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Redefining Academic Law Library Excellence In A Technological Age: From Evolution To Revolution, Steven D. Hinckley
Redefining Academic Law Library Excellence In A Technological Age: From Evolution To Revolution, Steven D. Hinckley
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This article focuses on the rapidly changing standards of academic law library excellence as the ready availability and diversity of information technologies and digital collections supplant traditional print collections as the determinative measurement of library quality. The author challenges the legal and law library professions to discard traditional qualitative standards (e.g., print volume and title holdings) and to embrace standards that recognize the importance of meaningful access to information that is not tied to physical ownership or location.
The Science Of Dna Identification: From The Laboratory To The Courtroom (And Beyond), David H. Kaye
The Science Of Dna Identification: From The Laboratory To The Courtroom (And Beyond), David H. Kaye
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This article focuses on sequences of DNA base-pairs, which are becoming increasingly important in the field of law. These DNA sequences are used by forensic scientists to discover evidence such as blood stains, semen, saliva, and hair, and has become highly useful in the courtroom with regard to exonerating the innocent and convicting the guilty. Part I of the article examines how courts may (or may not) admit DNA evidence in court through four phases: uncritical acceptance; serious challenges to analytical methods and statistical interpretation of the results; renewed acceptance of DNA evidence; and acceptance of advance systems of DNA …