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Faculty Highlights

Alfred Aman Jr. (1991-2002)

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The Death Of An Honorable Profession, Carl T. Bogus

Indiana Law Journal

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What's On The Horizon?: A Report From The 1996 Conference For Law School Computing, Juliet Casper Smith

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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1.4, Yolanda Jones

E-lert

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1.3, Yolanda Jones

E-lert

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1.2, Yolanda Jones

E-lert

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Law And Linguistics: Is There Common Ground?, William D. Popkin

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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The Top Fives: An Internet Pathfinder For Law Librarians, Yolanda Patrice Jones

Articles by Maurer Faculty

Many law librarians are currently beginning to explore the Internet as a source of legal information. One of the most frequently asked questions after one gets an Internet connection is "Where do I go from here?" The following pathfinder is a list of what I consider to be the most important resources which will lead the legal researcher to the widest possible amount of legal information on the Internet.

This list is purely subjective, and certainly not complete. I tried to stick to the 'top five' format as much as possible, but every so often I couldn't help myself from …

1.1, Yolanda Jones

E-lert

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1.0 Librarian's Supplement, Yolanda Jones

E-lert

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1.0, Yolanda Jones

E-lert

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Winning On Appeal: Better Briefs And Oral Argument, Michael J. Hirrel

Federal Communications Law Journal

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150 Years Of Research : A Bibliography Of The Indiana University School Of Law Faculty, 1842-1992, Linda K. Fariss

150 Years of Research: A Bibliography of Indiana University School of Law Faculty, 1842-1992

Compiled for the law school's sesquicentennial in 1992, this work contains comprehensive entries for all past and then current faculty members, listing works written before and during their time at the law school.

Law library librarians Keith A. Buckley, Mitchell E. Counts, Ralph F. Gaebler, Michael M. Maben, Marianne Mason, F. Richard Vaughan and Nona K. Watt contributed to the bibliography and Linda K. Fariss edited.

Dean Brings New Ideas To Law School, Evelyn Elllison

Alfred Aman Jr. (1991-2002)

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Law Dean, Veralyn Kinzer

Alfred Aman Jr. (1991-2002)

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Law Students Make Valid Point With Protest, Jill Miller

Bryant Garth (1986-1987 Acting; 1987-1990)

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Writing In A Different Voice, Elizabeth Perry Hodges

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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The Burden Of The Liberal Song, Peter R. Teachout

Indiana Law Journal

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Calculated Kindness: Refugees And American's Half-Open Door, 1945 To The Present, By Gil Loescher And John A. Scanlan, Arthur C. Helton

Indiana Law Journal

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Law Reviews-The Extreme Centrist Position, Ronald D. Rotunda

Indiana Law Journal

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Salute To A Great Legislative Draftsman: Elmer A. Driedger, Q. C., Reed Dickerson

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Book Review. Legal Information Management Index, Linda K. Fariss

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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A Hurried Perspective On The Critical Legal Studies Movement: The Marx Brothers Assault The Citadel, Maurice J. Holland

Maurice James Holland (1984-1985 Acting; 1986 Acting)

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Law And Language: The Role Of Pragmatics In Statutory Interpretation, M. B.W. Sinclair

Articles by Maurer Faculty

In everyday conversation social conventions constrain our speech and aid understanding of the speech of others. These social conventions have been analyzed by the philosopher H.P. Grice and others. Professor Sinclair explores the applicability of such conventions to statutes and thereby derives a set of pragmatic rules of statutory construction. These rules explain some of the intuitions underlying "canons of construction" and their limitations and provide a basis for understanding and for criticizing some important judicial decisions.

Plain English Statutes And Readability: Pt. 2 - Readability Formulas And Specifications For A "Plain English" Statute, Reed Dickerson

Articles by Maurer Faculty

In 1965 Reed Dickerson, Professor of Low at the University of Indiana Law School, wrote the classic Fundamentals of Legal Drafting, published by Little Brown and Co., Boston, a book that has become the most referred to of all books on legal drafting. Little Brown and Co. will soon be publishing Professor Dickerson's Second Edition of Fundamentals of Legal Drafting. With the permission of the author and the publishers, the Michigan Bar Journal and the Plain English Committee are pleased to present excerpts from a chapter in the Second Edition regarding plain English statutes and readability. "Part I - History, …

Plain English Statutes And Readability: Pt. 1 - History, The Problem And The Case For A Statute, Reed Dickerson

Articles by Maurer Faculty

In 1965 Reed Dickerson, Professor of Law at the University of Indiana Law School, wrote the classic Fundamentals of Legal Drafting, published by Little Brown and Co., Boston, a book that has become the most referred to of all books on legal drafting. Little Brown and Co. will soon be publishing Professor Dickerson's Second Edition of Fundamentals of Legal Drafting. With the permission of the author and the publishers, the Michigan Bar Journal and the Plain English Committee are pleased to present excerpts from a chapter in the Second Edition regarding plain English statutes and readability.

Simulation Of Legal Analysis And Instruction On The Computer, Margaret M. Hazen, Thomas Lee Hazen

Indiana Law Journal

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A Common Law For The Age Of Statutes, Louis Vogel

Indiana Law Journal

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Anglo-American Legal Citation: Historical Development And Library Implications, Byron D. Cooper

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Land-Use Controls: Cases And Materials. By Robert C. Ellickson And A. Dan Tarlock., Robert J. Hopperton

Indiana Law Journal

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