Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-167) and index.
Contents:
Searching for information (law) -- Structures and terminology of the law -- Sources of legal rules : statutes, regulations, and constitutions -- Sources of legal rules : reading and understanding case law -- Laws and intellectual freedom -- Laws and intellectual property -- Laws and information access -- Laws and law enforcement -- Laws and professional practice -- Information and law and the future.
Summary:
"Serving as both an accessible introduction for LIS students and a go-to reference for current practitioners, this book offers an incisive examination of the numerous ways in which law about information directly impacts the roles of information professionals and information institutions"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.