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New Acquisitions

by Lillian Velez on May 5th, 2025 in New Books | 0 Comments

We’ve added some great new titles to the Dee J. Kelly Law Library collection, covering everything from emerging legal issues to classic topics with a fresh perspective. Whether you’re deep into research or just browsing for inspiration, there’s something here for you. Stop by, take a look, and see what sparks your interest!

 

Cover ArtLegal Stories by Gregory Steirer
Call Number: KF3020 .S84 2024
ISBN: 9780472076826
Publication Date: 2024-07-01
 
Legal Stories provides a dual history of copyright law and narrative-based media development between the Copyright Act of 1909 and the Copyright Act of 1976.
 
 
Cover ArtA Cultural History of Copyright by Julio Carvalho
Call Number: K1420.5 .C37 2023
ISBN: 9783031468568
Publication Date: 2024-11-29
 
From the age of print to the age of networks and disruptive technologies, this book explores the place of copyright amid the various conceptual transformations it has undergone over time.
 
 
Cover ArtLegal Writing and Global Lawyering Skills by Mary Beth Moylan; Stephanie Thompson
Call Number: K100 .M69 2023
ISBN: 9781636595412
Publication Date: 2023-07-14
 
While the book covers foundational objective and persuasive legal writing skills, it also addresses other lawyering skills, such as oral argument, alternative dispute resolution, transactional drafting, and client interviewing and counseling.
 
 
Cover ArtOf Law and the World by David Kennedy; Martti Koskenniemi
Call Number: KZ1249 .K45 2023
ISBN: 9780674290785
Publication Date: 2023-08-22
 
A searching dialogue between two leading legal scholars exploring the place of law in global affairs.
 
 
Cover ArtThe Cambridge Handbook of Private Law and Artificial Intelligence by Ernest Lim (Editor); Phillip Morgan (Editor)
Call Number: K564 .C6 C34 2024
ISBN: 9781108845595
Publication Date: 2024-03-28
 
AI appears to disrupt key private law doctrines, and threatens to undermine some of the principal rights protected by private law. The social changes prompted by AI may also generate significant new challenges for private law. It is thus likely that AI will lead to new developments in private law.
 
Cover ArtLeading Works in Law and Anthropology by Alice Margaria (Editor); Larissa Vetters (Editor)
Call Number: K487 .A57 L433 2025
ISBN: 9781032118536
Publication Date: 2024-07-16
 
The book elaborates on the nature and the boundaries of law and anthropology research, as well as on its likely future development in light of the insights shared by contributors on their chosen leading works. The book will make fascinating reading for researchers and academics in both law and anthropology.
 
 
Cover ArtDeported Americans by Beth C. Caldwell
Call Number: KF4848 .M48 C34 2019
ISBN: 9781478003908
Publication Date: 2019-04-19
 
Many deportees had lawful status, held green cards, or served in the U.S. military. Now, they have been banished, many with no hope of lawfully returning. Having interviewed over one hundred deportees and their families, Caldwell traces deportation's long-term consequences--such as depression, drug use, and homelessness--on both sides of the border.
 
 
Cover ArtThe Making of Lawyers' Careers by Robert L. Nelson; Ronit Dinovitzer; Bryant G. Garth; Joyce S. Sterling; David B. Wilkins; Meghan Dawe; Ethan Michelson
Call Number: KF297 .N44 2023
ISBN: 9780226828923
Publication Date: 2023-10-03
 
How do race, class, gender, and law school status condition the career trajectories of lawyers? And how do professionals then navigate these parameters? The Making of Lawyers' Careers provides an unprecedented account of the last two decades of the legal profession in the US, offering a data-backed look at the structure of the profession and the inequalities that early-career lawyers face across race, gender, and class distinctions.
 
 
Cover ArtConflict Resilience by Robert Bordone; Joel Salinas
Call Number: BF637 .I48 B67 2025
ISBN: 9780063278332
Publication Date: 2025-03-18
 
Conflict Resilience combines practical applications of advanced conflict management and study of the human brain to teach anyone how to turn conflict and negotiation into an act of union.
 
 
Cover ArtPrivatizing Justice by Sarah Staszak
Call Number: KF9085 .S83 2024
ISBN: 9780197771730
Publication Date: 2024-04-26
 
One of the primary goals of the 1970s-era conservative legal movement was to undo New Deal policies that favored labor at the expense of capital. One of the movement's most effective strategies turned out to be advancing bipartisan legislation on arbitration and convincing the courts that settling disputes that way was preferable to litigation.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

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