LLRX Update - October 1, 2002

[Cindy L. Chick]

New on LLRX.com for October 1, 2002
Edited and Published by Sabrina I. Pacifici and Cindy L. Chick 
http://www.llrx.com
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**Finding and Researching Experts Witnesses on the Web 
http://www.llrx.com/features/findingexperts.htm

Jim Robinson highlights the many web resources and services for 
identifying potential experts, as well those available to conduct 
background checks on possible candidates.


**Constitutional, Federal and State Legal Definitions of Child 
Pornography, Obscenity and "Harmful to Minors" of Interest to 
California Libraries 
http://www.llrx.com/features/obscenitylaws.htm

Mary Minow reviews the federal and California state laws on 
pornography, child pornography, obscenity, and the recent "harmful to 
minors" laws (the Online Protection Act and the Children's Internet 
Protection Act).


**Judicial Information of the People's Republic of China: A Survey 
http://www.llrx.com/features/chinajudicial.htm

Zhai Jianxiong, a librarian at the National Library of China, details 
his country's judicial system (both the higher and provincial courts), 
along with providing trial statistics. In addition, he surveys his 
country's range of legal publications as well as highlighting web 
sites for legal researchers in English and Chinese.


**Researching South African Law 
http://www.llrx.com/features/southafrica.htm

Cape Town law librarians Amanda Barratt and Pamela Snyman's guide 
reviews their country's legislative, executive and juiciary branches, 
sources for case law in print and online, legal journals, reference 
works, text books, useful websites for South African legal research, 
and more.


**A Guide to the UK Legal System - Updated 
http://www.llrx.com/features/uk2.htm

Sarah Carter has made updates throughout her guide, with special 
attention to new additions in the section on standard texts on 
specific areas of law.


**LawMoose Expands Its Roaming Range 
http://www.llrx.com/columns/webcritic17.htm

According to Kathy Biehl, LawMoose covers all the resources a seasoned 
legal researcher would hope to find for the focus states of Minnesota 
and Wisconsin, including primary materials, court rules and sites, 
lawyer locators, forms and practice tools, libraries, and legal 
education (including CLE). The site has also recently expanded to 
include a global resources page.


**Preparing for Your Next Job Interview 
http://www.llrx.com/columns/guide68.htm

Marie Wallace interviews Laurie Boon, an experienced 
recruiter/staffing manager, about how to make the most of your next 
job interview.


**Burney's Legal Tech Reviews: A Laptop That's Just the Right Size; A 
Vest to Hold All Of Your Technology; Active Words for Active PCs 
http://www.llrx.com/columns/legaltech10.htm

Brett Burney evaluates the pros and cons of the Sony VAIO PCG-SRX87; 
the Scott eVest which discretely stores more tech gadgets than most of 
us would ever want to admit carrying; and an application that makes 
navigating WindowsR faster and more effective.


**Latest Links http://www.llrx.com/links/100102.htm

Margaret Berkland reviews BlogStreet, Don't Link to Us!, Hoaxbusters, 
The 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers List 2002, The Journalist's 
Toolbox, Page by Page Books, and STANDS4.com.


**Editor's Feature Site: Economist.com Business Database 
http://www.economist.com/businessdatabase/

The Economist provides an excellent free database that includes 6,000 
definitions of business terms, browsable by each letter of the 
alphabet or by 11 different categories. The site also hosts 144 
profiles of well known living and deceased entrepreneurs from around 
the world.  In addition, there are "Practical Guides," in UK and US 
versions, to Finance, Marketing, Personnel and E-commerce. (Editor, 
Sabrina I. Pacifici)


**LLRXBuzz September 30, 2002 
http://www.llrx.com/buzz/buzz128.htm 
-California Offers Free E-Filing 
-Iowa Rolls Out Online Property Tax Payments 
-Study Indicates Digital Divide 
-Digital Award Goes to Arizona 
-VA Office Offers E-mail Alerts 
-Google Suffix -- Count Domains In Google Results 
-Google Expands News Service 
-The Wall Street Executive Library 
-Get On the AnswerBus for Natural Language Searching

**LLRX Newstand 
http://www.llrx.com/newstand/index.htm 
Updated daily: the latest news on legal-tech issues, legislation, 
web resources, search engines, online research and more. 
(Edited and Compiled by Sabrina I. Pacifici)


**9-11 News and Legal Resources http://www.llrx.com/newstand/wtc.htm 
Compiled and edited by Sabrina I. Pacifici, and updated daily.

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