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Collection Development Policy
Mission Statement of the Alexander Campbell King Law Library The goals of creating this Collection Development Policy are:
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY REVIEW This policy is an expression of the current needs of the School of Law community. As academic programs grow and change, and the number and formats of legal information resources proliferate, the Law Library will periodically review and revise this policy to better meet the needs of the School of Law community.The Law Library follows the American Bar Association Standards for Approval of Law Schools (Interpretation 606-1) in defining the word "collection" to include "printed sources, microforms, audio-visual works, and access to electronic formats," whether the latter be served from within the Law Library building, or from a remote site. OVERVIEW & HISTORY OF COLLECTION The Law Library has its 19th Century origins in gifts from alumni and University faculty collections, sporadic funding from the Board of Trustees, and materials owned by University Libraries. The first law classes held on campus were in the Ivy Building, which was located next to the University Library (these buildings were joined in 1905 to form the current Holmes-Hunter Academic Building), and that collection helped to support the School of Law. Even so, by the beginning of 20th century the Law School was attempting to support a separate Law Library, first in the Ivy Building, and then later in the Athenaeum Building (located across from campus at the corner of Lumpkin & Broad St.). The School of Law put great importance on developing the Law Library in the 1920's in order to secure national professional accreditation, which it finally received in 1930-31. Hirsch Hall opened on campus in 1932, which included space for the Law Library and a reading room in the space now occupied by the Hatton-Lovejoy Courtroom. In the 1930's the Law Library began being staffed by a professional librarian and was under the official administrative control of the University Libraries. The late 1960's brought major growth and changes to the Law Library. In 1966, the General Assembly allocated an additional $1,000,000, over a period of 3 years, to build the Law Library collection. These funds enabled the Law Library to develop a large print collection. The expansion of Hirsch Hall, including a new facility for the Law Library, was completed in 1967. In the spring of 1978 the Law Library came under the administrative and budget control of the School of Law, with the Director of the Law Library reporting to the Dean of the School of Law. An annex to the Law Library was completed in 1981. The six-year project to convert the basement to compact shelving was completed during 1992. A gift from Professor Louis B. Sohn of his library on international relations in 1996 (with additional books in 2003) added several thousand unique titles to the Law Library collection and formed the core for a unique special collection, The Louis B. Sohn Collection on International Relations. In 2001 the General Assembly allocated 3.2 million dollars to upgrade technology at the Law School and the Law Library, which enabled the Law Library to have a fully integrated library system including barcoding the collection, RFID security system, wireless Internet access, new public access PCs in the Reference area, and Thos. Moser reading room furniture with power built into the tables.The University fiscal year begins on July 1. The Law Library budget is divided into several sections. Materials for the Law Library collection are purchased primarily from the Equipment section of the budget, with additional purchases made using nine Restricted Funds and any remaining funds generated in the Coin Fund each year. The bulk of the funds are spent on maintaining serial titles with the remainder going towards monographic and electronic resources purchases. Equipment Funds
AREAS OF COOPERATIVE COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT Cooperative collection development and resource sharing agreements at the local, regional and national levels are a part of the Law Library collection development program. They allow the Law Library to rely on other collections for materials that are often beyond the collection scope of the Law Library. Cooperative agreements can include cooperative acquisitions, retention policies, the housing of joint purchases, shared building use, and other arrangements. The criteria for entering into cooperative arrangements include:1. The conformance of the proposed arrangement with the mission of the Law Library 2. The costs and benefits of the arrangement for the Law Library 3. The type and reputation of the potential partner organization(s) 4. The provision for the periodic evaluation of the arrangement by all parties 5. The ability of participating parties to withdraw from the arrangement 6. The ownership or control of purchased or licensed materials when the arrangement ends 7. The ability to access materials not housed in the Law Library The Law Library
has entered into the following cooperative agreements:
The following groups make up the patron base for the Law Library: Law Faculty Law Students LL.M. Program J.D. Concentrations Clinics University of Georgia Community Georgia Attorneys Academic and Library Institutions of the State of Georgia Other ABA accredited academic law libraries in Georgia Citizens of the State of Georgia For more information on services provided
to these groups, please see the Circulation
and Interlibrary Loan Policy.
SELECTION PROCESS RESPONSIBILITY Guided by the Collection Development Policy, the Director of the Law Library, the Acquisitions/Serials Librarian, and all Librarians holding both a J.D. and a MLS degree participate on the Collection Development Team. The Collection Development Team meets once a month to discuss selections, cancellations, and other collection policy issues. Librarians with expertise in specific areas informally oversee collection development in those areas.
0 - OUT
OF SCOPE:
1 - MINIMAL:
2 - BASIC:
Generally, reliance is on other libraries. It also includes items requested by faculty members. 3 - INSTRUCTIONAL
SUPPORT:
An instructional legal collection includes most primary sources, important monographs, selected looseleaf treatises, a selection of specialized journals and one or two looseleaf services in the field. Excludes most practitioners' guides (unless essential to the area), and materials from other states. Expensive monographs and serials are collected very selectively. Access to sources through LEXIS and WESTLAW is assumed. 4 - RESEARCH:
A research level legal collection has collects enough materials to allow for extensive research. Includes more specialized secondary sources, a large number of monographs and most specialized journals. Excludes most practitioners' guides, and materials from other states, unless needed because of curriculum or faculty research interest. Not all looseleaf services need to be collected if they are duplicative. Expensive monographs and serials are collected selectively. Access to sources through LEXIS and WESTLAW is assumed. 5 - COMPREHENSIVE:
The Law Library's collection is reserved for subjects for which the Law Library has or seeks to have historically extensive collections. Dissertations are included. COLLECTION POLICIES PHYSICAL FORMAT Monographs LEVEL: 5 SCOPE: It is the policy of the library to add subscriptions to serial publications in only one format with preference given to online availability. With the exception of the policies regarding bar journals and law school reviews and journals, the library does not add subscriptions to serial publications in print if they are available electronically (either text based or image based). This includes LexisNexis, Westlaw, GALILEO, or any separate database or electronic service purchased by the library. Requests to begin a print subscription to a journal or review not held by the library will be evaluated by applying the Selection Standards/Criteria. Generally if the current issue of a title is found online we will not begin a print subscription without compelling justification. NOTES:
LEVEL: 1 SCOPE: The Law Library prefers not to purchase CD-ROMs because of format limitations. CD-ROMs are subject to hardware and software incompatibilities. CD-ROMs are not accessible off-campus. Additionally, CD-ROMs require regular updating and specialized knowledge of diverse, complex search interfaces. CD-ROMs containing Georgia materials are purchased in order to expose law students to CD-ROM products and to provide our pro se patrons with access to Georgia primary legal materials in electronic format. The Law Library currently subscribes to several CD-ROMs. As these products become available over the Internet, if it is feasible, we will cancel the CD-ROM format and subscribe to the Internet product. NOTES: LEVEL: 1 SCOPE: The Law Library purchases DVDs if they are requested by faculty for use in course instruction or they are of major legal significance. DVD format is preferred over VHS. The two main advantages of DVD are its high image quality and its storage capacity. A typical DVD disc offers production notes and interviews in addition to the feature film. DVDs are also more robust and occupy less shelf space than VHS. The sound quality of DVDs is superior as well. NOTES: Electronic Books LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: E-book titles will be selected according to our collection development policy. E-books will be selected when the advantages are significant enough to justify selection. When choosing between paper or electronic format for a title, the following criteria should be considered:
• Cost such as lower handling, storage and other
overhead costs. In general, an e-book should cost no more than twice
the cost of an equivalent print title.
