Lyo's Work-in-Progress
Lyonette Louis-Jacques
Foreign and International Law Librarian and Lecturer in Law
D'Angelo Law Library, University of Chicago Law School
- Legal Research
Using the Internet (Midwest Professors of Color Conference (MPOC)
e-presentation)
- Religion and Law in Contemporary Europe: European Law Research (April 8, 2005)
- Intellectual Property and Antitrust: Advanced Legal Research Resources (February 3, 2005)
- Happy Chinese New Year!: Legal Research Resources for China, Japan, and Korea (February 2005)
- Lyo celebrating Chinese New Year (photo in Green Lounge taken by Bill Schwesig)
- The Legal Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Selected Law-Related Resources (Bibliography, Primary Source Documents, Websites) (with Patricia Sayre McCoy, January 2005)
- Single Jeopardy! (HTML version of "Single Jeopardy!" round, "Parlez-vous le droit?: Collecting Legal Materials in Foreign Languages", American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), Boston, July 14, 2004; see also PowerPoint version)
- Double Jeopardy! (HTML version of "Double Jeopardy!" round, "Parlez-vous le droit?: Collecting Legal Materials in Foreign Languages, AALL, Boston, July 14, 2004; see also PowerPoint version)
- Final Jeopardy! (HTML version of "Final Jeopardy!" round, "Parlez-vous le droit?: Collecting Legal Materials in Foreign Languages", AALL, Boston, July 14, 2004; see also PowerPoint version)
- Researching the Right to Wear Religious Garb in Public Schools in
Europe:
The Muslim Headscarf Issue: Religion and International Human Rights
Law
and Policy (July 2004)
- Lyo With Headscarf (Photographer: Bill Schwesig, September 2004; not a Muslim headscarf; 1MB file)
- New Rights - New Laws: Legal Information in the Changing World Wide Web (PowerPoint presentation prepared for the Annual Course on International Law Librarianship in Cape Town, South Africa, International Association of Law Librarians (IALL), September 25, 2003; note that this is a 6 megabyte file; see alternative HTML web version; note that the music used to prepare this presentation is from the CD "Red Hot + Riot: The Music and Spirit of Fela: Fighting AIDS in Africa and Around the World" (Red Hot Organization, 2002)))
- Souvenir from Cape Town, South Africa (photo of Lyo at Neethlingshof Estate wine tasting)
- Making the
Connection in the Caribbean...to the Rest of the World
(Association of University, Research and University Libraries
(ACURIL), San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 4, 2003; PowerPoint presentation; big file; HTML version now available!)
- Making
the Connection...to the Rest of the World (Mid-America Association
of Law Libraries/Chicago Association of Law Libraries (MAALL/CALL
Joint Meeting, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
presentation on 7 November 2002; links page to match handout; see also
related PowerPoint presentation; big file)
- International
Law Sources (Chicago Association of Law Libraries/Chicago Library
System (CALL/CLS) presentation on 7 March 2002)
- Flexing
the Right Muscle = Gymnastique cérebrale: Pumping Iron 3: The
Librarians: Or, The Best of the Web for Foreign and International Law
(PowerPoint presentation for the Canadian Association of Law Libraries
(CALL), May 28, 2001)
- How Not
To Waste Time On The Internet: Efficient Use Of The Internet For
Legal Research (April 27, 1999)
- Human
Rights: An Interdisciplinary Bibliography and Research Guide
(January 19, 2001 draft; a project for the Human Rights Program of
the Center for
International Studies of the University of Chicago. It is intended to provide a
guide to core resources in human rights-related disciplines and
how to access and use them.
