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Legal Information Management In A Global And Digital Age: Revolution And Tradition, Claire M. Germain
Legal Information Management In A Global And Digital Age: Revolution And Tradition, Claire M. Germain
UF Law Faculty Publications
This article presents an overview of the public policy issues surrounding digital libraries, and describes some current trends, such as Web 2.0, the social network. It discusses the impact of globalization and the Internet on international and foreign law information, the free access to law movement and open access scholarship, and mass digitization projects, then turns to some concerns, focusing on preservation and long term access to born digital legal information and authentication of official digital legal information. It finally discusses new roles for librarians, called upon to evaluate the quality of information teach legal research methodology and be advocates …
Preserving Monumental Landscapes Under The Antiquities Act, Christine A. Klein
Preserving Monumental Landscapes Under The Antiquities Act, Christine A. Klein
UF Law Faculty Publications
This Article examines the Antiquities Act, a 1906 statute that delegates authority to the President to establish national monuments on federal lands for the protection of prehistoric structures and relics. This modest statute, originally a scant one page in length, has set off a century of intermittent controversy that its drafters could not have anticipated. Although Congress probably intended that the statute merely protect archaeological ruins from looting by treasure hunters, presidents quickly began to utilize the statute to preserve large natural landscapes -- ranging from President Theodore Roosevelt's establishment of the 800,000-acre Grand Canyon National Monument in 1908 to …