At a conference hosted by the Irish Ministry of Foreign affairs, more than 100 countries including Britain agreed on a draft convention on Cluster Munitions.

Monday, June 2nd at 1pm in Rm 334 learn about the resources we use for researching international and foreign law.

At lightning speed we will cover treaty research, UN documents, EU documents and finding foreign law. 

If you’re unable to attend, you may request a reference appointment with Stefanie for a review of these resources. 

On May 20, 2008 the MPs voted to permit hybrid embryos.

The British parliament is current considering legislation, the Human Fertilization and Embryology Bill, on human-animal hybrid embryos which would be used for research among other reproductive issues like “savior siblings”.  In 2006 the Parliamentary Science and Technology Committee issued a report entitled “Government Proposals on the Regulation of Hybrid and Chimera Embryos” which discussed this subject to which the Government responded in 2007.

The Law Library provides many Research Guides on various topics, types of material and research skills. For example, see Introduction to Foreign Legal Research, Electronic Sources for Law Practice, and Bluebook Basics for Summer Jobs.

Other libraries providing research guides include Harvard Law Library, Georgetown Law Library, and the University of Washington Law Library.

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There has been much news coverage and commentary on last week’s California Supreme Court decision in favor of same-sex marriage.

Lead stories about the case include those in The Family Law Reporter, U.S. Law Week, The Los Angeles Times, The San Diego Union Tribune, and Salon.com.

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The audio from the bootcamp sessions on Admin Law and Legislative History can be found at the links below.

Admin Law pt. 1

Admin Law pt. 2

Legislative History

If you have any problems with the files, please see Steve Donweber in the library.

The Court of Artibitration for Sports has granted the right to participate in the Olympics to a double amputee named Oscar Pistorius after he was banned from participating by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)

BU Law provides many tools to assist your Electronic Taxation Research, including the major tax research platforms from BNA, CCH and RIA.

Premium tax news resources include the BNA tax updates and Tax Notes Today.

For a more comprehensive guide to research tools, see the Federal Tax Research Guide.

Today, in a 4-3 decision, the California Supreme Court upheld the right of same-sex couples to be married, declaring that state statutes restricting marriage to “the union ‘between a man and a woman’” were unconstitutional. See In re Marriage Cases, S147999.