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Last Updated: October 1, 2008

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This is a list of many of the resources recently added to our collection.  If you have a suggestion for a resource that you would like the Library to obtain, please contact us.

Note: Some of the resources on this list are older materials that were recently retrieved from Archive Storage and added to the Library's Catalog for the first time.

 

Access and Fairness

 

Halberstadter, Harvey.

Union County District Court Pro Se Assistance Program (retrieved from Archive)

KFN2310.5 .A3 H35

 

Adoption

 

Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.

A Family for Every Child: Fast Track to Permanency [VHS]

KF545 .F37 1998

 

Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.

The Adoption & Safe Families Act of 1997: Creative Strategies for Permanency [VHS]

KF545 .C74 1999

 

Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.

The Adoption & Safe Families Act of 1997: How Judges Can Make it Happen [VHS]

KF545 .H69 1998

 

Appellate Courts

 

Hanson, Roger.

Time on Appeal: Beyond Conjecture (retrieved from Archive)

KF8736 .H366 1993

 

Meador, Daniel John.

Appellate Courts: Structures, Functions, Processes, and Personnel.

KF8750 .M431 2006

 

Oregon. Legislative Assembly. Interim Committee on Judiciary.

Survey of the Supreme Court: Appellate Court Problem [microfilm]

KFO2912 .O74 1957

 

Court Administration

 

California. Judicial Council.

Report on the Study of California Supreme Court Management Procedures (retrieved from Archive)

KFC960 .C3 1971

 

Connecticut. Judicial Branch. Public Service and Trust Commission.

Strategic Plan for the Judicial Branch (retrieved from Archive)

KFC4110.5 .A3 S73 2008

 

Hawaii. Judiciary Department.

Annual Report 1998-99 (retrieved from Archive)

KFH508 .A834 1998-99

 

Illinois. Circuit Court (19th Circuit)

Annual Report, 2006 [CD-ROM]

KFI1716 .L3 A13 2006

 

North Dakota. Judicial Planning Committee.

The North Dakota Judicial Master Program (retrieved from Archive)

KFN9108 .A85

 

Resnik, Judith.

Managerial Judges (retrieved from Archive)

KF8725 .R47 1982

 

Court-Community Initiatives

 

Florida. Judicial Management Council. Committee on District Court of Appeal Performance and Accountability.

Judicial Management Council Committee on District Court of Appeal Performance and Accountability: Report and Recommendations (retrieved from Archive)

KFF509 .J83 1999

 

National Center for State Courts.

Justice Case Files 2: The Case of Stolen Identity.

KF8732 .Z9 J88 2008

 

Court Interpretation

 

Carrerou, Ruben.

Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida Impact Study on Court Interpreters Certification in Dade County (retrieved from Archive)

KFF526 .T7 C37 1982

 

Court Rules

 

The Library maintains print versions of court rules from all 50 states.  They are located in the reference section of the collection.  Some of the recent additions include:

 

Maine Court Rules 2008

New Hampshire Court Rules 2008

New Jersey Court Rules 2008

North Carolina Court Rules 2008

South Dakota Court Rules 2008

Tennessee Court Rules 2008

 

Court Unification

 

Flango, Victor E.

Court Unification and Quality of State Courts (retrieved from Archive)

KF8732 .F53 1992

 

Criminal Justice

 

American Bar Association. Section on Criminal Justice. Victims Committee.

ABA Guidelines for Fair Treatment of Victims and Witnesses in the Criminal Justice System (retrieved from Archive)

KF9763 .A92 1983

 

Crime in the United States 2008.

HV6787 .C75 2008

 

Washington Legal Foundation.

Crime Victims Impact Statement: A Manual for Victims Citizen Associations, Judges and Prosecutors to Provide Due Process for Victims in the Criminal Justice System (retrieved from Archive)

HV6250.3 .U5 C74 1981

 

Criminal Procedure

 

Faulkner, Carlos A.

Criminal Procedures in Municipal Courts [microfilm]

KFO575 .F38 1955

 

Custody and Support

 

Teaster, Pamela B. ...[et al.]

Public Guardianship After 25 Years: In the Best Interest of Incapacitated People?