In general, selection will be of individual titles, rather than collections. Collections will be selected if they provide cost-effective access to a substantial amount of new material that fits within the scope of our collection development policy. E-books should not require unusual authorization procedures, hardware configurations or software clients. Their use should not require special knowledge or skills E-books should be selected
only if they provide reliable, stable and permanent access. Leasing or
short-term access to e-books is not preferred unless special circumstances
such as an immediate need for disability access exist. E-books
should have a distinct URL that can be included in the
Only e-books available through IP address authentication should be selected. As a general practice, selection should complement and enrich our current print and electronic holdings, avoiding duplication unless heavy patron demand or unusual preservation requirements exist. LEVEL: 0 SCOPE: Computer disks and software are not acquired per se. Computer disks which accompany and are an integral part of printed material are acquired with the printed material and madeavailable to patrons. NOTES: LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: The Law Library prefers Internet access to electronic resources rather than CD-ROM. Internet resources are less subject hardware and software incompatibilities. Internet resources do not have to be manually updated by Law Library staff. Search interfaces for Internet resources are generally easy to use. When considering the purchase of Internet products, the following factors are relevant: enhanced searchability, increased access, timeliness of information, physical storage considerations, and archival significance of the information. NOTES: LEVEL: 1 SCOPE: The Law Library purchases videocassettes if they are requested by faculty for use in course instruction or they are of major legal significance. DVD format is preferred over VHS. NOTES: The Law Library is the repository for the audio and visual recording of Law School events. LEVEL: 1 SCOPE: The Law Library purchases audiocassettes if they are requested by faculty for use in course instruction or for professional development. Audiocassettes are purchased if they are of major legal significance, such as Supreme Court recordings. Audio CD format is preferred over magnetic tape. NOTES: The Law Library is the repository for the audio and visual recording of Law School events. LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: The Law Library collects materials
in microform format, instead of print or Internet, when the following conditions
become issues:
NOTES: LEVEL: 1 SCOPE: The Law Library does not deliberately collect art works or posters. Occasionally, gifts of art work or posters are offered to the Law Library. The Director of the Law Library will decide if the gift is an appropriate item for the Law Library before excepting the gift. After a gift is excepted, it is subject to the Law Library’s Gifts Policy, see Atypical Acquisitions - Gifts. NOTES: LEVEL: 0 SCOPE: The Law Library does not collect individial maps. Atlases are collected, see Type of Material - Atlases. If a map of historical signifigance is given to the Law Library, then it would be treated as an art work, see Physical Format - Art Works & Posters. NOTES: In the past maps have been received as part of the Federal Depository Library Program, however, those item numbers containing maps are no longer selected. TYPE OF MATERIAL
LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: The Law Library collects in paper format only the Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, and Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: The Library’s web site includes links to state codes and registers in electronic format whenever possible, and both Lexis and Westlaw include administrative codes and registers from the various states. CFR and the Federal Register are obtained both in paper and electronic form through the Federal Depository Library Program. Administrative Decisions - U.S. Federal and State LEVEL: SCOPE: The Law Library selects many Federal administrative decisions offered in paper format through the FDLP, and obtains online access to the Federal administrative decision collection of LLMC. Further, the Law Library’s web page provides links to Federal sites on the Internet offering administrative decisions. In addition, the Law Library also purchases many such decisions through subject specific materials in both paper and electronic formats (examples of the subjects from which federal administrative decisions may be purchased are: tax, labor, environment and natural resources, and securities). The Law Library does not purchase state administrative decisions in any format, with the exception of opinions of the Georgia attorney general. Effort is made to identify Internet sites from the various states that post state administrative decisions, and to provide links to those sites. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: Currently, the state of Georgia does not publish in paper the administrative decisions of any state agency or official, except the opinions of the attorney general. LEVEL: 1 SCOPE: Only publications intended primarily for the alumni of the University of Georgia School of Law are retained by the Law Library. Alumni-related publications from other Universities and Law Schools are not collected, even if received gratis. RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: The Law Library endeavors to acquire the alumni-related publications of the University of Georgia School of Law , in order to provide an archival record for the School of Law and its alumni. LEVEL: 2 SCOPE: The Law Library collects and retains Annual Reports related to the University of Georgia, the University of Georgia School of Law, relevant state agencies of Georgia, , major national legal organizations and their sections, and major international organizations (with an important legal emphasis). RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: The Law Library does not collect annual reports from smaller national legal organizations or from r regional legal organizations, although sometimes these are sent as part of a membership with the organization. The Law Library also does not collect annual reports from other states, universities, law schools, or other departments/schools at the University of Georgia. LEVEL: 2 SCOPE: The Law Library collects and retains a current edition of one major world/international atlas at least once every five years. RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: The Science Library maintains an extensive map collection, including over 200 atlases in the Map Room, and other atlases are maintained in several University Libraries locations (including Main Reference and Government Documents). LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: The Law Library endeavors to make available the attorney general opinions for all states. Earlier opinions were collected and are maintained in paper and/or in microform although dates of coverage vary by state. Currently the Law Library collects paper copies only for Georgia. RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: More recent opinions of the states’ Attorneys General are available on Lexis and Westlaw; while coverage varies by state, most states’ opinions are available from at least 1980. U. S. Attorney General Opinions are available on Lexis and Westlaw from 1791 to present. LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: The Law Library collects journals from all state bar associations. Bar journals are collected for selected regional, city/county, or special interest associations within individual states. Journals produced by the ABA or an ABA section are collected. Bar journals produced by foreign or international bar associations are selected individually for the collection. RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: All ABA and state bar journals routed through Current Awareness Program. NOTES: All state bar association journals are received in both paper and microfiche format, however, only the microfiche format (via subscription with Hein) is retained in the Law Library collection, while the paper format is discarded after the microfiche format arrives, with the exception of the Georgia Bar Association journal and the ABA journal which are maintained in print and fiche. LEVEL: 2 LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: The Law Library collects biographies of historical and current judicial, legal, and political figures. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Ball, A. Watson, Wilkes NOTES: LEVEL: 1 SCOPE: The Law Library does not collect casebooks unless:
RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: Except for Georgia legal citators, the Law Library does not purchase print citators, but instead relies upon electronic access to citators. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: The Law Library provides access
to online database citators, Lexis' Shepards and Westlaw's KeyCite for
Law School faculty, staff and students. Although online access is
limited to members of the Law School community, reference librarians will
facilitiate citator access for patrons who need limited access to citator
information. Electronic access to Lexis and Westlaw citators is available
to non-law school patrons on demand for a minimal credit card payment per
Codes/Statutes/Session Laws - U.S. Federal and State LEVEL: 5 SCOPE: The Law Library collects all federal official and unofficial, annotated and unannotated codes. The Law Library collects the official code from Georgia and West’s Code of Georgia Annotated. The Law Library collects the official publication of the code of each of the other forty nine states and the District of Columbia. In addition, the Law Library collects the U.S. Statutes at Large and the session laws of all fifty states. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: The Law Library retains superseded volumes from all federal and state codes that we collect. LEVEL: 2 for conference proceeding handouts and audio recordings; 3 for commercially published conference proceedings SCOPE: The Law Library collects selected
handout materials from professional legal conferences and professional
law library conferences. The Law Library collects recordings of programs
offered at professional law library conferences. The Law Library
also collects recordings from professional legal conferences when specifically
requested by faculty for use in course instruction. The Law Library
collects commercially published conference proceedings according to the
RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: Many conference proceedings are published in law reviews. Constitutions & Constitutional Convention Proceedings LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: The Law Library collects U.S. and state constitutions (annotated, if available). The Law Library collects materials about the debates and proceedings of the U.S. Constitutional Convention. The Law Library also collects materials related to the adoption of the Georgia Constitution. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: A. Watson, Wilkes, Wilner NOTES: The Law Library’s existing collection includes a large number of materials about the debates and proceedings of the U.S. Constitutional Convention. Most of the annotated state codes held by the Law Library include state constitutions. The Law Library relies on the Internet and Constitutions of the Countries of the World as the key source for foreign jurisdictions but also collects selected foreign constitutions and collections of foreign constitutions, with an emphasis on English translations. Continuing Legal Education Materials LEVEL: 2 SCOPE:
RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: Many ALI-ABA materials are available via Westlaw. LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: Examinations from UGA School of Law courses are collected if the faculty provide them to the Law Library. RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: Examinations are available via GAVEL’s electronic course reserves. Prior to academic year 1998 – 1999, three copies of exams are available in hard copy. (Reference, Basement and Rare Book Basement) LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: The Law Library collects briefs in cases before the United States Supreme Court. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: The Law Library has microfiche records of the U.S. Supreme Court briefs from 1838 to present.Online access for Supreme Court briefs is available beginning in 1979 on Lexis and with the 1990-1991 Term in Westlaw. The Law Library also subscribes to Landmark Briefs and Arguments of the U.S. Supreme Court which contains oral arguments and briefs from significant Supreme Court cases from 1793 to present. Georgia Supreme Court briefs from 1990 to present are available on Westlaw. Westlaw is currently increasing their collection of briefs by adding additional federal and state court briefs. LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: The Law Library collects official and unofficial reports from all federal courts. The Law Library collects case reports from all Georgia courts. The Law Library collects West state regional reporters, but does not collect individual case reports from the other forty-nine states. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: The Law Library retains three sets of U. S. Reports (2 sets Main Floor, 1 Cheely), two sets of Supreme Court Reporter (Main Floor, Rusk 321), and one set of U. S. Reports, Lawyers Edition (Main Floor). The Law Library has two subscriptions to United States Law Week, (Reference, Rusk 321). The Law Library retains one set of United States Law Week. The Law Library retains two sets of the Federal Reporter (Main Floor, Rusk 321), and one set of the Federal Supplement (Main Floor) and all of the regional reporters (Main Floor), along with one set of the Southeastern/Georgia Reports (Rusk 321). Among the special subject reporters, the Law Library retains one set each of the Federal Rules Decisions, Bankruptcy Reporter United States Claims Court Reporter, Military Justice Reporter and Veterans Appeals Reporter. The Law Library retains 6 copies of the Georgia Reports and the Georgia Appeals Reports (Georgia Reference, Cheely, 2 sets Basement, Sentell’s office, Legal Aid) and one copy of West's Georgia Cases (Rusk 321). The Law Library retains one set of all West regional reporters. The Law Library has cancelled all subscriptions to individual state reporters. LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: The Law Law Library collects court rules for federal and state courts. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Brussack, Ellington NOTES: Most federal and state court rules are available on the Internet. The Law Library maintains one set of the Federal Rules Decisions. Some state court rules are part of the state code, while others are issued separately. Court rules for each state, if issued separately, are located next to their state code. LEVEL: 4 legal; 3 foreign language; 2 general SCOPE:
RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: When a new edition of Black's Law Dictionary is issued, the Law Library collects 20-25 copies for distribution on tables. The Law Library collects a copy of the Oxford English Dictionary and a copy of Webster's 3rd New International Dictonary Unabridged. University Libraries collects a large number of general and specialized dictionaries. The OED is also accessible through GALILEO. LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: The Library collects digests to support the Legal Research & Writing program. RELATED COURSES: Legal Research & Writing FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: The Law Library collects the following digests: Georgia, Alabama, California, Florida, Illinois, New York, Tennessee, Texas, the Southeastern, West's Federal Practice Digest, the United States Supreme Court Digest, the United States Supreme Court Digest (Lawyer's Ed.), West's Bankruptcy Digest, West's General Digest, and West's Decennial Digest. LEVEL: Law - 3, Non-law - 2 SCOPE: The Law Library collects law-related directories, including congressional, judicial, federal, and administrative directories. The Law Library selectively collects non-law directories. RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: Primary reliance for non-law directories is on the University Libraries' collection and those available online. The Law Library purchases the state bar directory for Georgia, but not for other states. LEVEL: 2 SCOPE: The Law Library collects the Legal Theses on Fiche series produced by Hein containing theses from other law schools. The Law Library also collects in print the theses of graduates of the UGA School of Law LL.M. program. Other theses or dissertations may be acquired in print if specifically requested by a professor for use in a course and if they are not held in the microfiche collection. RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: Until 2001, the UGA Graduate
School required each UGA LL.M. student to provide the Law Library with
a copy of his or her own thesis. Beginning in 2002, the UGA Graduate School
required electronic submission of theses and ceased requiring paper copies
for the Graduate School, UGA Libraries, and the Law Library. For all UGA
LL.M. theses from 2002 on, the Law Library prints, binds and catalogs a
hard copy. UGA Libraries maintains a database with electronic copies of
UGA theses from 2002 on.
