The Penn State Dickinson Law Library has added some new books to the collection. If you’re interested in checking these books out please visit either the library or click the I Want It button from the link to the Library Catalog.
Five Words That Changed America
https://catalog.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/32863254
“Read about the landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution restricts prosecutors from using a person’s statements made in response to interrogation in police custody as evidence at their trial unless they can show that the person was informed of the right to consult with an attorney before and during questioning, and of the right against self-incrimination before police questioning, and that the defendant not only understood these rights, but voluntarily waived them. Based on first-person interviews and archival materials, Five Words That Changed America brings these stories to life and provides a birds-eye view of the case that changed America.”
Covid-19; The Legal Challenges
https://catalog.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/32863221
“This book brings together essays by respected experts in national security and related fields on the many legal dimensions of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Nine Steps to Law School Success
https://catalog.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/32863229
“Nine Steps to Law School Success is the first scientifically proven study process for success in law school. Synthesized from the study processes of other successful law students, this book provides a straightforward, linear, and chronological study process for students to follow from the beginning of the semester up to their final examination. Students will learn how to complete each step, how each step leads to a deep understanding of course material, and how each step ultimately leads to success in their courses. Students will also learn how to incorporate Nine Steps into their weekly schedules during the semester.”
The Gunner’s Guide to Law School
https://catalog.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/32863257
“This study aid explains that success in law school does not require any special skill or genius. It demonstrates that if students can apply the basic techniques described in this book, they can be in the top 10 percent of their class. This comprehensive guide provides reliable frameworks (backed by cognitive neuroscience) to navigate everything from the first day of law school to the first year of practicing law. It offers frameworks for handling reading assignments, classes, taking exams, and getting on law review all the way through succeeding as an associate in a law firm.”
Healthcare Cybersecurity
https://catalog.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/33178741
“The goal of this book is to help bolster stakeholders’ knowledge of cybersecurity in the healthcare industry, with the aim of pinpointing current and impending threats to the industry’s data security. The topics to be addressed include types of cybersecurity threats; ransomware in healthcare; how to prepare for and respond to cybersecurity attacks; the cost of inadequate security measures; and managing privacy and cybersecurity risks.”
Pursuing the Horizon
https://catalog.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/33178618
“Pursuing the Horizon offers a collection of essays and courtroom stories from an activist, death penalty lawyer, and Washington, D.C., judge struggling to seek justice in the courtroom, in the fields where migrant farmworkers toil, and in the rice paddies of Vietnam.”
“The book explores justice in all its forms from freedom for beaten migrant farmworkers in the shadow of the Ku Klux Klan, to life itself in a last-minute death row plea for mercy to Governor George Wallace of Alabama, only to witness the client killed in a botched execution in the electric chair that shocked the world.”
The U.S. Legal System
https://catalog.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/32863252
“The U.S. Legal System: The Basics is a primer on our legal system and law study. The book’s six chapters provide an overview of the U.S. legal system and cover the U.S. Constitution, judicial systems, sources of law, a guide for students on working with case law, and civil dispute resolution. This concise guide gives both traditional and non-traditional students what they need to begin their study of law.”
From Back Alley to the Border
https://catalog.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/33178610
“In From Back Alley to the Border, Alicia Gutierrez-Romine examines the history of criminal abortion in California and the role abortion providers played in exposing and exploiting the faults in California’s anti-abortion statute throughout the twentieth century. Focused on the women who used this underground network and the physicians who facilitated it, Gutierrez-Romine describes the operation of abortion providers from the 1920s through the 1960s, including regular physicians as well as women and African American abortionists, and the investigations and trials that surrounded them.”
A Promised Land
https://catalog.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/32206010
“In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency—a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil.”
“Obama takes readers on a compelling journey from his earliest political aspirations to the pivotal Iowa caucus victory that demonstrated the power of grassroots activism to the watershed night of November 4, 2008, when he was elected 44th president of the United States, becoming the first African American to hold the nation’s highest office.”
“Reflecting on the presidency, he offers a unique and thoughtful exploration of both the awesome reach and the limits of presidential power, as well as singular insights into the dynamics of U.S. partisan politics and international diplomacy. Obama brings readers inside the Oval Office and the White House Situation Room, and to Moscow, Cairo, Beijing, and points beyond. We are privy to his thoughts as he assembles his cabinet, wrestles with a global financial crisis, takes the measure of Vladimir Putin, overcomes seemingly insurmountable odds to secure passage of the Affordable Care Act, clashes with generals about U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, tackles Wall Street reform, responds to the devastating Deepwater Horizon blowout, and authorizes Operation Neptune’s Spear, which leads to the death of Osama bin Laden.”
Cold Case North
https://catalog.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/32499045
“Cold Case North is the story of how a small team, with the help of the Indigenous community, exposed police failure in the original investigation, discovered new clues and testimony, and gathered the pieces of the North’s most enduring missing persons puzzle.”