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Research And The Justice Mission Of Law Schools, Mark Tushnet Jan 1992

Research And The Justice Mission Of Law Schools, Mark Tushnet

Cleveland State Law Review

There are some obvious things to say about research and the justice mission of law schools, and many other contributors to this discussion have said them. For example, jurisprudence lies at the core of the classical legal curriculum, and-at least in the contemporary law school-definitions of justice are part of the jurisprudence syllabus. Because the concept of justice is not self-defining, conceptual inquiry into the meaning of justice, a traditional mode of legal research, is recurrently needed. In this way, research is tightly linked to the justice mission of law schools. In this piece, I move from global concerns--jurisprudence in …


Information Science Techniques For Legal Searching, Deborah C. Goshien Jan 1972

Information Science Techniques For Legal Searching, Deborah C. Goshien

Cleveland State Law Review

Information scientific methods can be combined with current legal searching techniques to improve the usefulness and cost-effectiveness of computerized legal research. By combining methods from several disciplines, the lawyer-user may be enabled to locate relevant material that might be missed in either a manual or a straight word-byword computer search.


A Case For Computers In Law Practice, Donald J. Elardo Jan 1968

A Case For Computers In Law Practice, Donald J. Elardo

Cleveland State Law Review

There is no profession which has more to gain from dramatic new technological developments for the automation of information than the legal profession.


Problem Of Selection In Law Libraries, Theodore Samore Jan 1958

Problem Of Selection In Law Libraries, Theodore Samore

Cleveland State Law Review

Law libraries, like soap, come in three sizes -large, giant, and super. It is also true that law libraries, like taxes, living expenses, populations and college enrollments are rapidly expanding and the end is not in sight. Use determines the growth of a library. As long as students, professors and practitioners ask for more books, more periodicals and more services the library must expand.