LEVEL: 2 SCOPE: Legal
General
RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: Primary reliance for general encyclopedias is on the University Libraries' collection and on those available through online services. LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: The Law Library collects a broad selection of EU materials to support related courses and the International Journal, and to complement the depository collection. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Wilner, Bodansky NOTES: The Law Library is a selective depository for EU documents. Supplementary materials are frequently needed for cite checks and notes. Brussels Seminar students frequently write on EU topics for independent credit. The EU depository serves the entire campus and occasional patrons from the community or region. Films/Television/Radio Programs LEVEL: 2 SCOPE: The Law Library collects legal films, television programs, and radio programs for use in classroom instruction. RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: The Law Library does not tape television and radio programs. University Libraries' Media Archives maintains one of the largest broadcast media collections in the country. In 2003, the Law Library established a core collection of classic legal movies based on the suggestions of Law Faculty and the Collection Development Team. Form Books
LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: The Law Library selectively collects general form books as well as form books for specific subject areas or jurisdictions. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Nesset NOTES: Many practice materials contain sample forms. Legal forms are also available from a number of electronic resources, including the internet. Government Documents - U.S. Federal LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: The Law Library purchases selected federal government documents on law-related subjects if not received through the depository program. RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: The Law Library is a selective depository for federal documents. Our current selection profile can be generated at the FDLP Desktop Tools page (enter 0116A for depository number). The University Libraries is the Regional Depository for Georgia. In addition, many federal government documents are available freely on the internet. LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: The Law Library collects sufficient copies of hornbooks to support the curriculum. RELATED COURSES: First-year courses FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: The Law Library collects 2 copies of all West Hornbook publications and additional copies to meet demand, along with selected similar study aids by other publishers. Law
for the Layperson
LEVEL: 2 SCOPE: The Law Library collects materials written for the layperson on subjects of broad interest. If there are specific Georgia legal materials written for the lay person, such materials are also collected. Law Reviews
LEVEL: 5 SCOPE: The Law Library collects all scholarly publications of ABA approved law schools and selected scholarly publications of non-ABA approved law schools. RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: Current Awareness Program NOTES: The Law Library binds and retains only one copy of law reviews in print, with the exception of 3 copies of University of Georgia School of Law law reviews, 2 copies of law reviews from other Georgia ABA approved law schools, and 2 copies of designated heavily used law reviews with the second copy housed in the Cheeley Room. LEXIS and Westlaw provide electronic access to law reviews for School of Law patrons. HeinOnline electronic access to law reviews is open to all patrons. Microfiche copies of designated high use items are collected in order to assure long term access. LEVEL: 1 other schools; 5 Univ. of Georgia School of Law SCOPE: The Law Library's primary responsibility is to retain and make available copies of current and back issues of the University of Georgia School of Law catalog. RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: Most current law school catalogs can be located at that school's web site. This level of access will meet most needs. Two copies of the University of Georgia School of Law catalog are added to the collection and located in rare books/archives. The Law Library does not add paper editions of law school catalogs from other schools to the collection. LEVEL: 2 SCOPE: The Law Library will subscribe to major national and local legal newspapers. RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: Current Awareness Program NOTES: The following titles are currently received: a. National Law Journal - The
Law Library subscribes to the print and microfilm versions of the National
Law Journal. Paper issues are discarded when the microfilm
is received.
Legislative
Documents (excluding Codes, Statutes, Session Laws)
LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: State
Federal
RELATED COURSES: Many classes may require
these documents.
FACULTY INTEREST: Many faculty members may be interested in these documents. NOTES: This type of material can overlap with legislative histories. University Libraries is an official depository for all state of Georgia documents, as well as collecting all federal depository documents in its role as a Regional Federal Depository Library. The Law Library provides access for our primary patrons to state documents on LEXIS (since 1989), Westlaw (since 1990), and Loislaw (current session),. Additionally, state documents may be found on GALILEO and at the Georgia Legislature’s web site. The Law Library provides access for our primary patrons to federal documents from LEXIS, Westlaw, and Congressional Universe. Additionally, documents may be found at http://thomas.loc.gov/ and from the various congressional web sites. Legislative
Histories
LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: State
Federal
RELATED COURSES: Many classes may require
these documents.
FACULTY INTEREST: Many faculty members may be interested in these documents. NOTES: This type of material can overlap with legislative documents. The Law Library collects the Journal of the Senate of the State of Georgia and the Journal of the Representatives of the State of Georgia. The Law Library also collects The Peach Pages, a section of the Georgia State University Law Review. The Law Library provides access for our primary patrons to state documents on LEXIS (since 1989), Westlaw (since 1990), and Loislaw (current session). Additionally, state documents may be found on GALILEO and at the Georgia Legislature’s web site. The Law Library collects the Congressional Record and United States Code Congressional and Administrative News. The Law Library provides access for our primary patrons to federal documents from LEXIS, Westlaw, and Congressional Universe. Additionally, documents may be found at http://thomas.loc.gov/ and from the various congressional web sites. LEVEL: 2 SCOPE: The Law Library collects a limited number of legal fiction and popular books written about the law, lawyers, or famous court cases. RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: These items are intended for recreational reading and not for research, reference, or class preparation. LEVEL: 2 SCOPE: The Law Library selectively collects and retains newsletters that are of special research interest to the faculty or relevant to the curriculum. The Law Library collects and retains newsletters from Georgia agencies or organizations that have a legal subject matter. The Law Library collects newsletters from legal organizations, but generally retains them for a limited amount of time. RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: Current Awareness Program NOTES: All newsletters are retained for the “Most current 2 years only” except for Georgia legal-related newsletters and others specifically selected to retain permanently in the collection. All newsletters are classified and located in the collection. Newspapers & General Magazines LEVEL: 1 SCOPE: The Law Library maintains a limited collection of general newspapers and magazines to provide patrons with a browsing collection for current events. Mainly major magazines with news and opinion are collected. An effort is made to maintain a selection of magazines that vary in ideology. RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: Current Awareness Program NOTES: New titles are added only after review by the Collection Development Team. The most recent issues of these newspapers and magazines are located on the table and newspaper rack in the Leisure Reading area near the front entrance. The most current 6 months of these newspapers and magazines are housed behind the Circulation Desk. Issues older than 6 months are not retained by the Law Library, but are available from University Libraries and online access through GALILEO. The following newspapers are collected:
LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: The Law Library collects print legal periodical indexes on a selective basis. Among the factors in deciding whether to collect an index in hard copy are: comprehensive coverage, electronic access to the index, and cost. RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: For non-legal periodical indexes, the Law Library relies primarily on GALILIEO and the University Libraries' collections and online services. The Law Library also subscribes to electronic versions of some legal periodical indexes. Lexis and Westlaw provide lectronic access to Current Law Index and CILP. The following currently updated legal
periodical indexes are collected and retained in paper:
The Library maintains electronic subscriptions
to the following:
Periodicals
LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: The Law Library broadly collects legal periodicals published in English. The Law Library collects selected significant legal periodicals published in other languages, with special attention given to periodicals published in Spanish, German, and French. Primarily the Law Library collects legal periodicals that are scholarly in nature, but also collects periodicals that are of interest for current awareness. Highly subject specialized legal periodicals are collected when they support the research needs of the faculty or the curriculum. The Law Library tries to collect all domestic periodicals and a significant number of the foreign periodicals indexed in the Index to Legal Periodicals. RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: Current Awareness Program NOTES: Generally, if a periodical is retained by the Law Library, only one copy of it is bound, with exceptions noted in the individual check-in records in GAVEL. Practice
Materials
LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: The Law Library maintains materials written for practitioners on subjects of broad interest such as trial practice, family law, copyright, bankruptcy, property interests, federal, and criminal from federal and adjacent state jurisdictions. All Georgia legal materials written for practitioners are collected. RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: For the adjacent states, the Law Library will collect quality publications in the areas of civil practice, corporations, criminal law and practice, employment law, evidence, family law, real estate, torts, and wills and probate. LEVEL: 2 SCOPE: The Law Library does not actively collect rare books. RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: In the future, if suitable housing and environmental controls are established, the Library may begin collecting. All purchases for the Rare Book Collection must have the pre-approval of the Collection Development Team. For a complete description of the Rare Book Collection, see Special Collection Areas - Rare Book Collection. LEVEL: 1 SCOPE: The Law Library selectively collects general reference materials. RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: Primary reliance is on GALILEO and the University Libraries' collection and online services. LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: The Law Library extensively collects legal reference materials including atlases, dictionaries, directories, biographical directories, encyclopedias, statistical sources, quotation books, research guides and style manuals. Catalogs of government documents and books explaining how to find information from government documents are included. The default shall be for the Law Library to obtain the most recent edition of any title already added to the Reference or Ready Reference collection. RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: The most current edition of a reference work is shelved in Reference or Ready Reference. Previous editions of reference works that have research value are kept in the general collection. LEVEL: 1 SCOPE: With few exceptions, the Law Library does not collect reprints. The primary exception is reprint editions of important basic or historical works. The Law Library will purchase a reprint edition of such a work if it does not own an original printing, or if the copy of the original printing the Law Library does own is not suitable for routine circulation. RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: LEVEL: 2 SCOPE: The Law Library collects selected law-related research guides, especially those supporting the curriculum and research needs of our primary patrons. The Law Library collects all available law-related research guides that focus on a particular state. RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: Many legal periodicals have Research Guides or pathfinders in them. These are accessible through various legal periodical indices. Many frequently updated research guides are available on the Internet. LEVEL: 1 SCOPE: The Law Library collects no materials specifically for Reserve. RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: All materials on Reserve are placed there by direction of faculty for specific courses. When materials are no longer needed for courses, they are returned to their original locations. LEVEL: 5 SCOPE: The Law Library collects all restatements plus tentative drafts and other drafts. The Law Library collects the Uniform Commercial Code plus drafts and commentaries. The Law Library collects the Model Penal Code plus drafts and commentaries. RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: Drafts are often notated by faculty members. State Documents (excluding the decisions of state courts and administrative agencies) LEVEL: 2 Georgia; 1 Other states SCOPE: The Law Library selects few state documents from any state other than Georgia. Effort is made to obtain Georgia documents only when those documents pertain to the legislature, state law, the courts, or the practice of law. Examples of state documents the Law Library might select are: annual reports of judicial councils and court offices, judicial council reports, studies, and surveys, and law revision commission reports. RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: University Libraries is an official depository for all state of Georgia documents, as well as collecting all federal depository documents in its role as a Regional Federal Depository Library. Additionally, documents may be found on GALILEO and at the Georgia Legislature’s web site. LEVEL: 5 Georgia; 3 Adjacent States; 1 Other States SCOPE: The Law Library identifies and obtains all published Georgia treatises and practice materials. From adjacent states the Library purchases and keeps up-to-date selected treatises and practice materials in major areas of the law (see also Practice Materials). RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: The topics covered include civil practice, corporations, criminal law and practice, employment law, evidence, family law, real estate, torts, and wills and probate. LEVEL: 1 SCOPE: The Law Library does not collect study aids such as the Black Letter Series, Course Outlines, or Case Notes. If study aids are given to the Law Library they are added to the collection. RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: The Law Library collects a broad range of UN documents and subscribes to selected online resources providing access to UN treaties and official documents. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Wilner, Spiro, Bodansky NOTES: University Libraries collects many UN Documents in paper or in microform (although not the “masthead” documents the Law Library currently purchases). Access UN, available through GALILEO, provides indexing for UN documents from 1944 to present. In addition, Access UN contains the full text of UN resolutions and selected other documents. Many UN documents are available on the UN Web site or at individual UN entities’ sites. SUBJECT AREA Abortion Law see Human Reproduction LEVEL: 2 SCOPE: The study of basic accounting principles and practices and their relationship to the law, as well as problems relating to financial disclosure and the accountant's financial responsibility. RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: Collect materials on legal aspects of accounting (e. g. standards); otherwise rely on other libraries. LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: Includes body of law created by administrative agencies in the form of rules, regulations, orders and decisions to carry out regulatory obligations. This area has broad application in the areas of banking, bankruptcy, securities, tax, employee benefits, public welfare programs, and environmental law. It also includes regulated industries such as transportation, electric power, telephone, broadcasting, oil and gas, and health care. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Blount, Brussack, Hellerstein, Johnson, O’Kelley, Ponsoldt, Puckett, Sachs, Camilla Watson, White, Bodansky NOTES: Collect both primary materials for regulatory and administrative rules/decisions which are a part of the federal and state library depository programs and those which the library purchases. Keep current major treatises and journals in the various topical areas. Admiralty
Agency
LEVEL: 2 SCOPE: Study of law relating to government farm programs, financial institutions and programs, leases, storage and marketing of crops, warehousing, animals, agricultural cooperatives, agricultural employment, preservation, and soil and water management. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: This topic lends itself to overlapping with many other areas. Collection contains U.S. and foreign materials, some in other languages. LEVEL: 2 SCOPE: Covers the use of airspace for aviation and telecommunications, as well as the industries involved in those areas. RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: Alternative Dispute Resolution LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: The range of dispute resolution methods from negotiation to mediation and arbitration to litigation. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Beaird, Dallmeyer, Scherr, White, Wilner NOTES: The Rusk Center emphasizes ADR in the international context in several of its programs, including grant-funded projects. For ADR in the context of labor and employment dispute, see also Labor and Employment Law. LEVEL: 2 SCOPE: Developing area of law encompassing jurisprudential and other philosophical issues surrounding the human/animal relationship; includes anti-cruelty laws, standing, wills and trusts benefitting animals, and non-economic damages for harm done to companion and other animals. RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: Programs, courses, and publications on this subject are rapidly developing. LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: The study of both federal and state statutes that proscribe unlawful restraint on trade and commerce including, in addition to the statutory study and case interpretation, the actions taken by the Federal Trade Commission. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Ponsoldt, Sachs NOTES: Arbitration
LEVEL: 2 SCOPE: Rights and liabilities of creators and collectors; Aesthetic regulations and design guidelines; Protection of cultural resources; Preservation, conservation, and management of historic buildings, neighborhoods, and districts RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: UGA School of Law offers a joint degree program in Historic Preservation in conjunction with the School of Environmental Design Banking,
Financial & Investment Law
LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: Focuses on federal and state regulation of financial institutions (including commercial and investment banks, as well as savings and loan associations and thrift institutions) and includes analysis of bank formations, bank mergers, bank holding companies, and the FDIC. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: Many titles focus on economics or policy; we rely on other campus libraries for those. LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: Study of the rights and obligations between debtors and creditors and the resolution of conflicts between them, including discharge or exemptions of those obligations. Includes the processes of liquidation or rehabilitation and reorganization under the Bankruptcy Reform Act, along with the role and duties of attorneys and their right to compensation in a bankruptcy action. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST:
NOTES: Bioethics
Biotechnology
Birth
Control
Business
Associations
LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: Examines the state and federal laws pertinent to corporations, partnerships, agencies, and franchises as business entities. Covers the organization, financial structure, governance and dissolution of these entities, as well as the fiduciary aspects of such relationships. Also includes relevant portions of federal securities law impacting on the corporation, such as federal regulation of the proxy system, tender offers and federal restraints on inside trading. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: O’Kelley, Sachs NOTES: LEVEL: 1 SCOPE: While technically canon law includes only the body of laws made within certain Christian churches (Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, independent churches of Eastern Christianity, and the Anglican Communion), for purposes of this collection development policy we include Jewish and Moslem law in this category. Canon law is the body of laws made by lawful ecclesiastical authority for the government of a whole church or religion. It often includes precepts of divine law, natural or positive, which are incorporated in the canonical collections and codes, as well as the constitution of the church, relations between the church and other bodies, and matters of internal discipline. RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: Alan Watson NOTES: LEVEL: 2 SCOPE: The basic concepts, institutions, instruments, and processes associated with financial markets and capital management in the private and public sectors. Special emphasis placed on practical illustrations of Theory of the Firm, far- reaching powers of the Federal Reserve Board, and consequences of diverse fiscal and monetary policies of national governments. The legal frameworks for major components of the financial services sector are the subject of special focus. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Huszagh NOTES: Children
