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The IALL International Handbook of Legal Information Management, edited by Richard A. Danner and Jules Winterton, receives the Joseph L. Andrews Bibliographical Award

Published May 14, 2012 Authors , Information Management , Law , prizes Leave a Comment

Posted by Nora Weber, Senior Marketing Co-ordinator

Ashgate is honored that editors Richard A. Danner and Jules Winterton will receive the Joseph L. Andrews Bibliographical Award for The IALL International Handbook of Legal Information Management. The awards will be presented July 24 at the Association Luncheon during the Annual Association of American Law Schools (AALL) Meeting in Boston.

This International Handbook describes the legal environments in which librarians work and policy issues with which they need to engage. It provides resources, analysis, and considered studies for seasoned international law librarians, those about to enter the field, and anyone interested in the evolution of legal information in the twenty-first century.

Visit Ashgate’s website for more information about this award-winning book…

New books – Human Factors, Law, Reference Series

Published April 13, 2012 Human Factors , Law , new title updates , Reference Leave a Comment

Human Factors

Writing Human Factors Research Papers: A Guidebook   Don Harris, HFI Solutions Ltd, UK, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China and Leicester University, UK

Law

Legisprudence: Practical Reason in Legislation    Luc J. Wintgens, University of Brussels, Belgium

Most Deserving of Death? An Analysis of the Supreme Court’s Death Penalty Jurisprudence    Kenneth Williams, South Texas College of Law, USA

The Neurobiology of Criminal Behavior: Gene-Brain-Culture Interaction    Anthony Walsh and Jonathan D. Bolen, both at Boise State University, USA

Reference Series

Social Learning Theories of Crime    Edited by Christine S. Sellers, University of South Florida, USA, L. Thomas Winfree, Jr, New Mexico State University, USA and Ronald L. Akers, University of Florida, USA

Procedural Justice    Edited by Larry May, Vanderbilt University, USA and Paul Morrow, Vanderbilt University, USA

The International Law of Peace and Security: 4-Volume Set    Edited by Nigel D. White, University of Nottingham, UK

Gay and Lesbian Elders, by Nancy J. Knauer, I. Herman Stern Professor of Law, Beasley School of Law, Temple University

Published February 29, 2012 Law , Social Work and Social Policy , Sociology Leave a Comment
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Posted by Nora Weber, Senior Marketing Coordinator

Since its publication in December 2010, Nancy J. Knauer’s book, Gay and Lesbian Elders, has been extremely well-received by critics and readers alike.

Beginning with the following review from Choice:

“In this well-researched book, legal scholar Knauer [...] presents the estimated two million lesbian and gay elders in the US as an underserved and poorly understood group. She convincingly argues that identity formation for gay people is uniquely the product of their historical context…An excellent book…Highly recommended.”

And more recently from The Gerontologist:

“Knauer’s treatment is by turns scholarly and deeply personal—shuttling as it does between statistical and anecdotal evidence, and admirably  bridges several intellectual fields—including cultural and legal history, sociology, theories of identity, and LGBT historiography—which the author manages to tie together in a compelling bundle that effectively lays out the complicated landscape of LGBT aging issues.”

The Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues also weighed in, in their Division 44 Newsletter:

“Law professor Nancy Knauer provides an interesting and important perspective about the history, identity, and concerns of today’s lesbian and gay elders. The book provides in one compact volume a compilation of information that is of critical importance to researchers, activists and policy makers concerned with these issues.”

It is clear that Gay and Lesbian Elders has struck a chord in the current LGBT discourse, and will likely continue to do so for many years to come.

Knauer herself continues to speak regularly on the topic. In December, she was the only academic invited to participate in an Elder Housing Summit in D.C. that was sponsored by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development and the US Department of Health and Human Services. She also spoke at the 5th International Positive Aging Conference in Los Angeles and next week she’ll be speaking at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Women is Psychology in Palm Springs.

