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New Acquisitions:
View the New Acquisitions online here. If you see an item of interest, click on the title to go to the full record in SALLY. There are also links to tables of contents, publishers’ descriptions, and contributors’ biographical information.
Library Hours:
The library will be closed on Friday, April 11, in observance of Good Friday. The library will be open all other days of the Easter holiday. For regular hours and details, go to the Legal Research Center Web site.
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Research Colloquium
 Law librarians presented a research seminar to faculty, administrators, and colleagues during the Friday noon faculty colloquium session on March 6. Education and outreach specialist Judith Lihosit (pictured at right) explained various services that are available to assist with research and with faculty publication. International law specialist Melissa Fung demonstrated 3 extensive databases of historical and congressional materials; and tax and government documents specialist Brent Bernau introduced OnLaw, a collection of Continuing Education of the Bar practice materials and forms. If you missed the presentations and would like to know more about these resources, please contact Judith at extension 4752 or via e-mail.
Physician-Assisted Death Debate
 Books on this controversial topic that will be discussed at a March 18 law school forum are available for interested readers. Some works examining all sides of the issue are:
> Susan Behuniak & Arthur Svenson, Physician-Assisted Suicide: The Anatomy of a Constitutional Law Issue (KF3827.E87 B44 2003)
> Gerald Dworkin et al., Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide (R726 .D93 1998)
> Linda Emanuel, ed., Regulating How We Die: The Ethical, Medical, and Legal Issues Surrounding Physician-Assisted Suicide (R726 .R445 1998)
> Kathleen Foley & Herbert Hendin, eds., The Case Against Assisted Suicide: For the Right to End-of-Life Care (R726 .C355 2002)
> Loretta M. Kopelman & Kenneth A. De Ville, eds., Physician-Assisted Suicide: What Are the Issues? (R726 .P4975 2001)
> Sheila McLean & Alison Britton, The Case for Physician Assisted Suicide (R726 .M357 1997)
> Larry Palmer, Endings and Beginnings: Law, Medicine, and Society in Assisted Life and Death (KF3827.E87 P24 2000)
> Carl Schneider, ed., Law at the End of Life: The Supreme Court and Assisted Suicide (KF3827.E87 L39 2000)
> Lois Snyder & Arthur Caplan, eds., Assisted Suicide: Finding Common Ground (R726 .A855 2002)
> Melvin Urofsky, Lethal Judgments: Assisted Suicide and American Law (KF3827.E87 U755 2000)
Children’s Rights
 In the 20th century, the children's rights movement came into full flower as the League of Nations and later the United Nations declared that children need safeguards and protections separate from those of adults. Children’s Rights: International and National Laws and Practices, created by the Law Library of Congress, provides access to laws and policies that help protect children in sixteen nations, including Israel, Japan, Mexico, and Russia. For each nation, visitors can read the domestic laws and policies that affect child health and social welfare, education and special needs, child labor and exploitation, and juvenile justice. It's a good idea to start off by reading the introduction by Dr. Rubens Medina, offering an overview of the development of children's legal rights, before diving into these materials.
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