BAR LIBRARY NEWS

        Love to read … just for fun? Are you a fan of legal mysteries, historical novels or just a plain good story, especially if there is a legal theme? Is "To Kill A Mockingbird" your favorite book and the movie just did not do the book justice? The "Bar None" Book Club is looking for you! The Baltimore Bar Library announces a modern day book club! We will read the interesting and relevant legal books of our time, both fiction and non-fiction, mysteries, autobiographies and plain old good stories.

        Each month there will be a different selection and visits from authors, lecturers and/or relevant panel discussions to accompany the book selection. The "Bar None" Book Club opens in September with its first book:

"The Other Wes Moore, One Name Two Fates" By Wes Moore (Spiegel & Grau Publishers - New York - 2010)

Date:      Friday, September 17 or 24 (Tentative)
Time:      5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Place:      Baltimore Bar Library - Mitchell Courthouse (Room 618)

(Bring Your Book, Kindles, IPads or Electronic Readers)

Light Libation & Refreshments will be served

RSVP - jwbennett@barlib.org or wanda.heard@mdcourts.gov

BAR LIBRARY GREETING CARDS

Cards depicting the Main Reading Room of the Library; Venable Moose Room; and Mitchell Courthouse, circa 1915 are available for sale in the Library at a cost of $1.50 per card. The cards which are blank inside (a brief description of what is portrayed is set forth on the back), are sold flat, allowing you to print whatever you might want, such as a particular holiday message or greeting. Stop by the Library, telephone us at 410-727-0280 or e-mail us at jwbennett@barlib.org to order or obtain more information. In addition to the cards, prints of each of the scenes are available at a cost of $175.00 each. To see the cards, click on the links below.

Main Reading Room of the Library
Venable Moose Room
Mitchell Courthouse, circa 1915

RECENT DECISIONS AND REPORTS

• United Kingdom Government Program Statement (HTML file)

  United Kingdom Government Program Statement (PDF file, 475K)
  

• Archbishop O'Brien v. Mayor And City Council Of Baltimore (PDF file)
  

• United States V. Rose (PDF file)
  Baltimore County Fingerprint Case in the United States District Court

• Constellation Energy V. Public Service Commission

• Mayor Sheila Dixon Trial Information

• Red Cross Report On Guantanamo Bay (PDF file)

• Report of the Constitution Committee of the British House of Lords on CCTV Surveillance

• Case of S. and Marper v. the United Kingdom (PDF file)
  Decision of European Court of Human Rights on DNA databases

• Nuffield Council on Bioethics report:
  Forensic Use of Bioinformation: Ethical Issues (PDF file)
  (DNA and fingerprints)

• Latin American Commision on Drugs and Democracy (PDF file)