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May 2, 2005.
Kristy Moon, editor.
Gallagher Law Library Offers Access to Japan’s National Diet Library Materials
--Rob Britt and Judy Davis
Gallagher Law Library has become a registered user of Japan's National Diet* Library (“NDL”).
As members of a registered institution, the Law Library’s primary users
(students, faculty, and staff of the UW Law School) may now borrow volumes or
order photocopies of materials held by the NDL.
The NDL, similar to the U.S. Library of Congress, has extensive holdings in all fields, and in many
Asian and European languages, including a very large and comprehensive
collection of legal materials on Japan. NDL's holdings include over 2.6
million volumes of books and 110,000 magazine and newspaper titles in
Japanese. NDL also holds over 280,000 doctoral dissertations.
Anyone can search the NDL's online catalog:
http://opac.ndl.go.jp/index_e.html.
Users can choose either the English or the Japanese interface. The NDL
webpage also provides access to a very comprehensive index, produced by the
NDL,to Japanese periodicals.
You will not be able to access the NDL catalog during their regularly scheduled maintenance
times:
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NDL Online Catalog |
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Day |
Not Available (Seattle Time) |
No. of Hours Down |
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Mon – Sat |
Noon – 3 PM |
3 |
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Sundays |
9 AM – 3 PM |
6 |
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3rd Sunday of ea. month |
6 AM – 3 PM |
9 |
If you find items that you would like to borrow or would like to request a photocopy of, please
enter information about the item(s) on the Law Library Interlibrary Loan
(“ILL”) request form at
http://lib.law.washington.edu/ill/borform.html,
or contact:
Resource Sharing Office
W.H. Gates Hall Room L177
Phone: 206-543-4262
Email: lawlibil@u.washington.edu
NDL restricts users to borrowing no more than 10 volumes at a time. They also stipulate that
the items borrowed must be used only within the borrowing library and that no
photocopying of borrowed materials is allowed. The loan period is for a
maximum of one month, not including the delivery time. Items are sent
by registered airmail.
Photocopy requests are limited to no more than 30 items at a time. Copies are shipped about one
week after a request is submitted to NDL.
* The National Diet is Japan’s legislature.
Animal Law Research Sources
--Jorge Juarez, Law Library Intern
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals (“ASPCA”) designated April as the “Prevention of Animal Cruelty
Month.” Additionally, May 1-7 is “Be Kind to Animals Week” in Seattle.
The following sources are useful starting points for researchers interested
in finding out more about animal rights and animal law:
Washington State
Every state has a statute prohibiting cruelty to
animals. Washington’s can be found in the
Revised Code of Washington § 16.52
- Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (KFW30 in Reference Area).
The Washington State Bar Association’s Animal Law
Section put together a CLE seminar, Animal Law: A Bird’s Eye View,
which includes information on a variety of topics such as animal issues
relating to contracts, criminal law, and family law (KFW84.5 A5 A55 2003 in
Classified Stacks).
Secondary Sources
- Animal Rights: Current Debates and New Directions,
edited by Cass R. Sunstein and Martha C. Nussbaum (HV4708.A56 2004 in
Classified Stacks), offers numerous perspectives on the campaign for animal
rights from both its supporters and opponents. It also addresses
ethical issues relating to ownership, promotion of animal welfare, and
whether animals should have legal rights.
- Animals and the Law: A Sourcebook, by Jordan Curnutt
(KF390.5.A5 C87 2001 in Classified Stacks), provides a wide overview of the
legislation and the issues surrounding both domesticated and wild animals, as
well as the roles of regulatory agencies and organizations that fight for
proper treatment of animals. Other coverage includes landmark legal
cases and well-known figures in the animal rights movement.
- Rattling the Cage: Towards Legal Rights For Animals, by
Steven M. Wise (HV4708.W57 2000 in the Classified Stacks). The author,
an animal-rights lawyer, legal scholar, and law professor has spent his
career in courts across the United States, championing the interests of
animals. This book is a thorough look at many of the legal and
philosophical issues related to the treatment of animals by humans.
- Animal Law, a journal published by Lewis and Clark Law School
(current issues shelved by title in Reference Area).
Websites
- The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
website, http://www.aspca.org. This is a
great source for links to a variety of organizations, legal information,
humane education, and publications focusing on fighting animal cruelty.
- The Seattle Humane Society, http://www.seattlehumane.org. A
good source for information about local educational events and workshops.
- World Animal Net, http://www.worldanimal.net. An
extensive database of animal protection societies with over 15,000 listings
and more than 8,000 links to websites.
Trial Ad Blog
--Mary Whisner
Interested in trial practice? Thinking about becoming a
litigator? Take a look at Trial Ad Notes, http://trialadnotes.blogspot.com.
I put this together primarily for the students and faculty in the Trial Ad
program, but anyone interested in trial practice (with a Washington focus)
could find the news items, case summaries, and tips helpful. The blog is an
experiment: in June we’ll decide whether to keep it up.
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