Faceted Searching - We Want Your Feedback

Have you used our new BETA faceted searching option in the Law Journal Library?

If so, we want your feedback! We introduced this new searching enhancement last month as a BETA enhancement. Some of our users began using it right away, while others have just begun using it. No matter the case, we invite you to participate in a short survey about this new enhancement.

Click here to access the short five question survey. 

We value your feedback and will use it to further improve this new searching enhancement. You may also submit feedback to us via email at holsupport@wshein.com, or click on the Feedback button in the upper right-hand corner of HeinOnline.

If you have not yet tried HeinOnline's Faceted Searching feature in the Law Journal Library, we encourage you to do so.  Click here to learn more about the faceted searching feature.

Did You Miss Our Cyber Monday Promotion?!

Hein's Cyber Monday Promotion Has Been Extended!

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Offer is valid through 11:59 p.m. EST on December 5, 2009!
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*Discount is not applicable on all libraries due to contractual agreements.
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Where in the World is Hein

In his 10 years with the Hein Company, Shannon Hein, Vice President of Sales, has traveled to more than 30 countries! Can you guess where Shannon is in the below picture?

E-mail your guess to marketing@wshein.com by December 28, 2009. If you can guess the correct country he was in, monument he was in front of, or meeting he was attending, you'll be entered to win a "Where in the World is Hein" t-shirt! Be sure to include your name, organization or institution, and your mailing address. We'll announce the winner in a follow-up blog post and in the monthly HeinOnline announcement, so stay tuned!

Good luck guessing!

Where in the World Hein Contest Winner!

We are excited to announce our very first winner of the Where in the World is Hein contest! Congratulations to Saskia Mehlhorn, Visiting Foreign and International Law Librarian at the University of Houston Law Center!

Steve Roses was standing next to a cardboard cut-out of Larry Bird at the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, MA. For winning the Where in the World is Hein contest, Saskia has won a "Where in the World is Hein" t-shirt!

Stay tuned for December's Where in the World is Hein contest post!

Exploring HeinOnline: Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996

Coming Soon to the U.S. Federal Legislative History Library

Public Law 104-132, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) of 1996, was passed into law on April 24, 1996 for the purpose of deterring terrorism, providing justice for victims, providing for an effective death penalty as well as other purposes.  Drafted and passed in part due to the Oklahoma City bombings and the World Trade Center Bombings, the AEDPA had a significant impact on the law of habeas corpus in the U.S. as applicable to state and federal prisoners on death row or imprisoned for a term of years. Through the passing of the AEDPA, the following amendments were instituted to the federal habeas corpus law:

• The abuse-of-the-writ doctrine was replaced with an absolute bar on second or successive petitions
• 1 year statute of limitations was created
• 6 month statute of limitation created in death penalty cases
• States were encouraged to appoint counsel for indigent state death row inmates during state habeas or unitary appellate proceedings
• Petitioners who had filed a previous federal habeas petition were required to secure authorization from the federal court of appeals

Additional provisions were included in this act that addressed justice for victims; international terrorism prohibitions; terrorist and criminal alien removal and exclusion; nuclear, biological and chemical weapons restrictions; implementation of plastic explosives convention; criminal law modifications to counter terrorism; and assistance to law enforcement.

Exploring HeinOnline: Law Revision Commission of New York, Reports, Recommendations, and Studies

Coming soon to the New York Legal Research Library

Created in 1934, the Law Revision Commission is the oldest continuous agency in the common-law world devoted to law reform through legislation.  The Commission serves to examine the common law and statues of the State and current judicial decisions in order to identify areas needing improvement, and subsequently recommends needed reforms.  They also receive and consider proposed changes in the law recommended by the American Law Institute (ALI), the commissioners for the promotion of uniformity of legislation in the United States, and any bar association or other body.  They also receive and consider suggested changes from judges, justices, public officials, lawyers and public.  Of all of the suggested and proposed changes brought to them, the Commission selects a number of them for further study.  The Commission then analyzes the problem and this analysis often leads to new legislation or amendment of existing law.

This title thus includes the reports, recommendations and studies carried out by the Commission. This title will be added to the New York Legal Research Library by the beginning of December.  

Exploring HeinOnline: The Indian Journal of Law and Technology

The Indian Journal of Law and Technology was founded in August 2004 in order to furnish a platform in India for the discussion of domestic and international issues on technology. A deep understanding of these issues is crucial to the development of India’s technology economy, both from the point of view of businesses and from a public policy perspective. Published by the Law and Technology Committee at the National Law School of India, the IJLT contains articles by individuals from the academic and legal professions, the business world, government, and law students. This journal will be added to HeinOnline's Law Journal Library by the beginning of December, 2009.