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Feminist Spiritualities: A Brief Overview, Marilyn R. Pukkila
Feminist Spiritualities: A Brief Overview, Marilyn R. Pukkila
Faculty Scholarship
A bibliographic essay on the early beginnings of feminist spirituality literature, from the 1960s to 1998.
The Literature Of Contemporary Witchcraft: Formalists, Femininsts, And Free Spirits, Marilyn R. Pukkila
The Literature Of Contemporary Witchcraft: Formalists, Femininsts, And Free Spirits, Marilyn R. Pukkila
Faculty Scholarship
A bibliographic essay on the writings of contemporary Witchcraft, from the late 1890s to 1998.
Libraries Face Internet Filter Question, Pat Newcombe
Libraries Face Internet Filter Question, Pat Newcombe
Faculty Scholarship
The Author describes how libraries electronically bar access to objectionable Internet sites and the legal trouble encountered with this policy by free-speech advocates. The ALA, the American Civil Liberties Union, and other free-speech advocates have strongly resisted having libraries play the role of lnternet censor. But parents and patrons who use the libraries on a regular basis have pressured libraries in a growing number of communities to devise some kind of barrier to viewing sexually explicit material from the Internet on library PCs.
Lassoing Legal Software, Pat Newcombe
Lassoing Legal Software, Pat Newcombe
Faculty Scholarship
In Texas, a statute prohibiting the unlicensed practice of law dates back to the Depression. Overseeing this statute is the Unauthorized Practice of Law (UPL) Committee, a state judicial panel formed to investigate and prosecute companies and individuals who practice law without a license. In 1998, the panel brought charges against Iowa-based Parsons Technology Inc., publisher of Quicken Family Lawyer. The committee claimed the software was designed in a manner that crossed the line of practicing without a license. They alleged that the software program, which features Harvard University law professor Arthur Miller guiding users through the steps to produce …
Web Regulation Battles Heat Up, Pat Newcombe
Web Regulation Battles Heat Up, Pat Newcombe
Faculty Scholarship
This Article discusses the implications for publishers, libraries, and the public regarding a ruling issued in June by a judge who ruled that a federal agency's attempt to regulate publishers of online newsletters and software was unconstitutional. That same month in Texas, Governor George W. Bush signed legislation that overturned a ban on self-help legal software in the state. In both cases, the forces in favor of deregulation and freedom of speech on the Internet prevailed against those in favor of government regulation and licensing. Federal regulators were told they could not force publishers and software producers--in this case, of …