For further information on this noteworthy book and author, please visit www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409402336

New books – Human Factors, Law, Law Reference series

Published February 24, 2012 Human Factors , Law , new title updates , Reference Leave a Comment

Human Factors

Safety Culture: Building and Sustaining a Cultural Change in Aviation and Healthcare    Manoj S. Patankar, Jeffrey P. Brown, Edward J. Sabin and Thomas G. Bigda-Peyton

Law

Discourse and Practice in International Commercial Arbitration: Issues, Challenges and Prospects    Edited by Vijay K. Bhatia, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Christopher N. Candlin, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia and Maurizio Gotti, University of Bergamo, Italy

The Global Financial Crisis: Triggers, Responses and Aftermath    Tony Ciro, Australian Catholic University, Australia

Law, Religious Freedoms and Education in Europe    Edited by Myriam Hunter-Henin, University College London, UK

Law Reference Series

Arms Control Law    Edited by Daniel H. Joyner, University of Alabama, USA

Counter-Terrorism and International Law    Edited by Katja L.H. Samuel, Nottingham University, UK and Nigel D. White, Nottingham University, UK

Post-Conflict Rebuilding and International Law    Edited by Ray Murphy, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland

The Use of Force in International Law    Edited by Tarcisio Gazzini, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Nicholas Tsagourias, University of Glasgow, UK

New books – Law, Reference

Published February 3, 2012 Law , new title updates , Reference Leave a Comment

Law

Aboriginal Child Welfare, Self-Government and the Rights of Indigenous Children: Protecting the Vulnerable Under International Law    Sonia Harris-Short, University of Birmingham, UK

Complex Copyright: Mapping the Information Ecosystem    Deborah Tussey, Oklahoma City University, USA

Fiduciary Duty and the Atmospheric Trust    Edited by Ken Coghill, Monash University, Australia, Charles Sampford, Griffith University, Australia and Tim Smith, Monash University Australia

The Hidden Order of Corruption: An Institutional Approach   Donatella della Porta, European University Institute, Italy and Alberto Vannucci, University of Pisa, Italy

The Public in Law: Representations of the Political in Legal Discourse    Edited by Claudio Michelon, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, Gregor Clunie, University of Glasgow, Scotland, Christopher McCorkindale, Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland, and Haris Psarras, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Transparency, Power, and Control: Perspectives on Legal Communication    Edited by Vijay K. Bhatia, Christoph A. Hafner and Lindsay Miller, all at City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong and Anne Wagner, Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale, France

Reference Series

The Citizen and the Chinese State    Edited by Perry Keller, King’s College London, UK

Copyright Law: Volume II: Application to Creative Industries in the 20th Century    Edited by Benedict Atkinson and Brian Fitzgerald, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Global Minority Rights    Edited by Joshua Castellino, Middlesex University, UK

The Library of Essays on Copyright Law: 3-Volume Set    Edited by Benedict Atkinson and Brian Fitzgerald, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Obligations and Property Rights in China    Edited by Perry Keller, King’s College London, UK

The Library of Essays on Chinese Law: 3-Volume Set    Edited by Perry Keller, King’s College London, UK

Ashgate congratulates author David Nelken, winner of the 2011 Adam Podgórecki Prize awarded by the International Sociological Association-Research Committee in Sociology of Law

Published January 10, 2012 Authors , Law , prizes Leave a Comment

Posted by Nora Weber, Senior Marketing Coordinator

2011 ISA-RCSL Adam Podgórecki Prize

The 2011 Prize Commission, composed of Professor Devanayk Sundaram from India, Professor Hanne Petersen from Denmark, and Harriet Silius from Finland, bestowed the award on Professor David Nelken for his “distinguished and outstanding lifetime achievement,” across the globe, as an excellent scholar and publicist, as a pioneer in sociology of law, as a great communicator, as a devoted administrator and as a “bridge” between legal cultures. Professor Nelken’s nomination was unanimous.

David Nelken is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of Macerata, Italy, and Visiting Professor of Criminology at the University of Oxford. He joined Cardiff Law School in 1995 as a part-time Distinguished Research Professor and gives staff seminars and occasional lectures, supervises theses by PhD students and undergraduates. He also helps run an ESRC-funded research project alongside Dr Stewart Field that compares juvenile justice in Italy and Wales.

In 2009, David Nelken was awarded the Thorsten Sellin & Sheldon and Eleanor Glueck Award (established in 1974), achieved through his “extraordinary record of scholarship.” This prestigious honor is given in order to call attention to criminological scholarship that considers problems of crime and justice as they are manifested outside the United States; internationally or comparatively. It is the highest award given by the American Society of Criminology to scholars from outside the USA.

