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The Goodson Law Library recently received the 2014 edition of the Guide to International Legal Research , available for consultation in the Reference Collection on level 3. The George Washington International Law Review first published the guide in 1986 as a special double issue ( available to Duke users in HeinOnline , under the journal's former name, the George Washington Journal of International Law and Economics ), but began an annual book publication of the popular guide in 1990, in partnership with LexisNexis. The updated Guide is also available online in Lexis Advance . To browse or search, type Guide to International Legal Research into the Lexis Advance search bar, and click "Table of Contents" to reach the full text. The text of the Guide is divided into two general parts. First, a regional section describes the legal systems and major legal resources for countries and multinational organizations within Africa, Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, Russia and...

Yesterday, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced plans to resign his position once a successor is confirmed. Holder has helmed the Justice Department since February 2009; his service already marks the fourth-longest Attorney General term in U.S. history. Speculation – and political sniping – has already begun over the upcoming Senate confirmation process for Holder's still-unnamed successor. The U.S. Senate website contains details about the Senate power to confirm or reject presidential nominations. Holder's announcement came one day after the 225th anniversary of the Judiciary Act of 1789 , which created the position of Attorney General (in addition to its more famous impact on the federal court structure). The Judiciary Act called for the appointment of a "person […] learned in the law, to act as Attorney General for the United States." Oversight of the Justice Department was added to the Attorney General's duties in 1870, with Congress's passage...

The Duke Libraries Catalog includes thousands of e-books, which are available to readers with a current University NetID and password. Law School researchers might be particularly interested in the collection of Oxford Handbooks Online: Law . This collection includes full access to twelve law-themed handbooks , dating from 2004 to 2014. Most of the handbooks focus on international or comparative law topics, and several feature contributions from current Duke Law faculty members (links below are to print copies; online versions can be accessed above): The Oxford Handbook of International Adjudication (2014), Prof. Laurence Helfer. The Oxford Handbook of Empirical Legal Research (2010), Prof. Neil Vidmar. The Oxford Handbook of International Environmental Law (2007), Prof. Jonathan Wiener. The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Law (2006), Prof. Ralf Michaels. These handbooks are a subset of hundreds of Oxford University Press e-books which are available to the Duke University ...