and the Law
LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: Covers the status of children
in society and in law, primarily focusing on relationships
RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Dupre (including comparative) NOTES: Church
and State
Civil Law
LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: Civil Procedure is concerned with the process of adjudication by which courts resolve controversies brought to them as lawsuits. It considers the rules of procedure governing civil actions in state and federal trial courts with special emphasis on selecting the proper forum, bringing the necessary parties before the court, stating claims for relief, gathering information to support or rebut such claims, resolving disputed claims by trial, and obtaining review of the accuracy and fairness of the resulting decision. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Brussack, Ellington, Rees, Brown NOTES: Civil
Rights
LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: Covers rights guaranteed to U.S. citizens by the Constitution (freedom of the press, speech, religion, etc.) and mandated by statute, the most important of which is the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, that addresses voting rights, equality in access to public accomodations, desegregation of public education, and equal employment opportunity. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Ball (1st Amendment), Blount (affirmative action, voting rights), Love (Women and the Law), Puckett (disability), White (employment), Wilkes (4th amendment) NOTES: Commercial
Law
LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: Commercial law covers the area of jurisprudence that regulates trade, commerce, and mercantile pursuits. Within the scope of commercial transactions are the sale and leasing of goods, transfer of funds, commercial paper, bank deposits and collections, letters of credit, bulk transfers, warehouse receipts, investment securities and secured transactions. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: Legal aspects of mass media communications, including defamation, privacy, First Amendment, and broadcasting/cable television regulation. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Ponsoldt NOTES: LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: Study of legal traditions and systems of the nations of the world; the attitude and nature of the law, its role in society and polity, its organization and operation and how it is taught, applied and studied. RELEVANT COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: A.Watson, White, Wilner NOTES: Members of the Georgia Journal of Int’l & Comp. Law and LL.M. students often write comparative law pieces. The Law School frequently offers short courses on specific aspects of comparative law. LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: Software applications, Internet regulation and use, e-commerce, issues of privacy. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Brussack, Heald NOTES: Student organization, "Law Practice and Technology Association" Conflict
of Laws
LEVEL: 3 SCOPE:
RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Rees, Wilner NOTES: LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: Concerns the structure, powers, and limitations of government. It explores issues such as the separation of powers, the rights of individuals, balance between the federal and state governments, jurisdiction, and judicial review. A historical overview of Constitutional interpretation through case law and legislative history is examined. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Ball, Coenen, Dupre, Bodansky NOTES: LEVEL: 1 SCOPE: Includes liability, contracts, mechanics liens RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES:
LEVEL: 2 SCOPE: Case law, statute, and regulations governing transactions entered into for personal or family purposes rather than professional or business reasons. RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: Concerns all aspects of contract law. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Coenen, Dupre, NOTES: LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: All areas of corporation law including shareholder rights and actions, director liability, and issuance of stocks. Includes special problems of not-for-profit, closely held and limited liability corporations. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: O’Kelley, Ponsoldt, Sachs NOTES: Courts
LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: Covers the workings of federal and state courts, administration of justice, and the history of the courts. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Brussack, Dupre, Ellington, Rees, Wells NOTES: Primary materials collected include court reporters at all levels of state and federal courts as well as laws and rules pertaining to the operation of the courts. Continue to collect new and updated treatises and journals in this area. LEVEL: 2 SCOPE: Includes prisons, police, and other aspects of the criminal justice system, some overlap with social work. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Wilkes (police misconduct) NOTES: The law library collects very sparingly in this area. The related courses touch upon criminal justice issues, but seldom focus on them. University Libraries' collection is both broad and deep, to serve the Criminal Justice Program in Political Science. LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: The historical development of criminal law, analysis of the necessary elements of crimes, and criminal process from pre- arrest investigation through trial. Criminal process includes emphasis on pre- trial rights of suspects, including privilege against self- incrimination, right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure, due process, prosecutorial discretion, preliminary hearing and grand jury procedures, joinder and severance, plea bargaining and guilty pleas, discovery, right to speedy trial, assistance of counsel, confrontation, and trial by jury, double jeopardy, and sentencing. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Carlson, Kurtz (Georgia Criminal Law), Wilkes, Cook NOTES: Critical
Legal Studies
Damages
Disability
Law
LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: Covers the sources of federal and state law affecting persons with disabilities, with primary emphasis on the Americans with Disabilities Act. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Dupre (within education law); Puckett NOTES: Discrimination
LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: Covers the criminal and civil law responses to physical violence and emotion abuse within intimate relationships, including protective orders and family law, especially divorce. Also touches upon legislation and other public policy making. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Schaffer NOTES: Economics
& Law
LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: The intersection of education and law, although not law school (see Legal Education). Federal and state authority (constitutional, statutory, and regulatory) to govern public and private schools; parent, student and teacher rights and responsibilities. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Dupre NOTES: LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: Collect legal as well as some sociological aspects of gerontology, housing, transportation and employment policies, public assistance programs, health care, “right to die” materials, various aspects of estate planning and management. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: Includes materials from other areas such as tax, health care and estate planning as well as disability law and some social work materials. Continue to collect new and updated works related to law in this area. This is an area where increasingly large numbers of persons from outside the Law School ask for reference assistance. University Libraries collects some materials in this area for social work and sociology classes. Energy & Natural Resources Law LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: The law governing the acquisition
and use of natural resources, with particular
RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Appel, Bodansky NOTES: Entertainment
Law
Environmental
Law
LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: Legal aspects of state responsibility and cooperation regarding air pollution, water pollution, solid waste, pesticides, noise, radiation, transboundary pollution, international protection of biodiversity, forests, global climate change, international protection of ozone layer, relationship between economic development and international protection, and protection of global commons. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Appel, Dallmeyer, Fowler, Bodansky NOTES: The Institute of Ecology also offers the Environmental Law Practicum and Environmental Law for Scientists. The university offers an Environmental Ethics certificate at both undergraduate and graduate levels; the certificate program is interdisciplinary and includes legal aspects and occasionally involves Law or Rusk Center faculty. Equitable
Remedies
Estate
Planning
Ethics
FACULTY INTEREST: Carlson, Scherr NOTES: LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: Also known as domestic relations. This area of law is very broad in scope. It covers all aspects of the marital relationship: marriages requirement, property rights in marriage, antenuptial agreements, unmarried cohabitation, divorce procedures and settlements. It also covers the relationship between parents and children. This includes adoption procedures and requirements, rights to in vitro fertilization, fetal and child custody rights, respect by the courts of parental authority, child abuse, and child support. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Kurtz NOTES: Federal
Courts
Feminist
Legal Theory
LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: Covers U.S. relations with other countries. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Dallmeyer, Wilner NOTES: Some of this material, especially State Department Documents, comes through the depository program. Forensic
Medicine & Psychology
