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1L Orientation Handout
by David Holt - Last Updated Aug 2, 2012
Art Law
by David Holt - Last Updated Oct 18, 2010
This research guide is comprised of monographs, journal articles, databases, and other online resources relevant to art law. Included in this area of law is art theft and fraud, valuation, artistic property rights, and museum policy.
Tags: art, cultural, fraud, law, property, registries, valuation
Bioethics Legal Research
by David Holt - Last Updated Mar 29, 2011
This guide covers on bioethics including abortion and reproductive freedom, birth control, surrogacy, palliative care, euthanasia, in-vitro-fertilization, and intersexuality/transgenderism.
Tags: care, embryo, end-of-life, euthanasia, in-vitro-fertilization, palliative
California Ballot Propositions
by David Holt - Last Updated Aug 13, 2012
This guide is a list of California ballot propositions that were on the ballot starting with 1944. This list may not be comprehensive.
Capital Punishment Law
by David Holt - Last Updated Feb 28, 2011
This guide is designed for students doing research on the death penalty. It includes historical materials, social science resources, and moral/ethical philosophy.
Tags: capital_punishment, death_penalty, death_penalty_college, execution, florida, san_quentin, texas
Church Property Law
by David Holt - Last Updated Feb 28, 2011
This guide is written for those doing research on church property disputes.
Tags: canon_law, church_property, ecclesiastical, property, property_disputes
Corporate Transactions
by David Holt, Ellen Platt - Last Updated Dec 15, 2010
This research guide is designed for students taking courses in business organizations or corporate transactions.
Tags: business_ethics, buy-sell_agreements, corporate_transactions, debt_financing, entity_formation, executive_compensation, licensing, llc, mergers, outsourcing, stockholder_agreements
Criminal sentencing for cocaine possession and distribution
by David Holt - Last Updated Oct 28, 2012
This guide is written for Michelle Oberman's Criminal Law course.
Tags: cocaine, crack_cocaine, federal_sentencing, racial_disparity, us_sentencing_guidelines
Crowdfunding and Accredited Investors
by David Holt - Last Updated Jul 13, 2011
This research guide contains materials on crowdfunding and the SEC's rules on accredited investors.
Tags: crowdfunding, federal_regulation, sec, securities, start-ups, venture_capital
Decision Making and Professional Judgment
by Prano Amjadi, David Holt - Last Updated Dec 16, 2011
This guide contains materials on decision making and judgment among legal professionals.
Determining curtilage of home
by David Holt - Last Updated Dec 16, 2011
This guide is designed for students doing research on the curtilage concept in regards to search and seizure.
Electronic Legal Research
by David Holt - Last Updated Feb 28, 2013
Employment Discrimination Under Title VII
by David Holt - Last Updated Dec 16, 2011
This guide is designed for students doing research on employment discrimination under Title VII with a particularl emphasis on intersex litigants.
Environmental Law
by David Holt - Last Updated Dec 15, 2010
This guide is designed for students doing research in issues related to environmental law. This topics include state and federal environmental statutes and regulations, state and federal agencies, and other issues related to environmental justice.
Tags: conservation, environment, environmentalism
Free Internet Resources
by David Holt - Last Updated Mar 2, 2012
This guide provides a list of legal materials that are available for free via the Internet. It includes statutes, regulations, case law, and court rules.
Gender and the Law
by David Holt - Last Updated Nov 7, 2011
This guide contains materials dealing with sex and gender discrimination, sex stereotyping, and state/federal laws pertaining to gender or sex.
Tags: battered_women, domestic_violence, essentialist, feminism, feminist, gender, gender_discrimination, sex, sex_discrimination
Historic Supreme Court Cases
by David Holt - Last Updated Jun 7, 2010
This is a sampling of some of the major Supreme Court cases that are frequently studied in law school
Housing Law
by David Holt - Last Updated Oct 18, 2010
This guide covers housing law including housing discrimination, low-income housing, urban development, and state property law.
Tags: discrimination, housing, housing, hud
How Do I?
by David Holt - Last Updated Oct 9, 2012
This guide is a series of tutorials covering very basic library research tasks.
How to find previous exams
by David Holt - Last Updated Sep 28, 2011
Use this guide to find previous exams given at Santa Clara Law. Exams may be available in either print, or available electronically.
How to Read a Legal Citation
by David Holt - Last Updated Mar 30, 2012
This is a brief introduction designed for beginning first year law students on how to read a legal citation.
Tags: 1l, basic, citation, firstyear, introduction, legal
Immigration Law
by David Holt - Last Updated Oct 31, 2010
This guide covers immigration law including topics on asylum seeking, migration, immigrant labor law, and current developments in immigration law enforcement.