- Flexing
Your International Legal Research Muscle! (PowerPoint presentation
for the Chicago Journal of International Law (CJIL), September 4, 2001)
- Researching
U.S. Law Using the Internet (draft research guide prepared in
February 1998; text file)
- United
States Legal Research and Bibliography (research guide prepared
for 1997-1998 Law LL.M.s; text file)
- Fundamentals of
Treaty Research (Special Libraries Association, June 8, 1998)
- Researching
Constitutional Law on the Internet (Comparative Constitutional Law)
- Researching Careers in International Law: Resources in
Print and Electronic Format (July 9, 1998; updated August 28, 2001)
- Researching
International Intellectual Property Law: Internet Resources
(LL.M. Advanced Legal Research: February 4, 2000)
- Researching
International Commercial Arbitration (print and electronic resources)
- International
Securities Regulation: Electronic and Print Resources
- International
Corporate Governance: Resources (April 5, 2000)
- World Trade
Organization: Panel Decisions (print and electronic resources)
- International
Criminal Court (ICC; print and electronic resources))
- International
Internet Law and Policy (work-in-progress)
- International Antitrust and Competition Law and Policy (created 2000, updated 12 October 2003)
- International Taxation Law and Policy (taxlaw.html)
- International Cybercrime Law and Policy (cybercrime.html)
- National and International Security Law and Policy (security.html)
- Breard
v. Greene (page on the Angel Breard case - Death Penalty and
International Law: capital punishment case involving Angel Francisco
Breard, the United States, the State of Virginia, Gilmore, the
Republic of Paraguay, and the International Court of Justice)
- The International
Association of Law Libraries (IALL) and Other Law Library-Related
Associations and International Conferences on Legal Information and
Law Librarianship (IALL, International Calendar, etc. information pages)
- Links
(for Chicago Association of Law Libraries (CALL) program, "Current
Internet Issues: Efficient Use of Internet Tools: Listservs", 1
December 1998)
- Law Lists on
the Internet (a history of the development of law-related lists
published in Law/Technology Journal, v.3, #2, May 1994)
- Legal
Research on International Law Issues Using the Internet
(California State Bar teleseminar)
- International Law
Resources on the Internet (CCIL talk)
- Law-Related
Resources on Nazi Gold and Other Holocaust Assets, Swiss Banks during
World War II, and Dormant Accounts (print and electronic resources)
- Legal
Resources on the Spoils of War (work-in-progress)
- Israel and
the Middle East (work-in-progress)
- Women in
International Law (print and electronic resources)
- Private
International Law (international conflicts of law/choice of law,
cross-border transactions, transnational law - sources in print and
electronic format)
- Finding
Foreign Law Online When Going Global (presentation at
Online World: The Conference and Exhibition for Internet Researchers
and Managers, Track 7: Online Globetrotting: "International Law",
October 27, 1999)
- Foreign Law:
Legal Research Resources on the Internet
- The Law
of Cyberspace - Resources on the Internet (work-in-progress)
- Antitrust and
Competitition law (work-in-progress)
- Law and
Economics on the Internet (work-in-progress)
- INT-LAW
FAQ (December 8, 1996)
- INT-LAW
postings
- Barbara
Sloan's Bookmarks (European Union web sites)
- Human Rights in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
- Central and Eastern European Legal Resources
- Legal Resources on the Internet
- Computer-Related Training Group (CRT) 102: Basic Web Authoring / HTML
- Sports and
the Law (work-in-progress)
- Sexuality,
Gender, and the Law: National and International
- Graduate Law
Students (LL.M.s and J.S.D.s at the University of Chicago)
- Tarlton Law Library--Law in Popular Culture Collection
(http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/lpop/lpop.htm)
- Picturing Justice (the
on-line journal of law and popular culture)
- Romance
Novels and the Law: Authors, Readers, and Publishers on the Internet
- Crossword
Puzzles & Resources for Cruciverbalists (work-in-progress)
Curriculum Vitae
All about Coca-Cola
Sports
Songs
- Lyo's Favorite
Songs (including Le petit
navire (mp3), A la
claire fontaine (mp3), and
A la
claire fontaine (mp3), and La Lune
est morte (sung by the Brazilian trio Esperança, on "Nosso
Mundo" album))
- French Songs
for Kids
- La X Tropical (1200AM,
Chicago's salsa, merengue, and bachata radio station, con "El Swing de
la Mañana" y "el Bombaso"; can also listen to this radio station
via the web at netmio.com)
- WDNA 88.9FM ("South Florida's
Jazz and Rhythm Station! We're the only place in town you'll hear over 120
hours of Jazz weekly, along with Latin, Afro-Cuban and Caribbean music,
international news programs, "jazzumentaries", and world music
weekends"; Latin Jazz)
- Marc
Anthony Online (includes "Me Voy a Regalar" from "Contra la Corriente")
- rec.music.afro-latin
(Usenet newsgroup for discussions of Afro-Latin music - Cuban, Puerto
Rican, Dominican, etc., include salsa, merengue, bachata, Latin Jazz,
etc.)
- Salsa Power RMAL
Photos Page (see also Picadillo.com)
- Picadillo.com (Latin
Music: The Starting Point for Salsa Surfers; includes photos of
rec.music.afro-latin (r.m.a-l) posters (RMALers) and audio files)
- Descarga.com (source for
tropical Latin music)
- Eurotropical
- Salsa Links
(lots of links!)
- JazzConClave.com (Latin
Jazz)
- Canciones
(lyrics to some Spanish-language songs)
- Latin Musica Home Page
- Top
Ten Latin Tropical (DJ Rey; salsa, merengue, bachata)
- Latin Top 10
- Masspool Latin
Charts
- Bachata
Rosa (lyrics to Juan Luis Guerra songs)
- Klimax (timba group; "Cuban salsa"?)
Miscellaneous Resources
Lyonette Louis-Jacques
Foreign and International Law
Librarian and Lecturer in Law
D'Angelo Law Library
University of Chicago Law School
1121 East 60th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60637
llou@midway.uchicago.edu
Last updated on 15 August 2005.