The following feature is the second, concluding portion of the edited version of "Building a Foreign Law Collection at the University of Michigan Law Library, 1910-1960,"© Margaret A. Leary, 2002, which originally appeared at 94 Law Library Journal 395-425 (2002), and appears here with permission of the author. The first part of the article (46.2 Law Quadrangle Notes 46-53 [Summer 2003] detailed how the vision of Dean Henry Bates, generosity of graduate William W. cook, and skills of librarian/traveler/negotiator Hobart Coffey combined to launch the building of the Law Library's international collection into one of the best in the world.

Building A Home For The Laws Of The World: Part 1: Bates, Cook, And Coffey, Margaret A. Leary

Articles

The following feature is an edited version of "Building a Foreign Law Collection at the University of Michigan Law Library, 1910-1960."© Margaret A. Leary, 2002, which originally appeared at 94 Law Library Journal 395-425 (2002), and appears here with permission of the author. The first part of the article appears here; the conclusion will appear in the next issue of Law Quadrangle Notes.

Building A Foreign Law Collection At The University Of Michigan Law Library, 1910-1960, Margaret A. Leary

Articles

Ms. Leary describes the vision, energy, imagination, and techniques of the dedicated people who built an eminent foreign law collection at the University of Michigan Law Library. She also uses Michigan as an example to illustrate the development of libraries and librarianship nationally.

Introduction To "Books", Margaret A. Leary

Articles

It's well known that graduate William B. Cook's generosity provided the Law School with its trademark Gothic Law Quadrangle. It is less universally known that Cook endowed the Law School with a trust to support faculty research, and had a strong interest in the nature of that research. He chose to call the library building "Legal Research" and to inscribe above the main entrance "Learned and cultured lawyers are safeguards of the republic." Cook often said that the lack of "intellectual leadership 1s the greatest problem which faces America," and he wanted this Law School to provide that missing leadership. …

Secondary Legal Sources: A Selected Subject Bibliography Of Treatises, Looseleaf Services And Form Books Seventh Edition, Thomas G. Oatmen

Law Library Publications

This bibliography, now in its seventh edition, is a subject arrangement of selected English language treatises, looseleaf services and form books in the University of Michigan Law Library, current through 2001.

The goal of the bibliography is to list books that provide a starting point for legal research in major areas of American law. It includes only works published since 1990 or those kept current via looseleaf or other supplementation. Books that are kept up-to-date by some sort of supplementation are indicated by a hyphen following the publication date, e.g., "1949-". The bibliography excludes casebooks, journals, popular works and encyclopedias. …

The Michigan Law Quadrangle: Architecture And Origins, Kathryn Horste

About the Buildings

The Michigan Law Quadrangle: Architecture and Origins is intended to combine elements of a history and a guidebook. For those students, alumni, and visitors to Ann Arbor who have long admired the sequestered spaces and the noble corridors ofthe Quadrangle, the book is meant to answer some ofthe many questions that come to mind about its historical styles and the significance of its rich decorations, as well as to serve as a ready source book for those encountering the Quadrangle for the first time. Chapters 2 and 3 recount the history of the Quadrangle as a construction project and the …

Notes From The Underground, University Of Michigan Law School

Newsletters

Volume 4, no. 3 of the University of Michigan Law Library Reference Department Newsletter.

Notes From The Underground, University Of Michigan Law School

Newsletters

Volume 4, no. 2 of the University of Michigan Law Library Reference Department Newsletter.

Notes From The Underground, University Of Michigan Law School

Newsletters

Volume 4, no. 1 of the University of Michigan Law Library Reference Department Newsletter.

The Uses Of Art: Medieval Metaphor In The Michigan Law Quadrangle, Ilene H. Forsyth

About the Buildings

Within the architectural diversity of Michigan's Ann Arbor campus, a campus with a spread and a variety as extended as that of the university community itself, there is a place apart: the Cook Law Quad. The distinct ambiance created by the quad's buildings seems at variance with the melange that marks the rest of the campus where the free growth of the university over a long period of time has resulted in structures of various styles and uneven levels of distinction. Yet the quad's special character is not simply a matter of its architectural unity, as is often claimed. There …

Faculty & Student Newsletter, University Of Michigan Law School

Newsletters

Volume 3, no. 1 of the University of Michigan Law Library Faculty & Student Newsletter.

