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Student-Edited Law Reviews And Their Role In U.S. Legal Education, Daniel H. Foote
Student-Edited Law Reviews And Their Role In U.S. Legal Education, Daniel H. Foote
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>p>For well over a centur y student-edited law reviews have been a major vehicle for publication of scholarship on law in the United States. At those law reviews, students bear responsibility for nearly all aspects of the publication process, including the vitally important task of selecting what works will be published. Criticisms have been raised over various aspects of this system, but they have not stemmed the rise of student-edited law reviews. Today, such law reviews are firmly entrenched as a central feature of the U.S. legal system; and, facilitat ed by advances in technology, the number of student-edited …
Learning A Little About The World: Foreign And International Research And The Nonspecialist, Mary Whisner
Learning A Little About The World: Foreign And International Research And The Nonspecialist, Mary Whisner
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In reflecting on the various ways she has developed some expertise in the area of foreign and international research (without being an expert), Ms. Whisner offers suggestions to others who would like to build their own knowledge in this field.
Dictionary Developments: Book Review, Daniel H. Foote
Dictionary Developments: Book Review, Daniel H. Foote
Book Reviews
English-Japanese: The Dictionary of Anglo-American Law, published by the University of Tokyo Press, represents a tremendous achievement. Its publication in 1991 culminated a'seven-year effort in which more than fifty leading Japanese scholars actively participated. These included specialists in a wide range of fields, not just professors of Anglo-American law. The effort was overseen-and a heavy share of the work borne by-a seven-member Editorial Committee, which held more than 150 meetings in the process of preparing the dictionary. Based on accounts I have received from many of the professors who participated in the project, however, it is clear that the …