KF553 .P83 2007

 

Indigent Defense

 

Florida State Bar. Standing Committee on Pro Bono Services.

The Standing Committee on Pro Bono Services' Report to the Supreme Court of Florida, the Florida Bar, and the Florida Bar Foundation (retrieved from Archive)

KFF84.5 .P7 S73 1998

 

Judicial Selection

 

Alaska. Judicial Council.

Selecting and Evaluating Alaska's Judges: 1984-2007.

KFA1725.5 .R3 S45 2008

 

Juries

 

Carson, Wallace P.

Jury Service in Oregon [VHS]

KFO2942 .Z9 J58 1988

 

Hannaford-Agor, Paula L.

Assessment of Jury Operations and Procedures for High Profile and Lengthy Trials in the Eighth Judicial District Court of Nevada: Final Report.

KFN1142 .H36 2008

 

Jonakait, Randolph N.

The American Jury System.

KF8972 .J66 2003

 

Media Relations

 

California. Legislature. Assembly. Interim Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Free Press-Fair Trial.

Assembly Interim Committee on Judiciary: Subcommittee on Free Press-Fair Trial [microfilm]

KF209 .L38 1987

 

Jones, Clarence.

Winning with the News Media: A Self-Defense Manual When You're the Story.

P96 .I54 J66 2005

 

Willson, George A.

Transcript of Proceedings on Fair Trial, Free Press [microfilm]

KF209 .L381 1987

 

Miscellaneous

 

Friedman, Thomas L.

Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution -- And How It Can Renew America.

GE197 .F76 2008

 

Hetherington, Cynthia.

The Manual to Online Public Records: The Researcher's Tool to Online Resources of Public Records and Public Information.

JK468 .P76 H43 2008

 

National Center for State Courts.

Election Law Issues for State Court Judges [DVD-ROM]

KF4886 .E45 2008

 

National Center for State Courts.

National Center for State Courts Board of Directors Meeting: July 26-27, 1997 (retrieved from Archive)

KF294 .N32 B62 1997

 

National Center for State Courts.

National Center for State Courts Board Policies (retrieved from Archive)

KF294 .N32 B641 1997

 

Perlstein, Jolanta Juszkiewic.

Diversity Jurisdiction: Federal Courts' Inexplorable Fate or Past Apparition? [microfilm]

KF8858 .P47 1980

 

Southern Poverty Law Center.

False Patriots: The Threat of Antigovernment Extremists (retrieved from Archive)

HS2325 .F35 1996

 

Public Trust and Confidence

 

Rottman, David.

State Court Surveys on Public Trust and Confidence (retrieved from Archive)

KF8700 .S73 1998

 

Security and the Courts

 

Siegel, Lawrence.

A Security Survey of Operations of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City: Baltimore, Maryland (retrieved from Archive)

KFM1710.5 .A3 S431 1974

 

Sentencing

 

Nevada Commission to Establish Suggested Sentences for Felonies.

Sentencing Felons in Nevada (retrieved from Archive)

KFN1183.2 .S46 1986

 

Specialty Courts

 

Arizona. Legislature. Legislative Council.

Report on Justice of the Peace Courts in Arizona [microfilm]

KFA2920 .A25 1958

 

National Center for State Courts.

A Survey of State and Tribal Courts (retrieved from Archive)

KF8224 .C6 N38 2001

 

Teen Court Association of Texas.

How to Start a Teen Court (retrieved from Archive)

KFT1795 .H69 1999

 

State-Federal Relations

 

Duran, Gilberto R.

A Study of U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Case Law Impact at the State Level [microfilm]

KF8750 .D87 1979

 

Workload and Resource Assessment

 

Arthur Young & Company.

Weighted Caseload Values Report (retrieved from Archive)

KFO510.5 .A3 A78 1974

 

California. Legislature. Assembly. Office of Legislative Analyst.

A Standard for Determining California's Need for Superior Court Judges: Report to the Assembly Ways and Means Committee [microfilm]

KFC979 .A25 1961

 

Washington (State). Office of the Administrator for the Courts.

Washington Superior Courts Weighted Caseload Project Bench Activity (retrieved from Archive)

KFW510.5 .A3 W37 1985 

 


 

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