Legal Issues

Examine the topic of legal issues, which are legal questions that require a court’s involvement to decide. Legal issues differ from ethical and moral lapses in that they’re based on written principles, while ethical and moral issues are based on subjective ideas of right and wrong. It must be acknowledged, however, that legal issues are inherently intertwined with ethics and morality, which can make them subject to fierce public debate due to people’s differing views on the morality of a legal issue.

While legal issues can arise in any criminal or civil matter, the public discourse of legal issues often revolves around regulations dealing with controversial social issues such as abortion, human and civil rights, gun control, immigration, the death penalty, and privacy. Debates on legal issues can focus on the application of existing regulations, on the need to change existing statutes, or on the need for new regulations. The court system focuses on the interpretation or legality of an existing act, while Congress establishes new laws.

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Law Resources

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Databases

Gale databases offer researchers or teachers access to credible, up-to-date publications for research or teaching.

LegalForms with Law Digest

Provides users with a wide selection of essential state-specific (and multistate) legal forms that may be customized for most common legal procedures. Many forms are ideal for supporting legal tasks relevant to small business owners, such as filing for copyrights, patents, and trademarks; articles of incorporation; licenses; and more.

Gale OneFile: LegalTrac

Provides legal researchers, students, and faculty access to a comprehensive selection of the most prestigious legal publications.

Gale OneFile: Criminal Justice

Informs the research process for those studying legal issues, terrorism, homeland security, forensic science, and more.

Primary Source Archives

Gale Primary Sources offers journals and articles on legal issues that provide researchers with firsthand material.

The Making of Modern Law

Together, the distinct collections that comprise The Making of Modern Law cover nearly every aspect of American and British law and dig deep into the legal traditions of Europe, Latin America, Asia, and other international jurisdictions, both classic and contemporary. Encompassing a range of analytical, theoretical, and practical literature, these collections support and complement the traditional study of law by featuring valuable books from the most influential legal writers published throughout history.

The Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800‒1926

A comprehensive road map to U.S. and British law, this resource opens up a wealth of hidden or previously inaccessible references from the 19^th and early 20^th centuries to scholars and students. It covers a watershed period of legal development and is the world’s most comprehensive full-text collection of Anglo-American legal treatises published today.

Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920

With 2.1 million published pages of trial transcripts, police and forensic reports, detective novels, newspaper accounts, true crime literature, and related ephemera, this collection presents the broadest and deepest collection of materials supporting the study of 19^th-century criminal history, law, literature, and justice. The quintessential resource enhances understanding of the intersection of law and society during a pivotal era of social change.

Gale eBooks

Gale offers a variety of legal eBooks covering a wide range of topics, including government orders, university libraries best practices, and more. Users can add Gale eBooks to a customized collection and cross-search to pinpoint the article most relevant to the topic. Workflow tools help users easily share, save, and download content.

How Government Works: Executive Orders, 1st Edition

How Government Works: Executive Orders, 1^st Edition

Cavendish Square Publishing | 2019 | ISBN-13: 9781502640611

The president’s ability to issue executive orders is a process steeped in misconceptions. This must-have volume looks at the history of this important executive power, explains executive orders that have had wide-ranging effects, and demonstrates the legal limits of the president’s power. With emphases on checks and balances put in place by the U.S. Constitution and responses from Congress and the Supreme Court to past executive orders, the book covers the objectives of the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards. Contemporary examples of executive orders, such as President Trump’s orders related to immigration, provide background knowledge about key debates today.

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Law Librarianship in Academic Libraries: Best Practices, 1st Edition

Law Librarianship in Academic Libraries: Best Practices, 1^st Edition

Chandos Publishing | 2015 | ISBN-13: 9780081001790

This book discusses issues and model practices in university law libraries. The text will help librarians and university students understand the operation, resources, and facilities that are available in the academic law library. It explains the practices and trends that are widely practiced in different parts of the world. This book describes the expectations of an aspiring professional with an interest in specializing in law librarianship, revealing facts pertaining to management and administration that aren’t necessarily taught in library schools.

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