This week we highlight recent acquisitions received from the ABA. Enjoy!
Friedman, Gary J. and Jack Himmelstein. Challenging conflict : mediation through understanding.
Chicago, IL : American Bar Association, 2008. Call number: KF9084 .H56 2008
Publisher’s Description:
This revolutionary book shows how through mediation parties can escape the trap of conflict rather than remain ensnared within its grasp at enormous cost to themselves and others. The authors demonstrate how mediators, and lawyers, can support parties to work together effectively in ways that deeply respect their humanity. Through the telling of ten riveting stories of actual commercial mediations, the principles and methodologies of the understanding-based approach come alive. In so "challenging conflict," the authors also challenge the conflict resolution field to reach for more.
Paul, George L. Foundations of digital evidence.
Chicago, IL : American Bar Association, 2008. Call number: KF8902.E42 P38 2008
Publisher’s Description:
Foundations of Digital Evidence provides you with a legal and practical approach to the new world of digital information…. The book provides an overview and history of digital evidence, as well as a thorough discussion of relevant issues, including:
•How you can view and understand informational records, so that you can ask the right questions in search of the truth;
•An understanding of how to ensure that any digital record is authentic, including a full explanation of how to authenticate digital evidence -- or contest its admission as the case may be;
•A discussion of the three principal foundations that determine whether a digital writing is authentic;
•How to test whether digital information has changed through time;
•A discussion of the various ways evidence of time appears in digital records;
•An overview of identity issues -- How do we know who is playing in our information systems? Is there a way to keep track? Who authored a digital record?
•An understanding of hearsay rules and under what circumstances judges admit computer-generated information into evidence.
Joy, Peter A. and Kevin C. McMunigal. Do no wrong : ethics for prosecutors and defenders.
Chicago : American Bar Association, c2009. Call number: KF9619 .J69 2009
Publisher’s Description:
Criminal law practice is a minefield of legal ethics issues for both the prosecution and defense. There are a myriad of ethical questions requiring not only an understanding of the relevant ethics rules, but also applicable constitutional and statutory law as well as rules of criminal procedure and evidence. This book aims to put these and other ethical questions on the "radar screens" of criminal practitioners and to provide both prosecution and defense with the analysis and authorities necessary to understand the issues and underlying policies. This book gathers in one place ethics columns written over a number of years for the ABA Criminal Justice Section's publication Criminal Justice. Each has been updated and some expanded.
Young, John Hardin, ed. International election principles : democracy & the rule of law.
Chicago : ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice, c2009. Call number: K3293 .I58 2009
Publisher’s Description:
International Election Principles is a practical resource covering standards, rules, and other criteria that apply to elections around the world. The book is designed to help attorneys (and others observing or otherwise participating in the electoral process) understand the general standards and theoretical complexities of the field. Some of the chapter authors focus on collaborative efforts of non-governmental organizations and similar institutions to strengthen electoral procedures; others use comparative assessments to review election doctrines. Each author presents core principles to explain electoral processes and examines democratic elections in a broader political context. This comprehensive resource will help unite theory and practice in this rapidly evolving field.