LEVEL: 2 SCOPE: Covers those aspects of medicine and psychology applicable to legal proceedings, especially criminal. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Scherr, Wilkes NOTES: A fair percentage of the collection is made up of older materials and cancelled journals. University Libraries has a greater number of titles. Forestry
Gay Rights
LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: Covers feminism, sexuality and gender identity and law, and women and law. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Love NOTES: Although no one on the law faculty currently does research in this area, it is a rich and growing field. Government
Contracts
Health Care, Medicine, and the Law LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: Deals with the legal and financial structure of health care and bioethics, access to health care, medical malpractice, and quality control of health care. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Eaton, Larson, Puckett, NOTES: Many materials fit both here and with Administrative Law because of the regulatory nature of the agencies dealing with medical matters. Collect new and updated treatises in this area. LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: Covers the legal aspects of topics including genetics, abortion, infertility, sterilization, surrogacy, treatment and research involving children, and selective treatment of seriously ill infants. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: Development of international rules protecting human rights and application of these rules by national courts and agencies, as well as the increase in the role played in these developments by the United Nations and its specialized agencies and the regional agencies in the Americas, Europe and Africa. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Wilner, adjunct faculty NOTES: Sohn Collection has historically emphasized human rights materials. LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: Includes the history of immigration law, applicable law for securing temporary visas, refugees and asylum, 'green card' immigration, and employer rules in regard to immigrants. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: adjunct faculty, Wilner NOTES: Subject is often of personal interest to several LL.M. students. Indigenous
Peoples
LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: Covers the law of indigenous peoples, aboriginal law and law of other native groups, including Native Americans, the relations between the Indian nations, the United States and the States. Involves aspects of human rights and environmental law. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Ball NOTES: LEVEL: 2 SCOPE: Collect basic insurance treatises as well as specifically Georgia insurance materials. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Eaton, Larson, Puckett, Wells NOTES: Intellectual
Property
LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: Legal aspects of the protection and dissemination of valuable ideas in many forms-literary, artistic, musical, and machine-readable. Copyright is a statutory subject based upon Copyright Act of 1909 and its amendments and Copyright Act of 1976. Patent reissue and disclaimer, patent infringement, claim interpretation, patent conveyances and assignments, patent enforcement and procedures. Includes biotechnology law and other medical applications. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Heald, Patterson NOTES: UGA student publication:
Journal of Intellectual Property Law
International
Commercial Law
LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: National rules and relevant
treaties on establishment; economic and legal natures of
RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Wilner, adjunct faculty NOTES: The Law School usually offers a short course on the Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, taught by visiting adjunct faculty. The Georgia Society of International & Comparative Law began participating in an international arbitration moot court competition in 2000. This subject is often researched for articles and notes in the Georgia Journal of Int’l & Comp. Law. LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: The nature and the sources of international law; the law of treaties; the place and role of states, international and regional organizations, and individuals in international law; the relationship between international and national law, particularly with respect to the United States; the jurisdiction of states and their immunity from jurisdiction in international law; state responsibility for the treatment of aliens, and the Act of State doctrine; the peaceful settlement of disputes, including in particular, the role of the International Court of Justice; the law on the use of force. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Dallmeyer, Huszagh, Wilner, Bodansky NOTES: Our collection supports research by a number of groups, including numerous faculty, visiting faculty, Rusk Center staff, LL.M. students, and members of the Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law and the Jessup International Moot Court team. International
Organizations
LEVEL: 4 (Int’l Organizations in general and United Nations); 3 (other Int’l Organizations) SCOPE: The legal aspects of the United Nations, some of its specialized agencies, and other international organizations. Includes IOs’ legal status in international and domestic law, rule-making, dispute settlement and enforcement capabilities of the organizations; United Nations peace- keeping. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Wilner, visiting professors (course on IO is taught by visitors) NOTES: Members of the Georgia Journal of Int’l & Comp. Law frequently write on international organizations or related topics. Members of the Jessup Moot Court team often research and argue issues addressing or related to international organizations. LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: The political aspects of global relationships, including trade relations, development assistance, multinational corporations, and the role of international organizations RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Dallmeyer, Wilner NOTES: Collection development for the Sohn Collection on International Relations focuses on this subject. University Libraries also collects in this subject, which is more “political science” than law. Students and faculty in the School of Public and International Affairs utilize our collection in this subject. LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: Legal theory and philosophy. Includes critical legal studies and the interdisciplinary aspect of law and economics RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Ball NOTES: Juvenile
Justice
LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: Focuses on the juvenile court system and its role in adjudicating dependency, neglect, delinquency and status offenses. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: Until recently a course in Juvenile Courts was also part of the curriculum. LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: Labor Law focuses on the National
Labor Relations Act, the history and evolution of
RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Beaird, White NOTES: Back to Subject Area List LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: Regulation of land use. Includes zoning, subdivision controls, public acquisition of land and urban redevelopment RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Smith NOTES: LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: International law relating to the oceans, including the regimes of inland waters, territorial seas, continental shelves, exclusive economic zones, high seas, the deep sea-bed, the nature and extent of state rights and responsibilities with respect to resource development in marine areas, and international cooperation for development through the various agencies of the United Nations. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Wilner, adjunct faculty NOTES: LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: Includes trends in legal education, training of lawyers, etc. It does not include paralegal or pre-law materials generally. RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: Wharton NOTES: Legal
Ethics
LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: Concerns the development of legal systems. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: A. Watson, Wells, Wilkes NOTES: The majority of the collection is on the English and American legal systems, a part of which is in the Rare Book Room. Legal
Profession
LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: The study of the organization of the profession and its standards of professional conduct, including ABA standards and those of the State Bar of Georgia. Includes materials on law firms, development of the profession in the United States and current trends. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Ball, Patterson, Brown NOTES: LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: Legal bibliography, research methods, and writing. Research guides for particular subjects, individual states, and other jurisdictions are collected. Includes document drafting RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Wharton, Hale, Curt Nesset, Hathaway, Peck, Trimble NOTES: LEVEL: 2 SCOPE: Includes making of law as well as the principles underlying the making of law. Difficulties in drafting laws and their interpretation are included. Emphasis is on the legal aspects of legislation. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Sentell NOTES: Collect basic major treatises in the area as well as selected journals. LEVEL: 2 SCOPE: Materials in law librarianship cover the entire range of law librarians’ work, including the sources and structure of the Anglo-American legal system; developments in legal resource materials, particularly in electronic media; the importance of the law library's role in information and knowledge management; and management and professional issues relevant to the effective operation of law libraries. RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: University Libraries collects widely the more general area of academic librarianship. LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: Use of literature in understanding the theory and the practice of law; Literary and legal theory; Includes examinations of context, audience, narrative form, rhetorical strategy, storytelling and point of view RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Heald NOTES: Local Government/Municipal Law LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: Local government powers and structures. Includes historical developments, basis of representation, local government's relationship to state, territorial procedures, regulation of business, licensing, local government finances, contractual responsibility, and liability RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Sentell NOTES: LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: Includes admiralty jurisdiction, maritime liens, injuries to seamen and other maritime workers, carriage of goods, charter parties, salvage, general average, collision, limitation of liability, and the relation of maritime law to local law. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: Mediation
LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: Collect basic treatises and specifically Georgia related materials. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: LEVEL: 1 SCOPE: Covers military justice, military operations and arms, as well as veteran’s affairs. There is overlap with international law and policy. RELATED COURSES: occasionally offered. FACULTY INTEREST: Surrency, Shi NOTES: The library receives selected documents as part of its U.S. Government Depository status. Mining Law
Native
American Law
Negotiable
Instruments
LEVEL: 2 SCOPE: Collect a few current treatises as well as general business association materials. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: Only course taught in this area is irregular and taught by adjunct faulty. Materials primarily used by patrons outisde Law School. Demand may increase with new Institute for Nonprofit Organizations developed at UGA. Occupational
Health & Safety Law
Oil &
Gas Law
Partnership
Law
LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: Covers the non-tax aspects of employee benefit law, with primary emphasis on the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), including the policies behind the federal regulation of pensions and benefits; issues of sex and age discrimination; spousal interests; preemption of state law; fiduciary law; and termination of plans. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Blount, Hellerstein, Love, Camilla Watson, White NOTES: LEVEL: 2 SCOPE: Covers the demographics of poverty, poverty programs (such as food, housing and income programs), the history of access to justice. Touches on health law, economic development, consumer law, family law, employment, housing and education. RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: Preservation
LEVEL: 2 SCOPE: Includes the history and development of the American system of corrections and detentions -- issues of custody, discipline, treatment, and prison programs, as well as alternatives to incarceration. Also includes the Constitutional rights and limitation of rights of criminal offenders in the correctional setting, and the effects of court rulings on correctional administrators, staff, agencies, and operations. FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: Includes aspects of tort law, constitutional law, federal and state statutory law, evidentiary privileges, property law, contract law, health and genetic privacy, privacy and law enforcement, the media, and privacy and computers (databases, encryption, and the Internet). RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Brussack, Heald NOTES: For matters protected by the constitutional "right to privacy," such as abortion and contraception, see Human Reproduction. Private
International Law
Probate
Products
Liability
Professional
Responsibility
LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: Acquisition of possessory rights in personal and real property; extent of possessory rights in land; the estate system of present and future interests, co-ownership and marital property; landlord and tenant; easements and servitude; transfer of property; land transactions; public control of land use. Also includes personal property, community property, and historic preservation law. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Smith NOTES: Public
Benefits
LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: Covers legislation, regulations, and policy affecting the availability of various public benefits, including medicaid, AFDC, housing assistance, and social security, including issues of individual eligibility and sources of funding. RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: Conveyancing with emphasis on
finance, acquisition and development of
RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Smith NOTES: Regulated
Industries
LEVEL:3 SCOPE: Covers the body of law where government bodies regulate various markets for the public interest, including telecommunications, transportation, healthcare, electricity, natural gas, and oil. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Ball, Alan Watson NOTES: Collect treatises and a few journals related to legal aspects of these matters rather than strictly theological interpretations. LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: Covers the nature and scope
of the relief to be given to a plaintiff after appropriate
RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Dupre NOTES: LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: Covers the body of law created by successive Roman governments, as well as that enacted by other governments which is based upon Roman practice. The time period extends from the early days of the Republic, through the Middle Ages, to the modern period. RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: Alan Watson NOTES: Although the collection is short on scholarly periodicals, those do not seem to exist in great number anywhere. Sales
School Law
LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: Legal issues relating to science and technology, including governmental regulation of commercial application of scientific research, impact of technological developments on law, and constitutional concerns raised by modern science, technology, and medicine. See also Computer Law, Intellectual Property RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Larson, Brussack, Eaton NOTES: LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: Covers securities legislation, both state and federal, regulation of sale and the people who sell securities, cases/decisions, securities fraud, and methods of enforcement. Includes major treatises in the area. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Johnson, O’Kelley, Sachs NOTES: Collect basic treatises and looseleafs in this area. LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: Covers the effects of federal and state laws on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals. RELATED COURSES: FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: Focuses on empirical patterns of legal behavior, such as initiation and winning of law suits, origins and content of rules, and the development of legal institutions. Includes study of the social characteristics of participants (social ties, status, marginality, reputation and organizational affiliations) to predict and explain case outcomes. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: NOTES: LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: Covers all aspects of this field, including agency, contracts, and intellectual property. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Downs NOTES: Taxation
LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: Covers individual taxation, corporate taxation, not-for-profit taxation and international taxation, including statutory review of the Internal Revenue Code and state codes and agency and judicial decisions interpreting the codes. With respect to international taxation, covers the taxation of aliens and foreign corporations in the US and of US citizens and corporations abroad. Also includes legal and tax aspects of financial planning. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Blount, Hellerstein, Camilla Watson NOTES: Telecommunications
Law
LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: Covers civil wrongs including intentional torts, personal injury, defamation, negligence, and products liability among others. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Eaton, Larson, Sentell, Wells NOTES: Collect new and updated treatises on torts generally as well as some specific tort materials such as personal injury and products liability. Materials strictly practice-oriented are generally not collected. Trade
Regulation
LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: National and international policies and laws relating to international trade and investment. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Wilner NOTES: Frequent topic for Georgia Journal of Int’l & Comp. Law and Intellectual Property Law Journal articles and notes; in particular, researchers in a variety of subjects seek materials on the World Trade Organization (WTO). Transgender
Transnational
Law
Trial Practice & Appellate Advocacy LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: All aspects of a trial and appellate methodology and advocacy including pre-trial procedures, jury selection, discovery, evidence, and other aspects of trial and appeal. RELATED COURSES:.
FACULTY INTEREST: Carlson, Casey, Gabriel, Cook, and adjunct faculty NOTES: Mock Trial Board sponsors intraschool trial competitions, intercollegiate competitions and client counseling competition for 1L students. Moot Court Board sponsors an intraschool competitions, intercollegiate competitions and the Russell Competition for 1L students. LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: Covers substantive and procedural rules concerning holding and gratuitous disposition of wealth, including intestate succession, wills and will substitutes, and inter vivos and testamentary trusts, and future interests. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Love, NOTES: UCC
Wills
Women
and the Law
LEVEL: 3 SCOPE: Covers the law governing workplace accidents and diseases and its relationship to tort doctrine. Among topics studied are substantive limitations on coverage, administrative process in handling claims, and various approaches toward computing compensation awards. RELATED COURSES:
FACULTY INTEREST: Eaton NOTES: JURISDICTION United States LEVEL: 4 SCOPE: The Law Library collects all primary sources of U.S. law, and much secondary material, in paper. University Libraries, through GALILEO, provides free access to LexisNexis’ Academic Universe. NOTES: Patrons may access electronic sources through the Law Library’s web page, many of which are available free of charge. For members of the Law School community, the Law Library provides access to primary materials and more through LexisNexis and Westlaw. The Law Library receives material through the Federal Depository Library Program. LEVEL: 5 SCOPE: The Georgia collection is a comprehensive collection of primary source materials and a research level collection of secondary sources including practitioners' materials. Georgia Primary Sources LegislativeGeorgia Secondary Sources • West's Georgia Digest and Georgia Digest 2d (retain earlier editions & superseded volumes)NOTES: The primary source materials and finding aids are kept in the Georgia Section of the Reading Room of the Law Library. Other materials are kept in a Georgia Section in the basement of the main building. LEVEL: SCOPE: The Law Library has designated the following as "Core States": Alabama, California, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas. • Primary Materials: The Law Library purchases and keeps up to date any official appellate reporter published in the states, the official publications of state statutes and session laws, and decisions of the state attorney general. Superseded portions of the state statutes are retained. In addition, the Law Library’s Research Resources pages offer current links to Internet sites posting state court decisions, statutes, attorney general’s decisions, and state administrative codes. |
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