Secondary Legal Sources: A Selected Subject Bibliography Of Treatises, Looseleaf Services And Form Books Sixth Edition, Rose Coad, Beth Mcwilliams

Law Library Publications

The sixth edition of this bibliography is a subject arrangement of selected English language treatises, looseleaf services and form books. Most of the works listed were published in this country, and all are in the collection of this law library.

The object in revising this bibliography has been to present to law students of the University of Michigan a reasonably thorough listing of useful and current secondary sources covering domestic and international law. The inclusion of a work in this bibliography does not mean the Law Library is endorsing either the author's sty le or the substance of the work. …

Faculty & Student Newsletter, University Of Michigan Law School

Newsletters

Volume 2, no. 2 of the University of Michigan Law Library Faculty & Student Newsletter.

Faculty & Student Newsletter, University Of Michigan Law School

Newsletters

Volume 2, no. 1 of the University of Michigan Law Library Faculty & Student Newsletter.

Faculty & Student Newsletter, University Of Michigan Law School

Newsletters

Volume 1, no. 2 of the University of Michigan Law Library Faculty & Student Newsletter.

Faculty & Student Newsletter, University Of Michigan Law School

Newsletters

Volume 1, no. 1 of the University of Michigan Law Library Faculty & Student Newsletter.

Secondary Legal Sources: A Selected Subject Bibliography Of Treatises, Looseleaf Services And Form Books Fifth Edition, Linda S. Maslow

Law Library Publications

The fifth edition of this bibliography is a subject arrangement of selected English language treatises, looseleaf services and form books. Most of the works listed were published in this country and all are in the collection of this law library.

Our object in revising this bibliography has been to present to the law students of The University of Michigan a reasonably thorough listing of useful and current secondary sources covering domestic and international law. The inclusion of a work in this bibliography does not mean that the Law Library is endorsing either the author's style or the substance of his …

'Splendor Beneath The Grass' In Michigan, Andrea Oppenheimer Dean

About the Buildings

This is probably the most esthetically satisfying large underground building to have penetrated American soil, though on approach there's almost nothing - arguably not enough - to see, certainly nothing that says "building". Gunnar Birkert's 1981 addition to the University of Michigan's Legal Research Building is part of the venerable 1920s Gothicized law school quadrangle, a visually homogenous complex including library, classrooms, and dormitories. The quad had, as it were, a piece missing at its southeast corner; and it is here under this missing element that Birkerts buried his building.

Architecture Beneath The Surface, Grace Anderson

About the Buildings

Confronted by the need to expand its library, the law school at the University of Michigan and its architect, Gunnar Birkerts, decided to go underground. The decision followed a precedent set by some other universities that, like Michigan, wanted to preserve open space above ground. Early efforts to raise a building on this site were rejected, Birkerts reports, when it became evident that such a structure would hide the Gothic presence of the existing library and impede visual and pedestrian access to the cherished Law Quadrangle formed by the older library and dormitories. Birkerts seized the underground assignment as a …

Dedication Remarks, Terrance Sandalow, Theodore St. Antoine, John Pickering, Rober Nederlander, Gunnar Bickerts, Harold Shapiro, Potter Stewart

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

A selection of speeches given at the dedication of the newly built Law Library.

A Guide To Legal Research In The University Of Michigan Law Library (3rd Ed.), Peter C. Schanck, Bruce S. Johnson

Law Library Publications

In preparing this revision of the Guide to Legal Research in the University of Michigan Law Library, we have followed respectfully the precepts established in previous editions. As before, the Guide has been written to be primarily of benefit to the students at the University of Michigan School of Law. We hope, however, that it will also be helpful to anyone who uses this collection extensively. It is not meant to be a comprehensive treatise on all, or even a few, forms of legal research. That has been done elsewhere, many times, and need not be repeated here. Instead, …

Private Lawyers And Public Responsibilities, Carl Mcgowan

Michigan Law Review

A half-century ago when this Law Quadrangle was conceived and constructed, it was surely an act of faith on the part of its wise and generous donor. So it was also of this University which undertook the challenge to make of his vision a reality - to provide, in the most magnificent plant for legal education this country has ever seen, instruction in the law and constant refinement of its ideals worthy of the most rigorous traditions of the higher learning.