Ashgate is proud of its continued commitment to publishing only the highest quality scholarship and research in the field of law and legal studies. Recent Ashgate titles by David Nelken include…

Beyond Law in Context and Comparative Criminal Justice and Globalization

New books – Law

Published December 20, 2011 Law , new title updates Leave a Comment

Law

Church and State in Western Society: Established Church, Cooperation and Separation    Edward J. Eberle, Roger Williams University School of Law, USA

Law, Corporate Governance and Partnerships at Work: A Study of Australian Regulatory Style and Business Practice    Richard Mitchell, Monash University, Australia, Anthony O’Donnell, La Trobe University, Australia, Shelley Marshall, Monash University, Australia, Ian Ramsay, University of Melbourne, Australia and Meredith Jones, State Service Authority, Victorian Government, Australia

Loss of Control and Diminished Responsibility: Domestic, Comparative and International Perspectives    Edited by Alan Reed, Sunderland University, UK and Michael Bohlander, Durham University, UK

Religion, Education and the State: An Unprincipled Doctrine in Search of Moorings    Mark Strasser, Capital University Law School, USA

Reference Series

Copyright Law: Volume I: The Scope and Historical Context    Edited by Benedict Atkinson and Brian Fitzgerald, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Copyright Law: Volume III: Copyright in the 21st Century    Edited by Benedict Atkinson and Brian Fitzgerald, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Steven Hetcher reviews Aaron Schwabach’s ‘Fan Fiction and Copyright’ in the THE

Published December 19, 2011 Law , Literary Studies Leave a Comment
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Earlier this month the Times Higher Ed published a review of Aaron Schwabach’s Fan Fiction and Copyright. You can read the full review on the THE website, but to whet your appetite, here is an extract…

Copyright issues are at the core of fan fiction because using the characters and fictional worlds of commercial authors to create fan works is arguably a violation of the law from the outset. Thus, whatever one might say about it from other disciplinary perspectives, it is highly relevant whether fan-fiction activities are legal or illegal. While they may be well intentioned, when authors untrained in the law attempt to make statements of legal moment, they are inclined to get things horribly wrong.

Here, Aaron Schwabach, a professor of law, considers the relevant copyright issues for an intended readership not of experts but of an educated public. He confronts the daunting task faced by all specialists seeking to address a wider audience, which is to present the material in a less technical manner than is standard in the profession so as to communicate to non-specialists, while still having something to say to scholarly peers. For the most part, he succeeds admirably. For the copyright specialist, the book has great value as an in-depth study of the phenomenon, much of which is not contained in the case law – the usual grist of law scholars …

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Michael Lynch wins the 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Division on Critical Criminology, American Society of Criminology

Published December 13, 2011 Authors , Law , prizes , Sociology 1 Comment

Posted by Nora Weber, Senior Marketing Co-ordinator

Ashgate congratulates Michael Lynch, winner of the 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Division on Critical Criminology, American Society of Criminology.

The Lifetime Achievement Award honors an individual’s sustained and distinguished scholarship, teaching, and/or service in the field of critical criminology.

Michael J. Lynch is a Professor in the Department of Criminology at the University of South Florida. He is the co-Editor of the recently published Ashgate volume, Radical and Marxist Theories of Crime, as well as series Editor of Ashgate’s new highly anticipated Green Criminology series.

The IALL International Handbook of Legal Information Management – presentation at IALL’s 2011 Malaysia Conference

Published December 2, 2011 Information Management , Law Leave a Comment

The Annual Course on International Law Librarianship is being held this year at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 4th-8th December. This is IALL’s main meeting and educational event of the year.

There are three main themes this year building on the increasing importance of Malaysia on the world stage: Global Legal Issues, Malaysian Law and Malaysian Libraries (with special emphasis on law libraries). Speakers will include eminent legal academics, scholars, and law librarians from the region.

At the conference, the president of IALL will be presenting a copy of The IALL International Handbook of Legal Information Management to the Vice Chancellor of the University and to three scholarship winners.

The IALL International Handbook of Legal Information Management is edited by Richard A. Danner and Jules Winterton, and has a foreword by Professor Richard Susskind, OBE.

From the Foreword:

‘I warmly welcome the publication of this book. A diverse and international group of leading experts has provided professional legal information managers with a definitive guide to the central issues of policy and strategy that are of direct concern to the progressive law librarian (and to the legal profession) of tomorrow. The book is not only for the traditional law librarian but will also engage legal information scientists, know-how managers, legal process analysts, legal management consultants, legal knowledge engineers, and many other related specialists. In this heady time of astounding flux, we need – and this book gives us – sober, balanced minds systematically addressing the implications of recent and emerging developments in technology and information management.’

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