Tags: arizona, citizenship, immigrants, immigration, naturalization, sb1070
Introduction to legislative histories
by David Holt - Last Updated Dec 16, 2011
This guide focuses on legislative history research.
Tags: congress, legislation, legislative_history, sacramento
Introduction to United States Law
by David Holt - Last Updated Aug 29, 2012
This guide is designed to give students, particularly foreign law students unfamiliar with United States and common law, a list of sources in the law library that provide general background information on United States law and American legal English.
Tags: foreign_students, legal_research, legalwriting, llm, us_law
LAW 438 - Comparative Law
by David Holt - Last Updated Jan 26, 2012
This guide is written for Professor Toman's class on comparative law. It includes materials on comparative law, sociology of law, philosophy of law, and general materials on major legal systems.
Tags: civil_law, common_law, comparative_law, foreign_law, legal_systems
Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility
by David Holt - Last Updated Sep 28, 2011
This guide is designed for students doing research in legal ethics or are preparing for the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE).
Tags: legal_ethics, mpre, professional_responsibility
List of Subscribed Databases
by David Holt - Last Updated Aug 15, 2012
This guide contains a full list of subscription databases organized by name.
Mandatory v. Persuasive Authority
by David Holt - Last Updated Aug 23, 2012
This guide is designed to teach first-year law students the difference between mandatory and persuasive authority and which courts are bound by which decisions and types of actions.
Medical Marijuana
by David Holt - Last Updated Jan 6, 2011
This guide is written for students doing research on medical marijuana laws. It includes federal and state materials with a special emphasis on California state law.
Tags: cannabis, controlled_substances, drug_policy, marihuana, marijuana, medical_marijuana, norml
Mental Illness and the Law
by David Holt - Last Updated Jul 2, 2011
This guide includes materials which deal with mental ilness and public policy, psychiatry and the law, and the treatment of institutionalized persons.
Tags: civil_commitment, criminal_responsibility, expert_testimony, forensic_psychiatry, forensic_psychology, insanity, insanity_defense, institutionalized_persons, mental_health, mental_illness, psychiatry, psychology, sexual_predators
Neuroscience and the Adolescent Brain
by David Holt - Last Updated Jun 1, 2011
Non-Profit Organizations
by David Holt - Last Updated Dec 16, 2011
This research guide is designed for students doing research on the law of non-profit organizations.
Tags: charity, non-profit, trade_unions
Peremptory Juror Challenges and Jury Selection
by David Holt - Last Updated Dec 16, 2011
This guide covers case research, secondary sources and citators with a particular focus on jury selection.
Tags: batson, jury_selection, peremptory
Race and the Law
by David Holt - Last Updated Nov 4, 2012
This guide is designed for students doing research in topics such as racial profiling, affirmative action, slavery, white privilege, and other issues related to ethnicity.
Tags: african-american, ethnicity, race, racial_discrimination, racism, strict_scrutiny
Resources for Comment and Paper Topics
by David Holt - Last Updated Oct 25, 2012
This guide is designed for students in the beginning stages of writing a paper for their Analytical Writing Requirement or for publication to an academic journal.
Screencasts and Video Tutorials
by David Holt - Last Updated Jun 16, 2010
This is a list of screencasts and video tutorials.
SEC Disclosure Rules and Board Diversity
by David Holt - Last Updated Dec 16, 2011
This guide is written for Nikki Pope.
Securities Law
by David Holt - Last Updated Feb 28, 2011
This guide is designed for students and faculty doing research on securities law.
Tags: banking, blue_sky_laws, bonds, executive_compensation, federal_regulation, finance, securities
Sexual Orientation and the Law
by David Holt - Last Updated Sep 28, 2011
This guide covers issues including marriage equality, employment and housing discrimination, child custody issues, and military policy.
Tags: bullying, dadt, enda, equality, gay, lesbian, lgbt, lgbtiq, marriage, orientation, sexual
Student Speech and the First Amendment
by David Holt - Last Updated Jun 14, 2011
This is a guide students doing research on student speech, campus speech codes, and the regulation of the clothes or personal appearance of pupils.
Tags: bong_hits_for_jesus, hazelwood, student_speech, tinker
Transnational Terrorism
by David Holt - Last Updated Dec 8, 2010
This guide covers topics on transnational terrorism including the American "War-on-Terror", enemy combatants, Guantanamo Bay, constitutional issues, and other related topics.
Tags: 9/11, al-qaeda, bioterrorism, israel, nuclear, terrorism, war-on-terror
War Powers Resolution
by David Holt - Last Updated Jun 18, 2011
This guide is written for students doing research on the War Powers Resolution passed in 1973.
Tags: 1973, congress, libya, nixon, obama, president, reagan, separation_of_powers, vietnam, war, war_power, war_powers

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