Secondary Legal Sources: A Selected Subject Bibliography Of Treatises, Looseleaf Services And Form Books Fourth Edition, Bruce S. Johnson, Steven M. Barkan, Mary C. Wilson

Law Library Publications

The fourth edition of this bibliography is a subject arrangement of selected English language treatises, looseleaf services and form books. Most all of the works listed were published in this country and all are in the collection of this law library.

Our object in revising this bibliography has been to present to the law students of The University of Michigan a reasonably thorough listing of useful and current secondary sources covering dorr1estic and international Jaw. The inclusion of a work in this bibliography does not mean that the Law Library is endorsing either the author's style or the substance of …

Secondary Legal Sources: A Selected Subject Bibliography Of Treatises, Looseleaf Services And Form Books Third Edition, Peter C. Schanck, Carole Hango-Hanlon, Leah M. Gunn

Law Library Publications

The third edition of this bibliography is a subject arrangement of selected English language treatises, looseleaf services and form books. Most all of the works listed were published in this country and all are in the collection of this law library.

Our object in revising this bibliography has been to present to the law students of The University of Michigan a reasonably thorough listing of useful and current secondary sources covering domestic and international law. The inclusion of a work in this bibliography does not mean that the Law Library is endorsing either the author's style or the substance of …

A Guide To Legal Research In The University Of Michigan Law Library (2nd Ed.), Peter C. Schanck

Law Library Publications

The purpose of the Guide is simple and straightforward: to enable users of this Library to locate more easily those materials which may be relevant to the subject of their inquiry. This guide does not purport to take the place of those well-known treatises on how to set about legal research (see page 15). On the other hand, it does more than simply tell the user where books are in the Library. It explains how these books are used, what their advantages and limitations are, and what other works exist in the same or similar fields.

Secondary Legal Sources: A Selected Subject Bibliography Of Treatises, Looseleaf Services And Form Books Second Edition, Peter C. Schanck, Leah M. Gunn, Frances M. Gardner, Dana Rizzotti

Law Library Publications

This bibliography (second annual edition) is a subject list of selected secondary American and international law sources in this Library, consisting primarily of textbooks and treatises, but also including form books and looseleaf services.· We have selected those books which we deem to be of most use to law students conducting research on the current law. In no respect should this bibliography be construed as a substitute for the Card Catalog. Consultation of the Catalog will be necessary on any substantial research problem.

Virtually all the volumes listed here either describe, explain, summarize, interpret or analyze the law and are …

Secondary Legal Sources: A Selected Subject Bibliography Of Treatises, Looseleaf Services And Form Books, Peter C. Schanck, Leah M. Gunn, Janet Wishinsky, Frances M. Gardner

Law Library Publications

This bibliography is a selected subject list of secondary American and international law sources in this Library, consisting primarily of textbooks and treatises, but also including form books and looseleaf services. We have selected those books which we deem to be of most use to law students conducting research on the current law. In no respect should this bibliography be construed as a substitute for the Card Catalog. Consultation of the Catalog will be necessary on any substantial research problem.

Virtually all the volumes listed here either describe, explain, summarize, interpret or analyze the law and are directed at law …

A Guide To Legal Research In The University Of Michigan Law Library (1st Ed.), Peter C. Schanck

Law Library Publications

This guide has been written primarily for the use of law students at The University of Michigan. It is intended to assist them in three distinct respects: (1) describe the Library's rules and services, (2) explain the basics of legal research, and (3) provide quick reference information on the most commonly encountered problems of legal research. The three main sections of the guide correspond to these objectives.

The Law Library, Hobart Coffey

About the Buildings

The history of the Law Library dates from the establishment of the Law School in 1859· In June of that year, having in mind the Law Department that was to open the following October, the Regents appropriated $2,000 for the purchase of law books. That any books were actually bought before the department opened seems unlikely. It is more probable that the first Law Library was composed of a small collection of about 350 volumes donated by Judge Thomas M. Cooley, and duly accepted by the Regents in October, 1859. This first collection is said to have included ten volumes …