Are you ready to watch the St. Louis Cardinals win game two of the World Series tonight?!  If you watched last night’s game you probably know that pinch hitter Allen Craig drove in what was to be the winning run in the bottom of the sixth, after being sent to bat by Cards manager Tony LaRussa. But, did you know that in addition to being a remarkable manager of his team and one of only two in Major League history to have won a World Series in the American and National League, Tony LaRussa is a 1978 graduate of Florida State University’s School of Law?   LaRussa passed the Florida Bar in 1979, making him one of only five lawyer/managers in baseball history.

St. Louis Cardinals. MLB.com. Web 20 Oct. 2011.

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Busch Stadium St. Louis, MO. ballsparksofbaseball.com. Web 20 Oct. 2011.

What’s new in the Law Library?  New Arrivals-- of course!

Each month you can find a list of books and DVD's that have been added to the Law Library’s collection by going to the library's homepage.  Next, click on Library Services in the orange toolbar, and then New Arrivals in the box.  There you have it! 

My Picks for September—

The Hellhound of Wall Street : How Ferdinand Pecora's Investigation of the Great Crash Forever Changed American Finance / by Michael Perino.  HB3717 1929 .P47 2010

Ghost in the Wires : My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker / by Kevin Mitnick.

HV 6772 .M58 A3 2011

Acting Skills for Lawyers / by Laura Mathis.  KF8915 .M374 2011

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Harris & Ewing. Watchdog of senate folding room has 'crop control' of own. [19]38. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. Library of Congress. Web. 02 Sept. 2011.

http://azmemory.lib.az.us/cdm4/index.php#1

Looking for free access to information about Arizona, both past and present?  The Arizona Memory Project (AMP) is a great place to start.  AMP, sponsored by the Arizona State Library, Archives, and Public Records, has partnered with the Arizona State Law and Research Library, along with other state/local government agencies in Arizona to provide a database of primary resources and government documents.

For a Collection Directory or to simply Browse the collection, click on the links on the green toolbar at the top of the page.

Here are a few AMP collections which may be of interest:

 AZ Appellate Court Briefs from Ross-Blakely Law Library

http://azmemory.lib.az.us/cdm4/index.php?CISOROOT=/asuross

 AZ Attorney General Opinions

 http://azmemory.lib.az.us/cdm4/index.php?CISOROOT=/agopinions

Arizona Executive Orders

 http://azmemory.lib.az.us/cdm4/index.php?CISOROOT=/execorders

Arizona State Agency Publications

http://azmemory.lib.az.us/cdm4/index.php?CISOROOT=/statepubs

Arizona State Archives – State, Local, and County Government Records

http://azmemory.lib.az.us/cdm4/index.php?CISOROOT=/archgov

 Arizona-Related Federal Publications

 http://azmemory.lib.az.us/cdm4/index.php?CISOROOT=/feddocs

 Cochise County Clerk of Superior Court - Bisbee Deportation Documents

 http://azmemory.lib.az.us/cdm4/index.php?CISOROOT=/ccobisb

 Cochise County Territorial Court Documents

 http://azmemory.lib.az.us/cdm4/index.php?CISOROOT=/ccoter

 Cochise County Territorial Tax Roll Index

 http://azmemory.lib.az.us/cdm4/index.php?CISOROOT=/ccttaxroll

 Legal and Court-Related History of Cochise County

 http://azmemory.lib.az.us/cdm4/index.php?CISOROOT=/ccolch

Any Franz Kafka fans out there?  Did you know Kafka was a lawyer? 

 Many have tried to interpret the symbolism of Kafka’s story with ideas ranging from Kant’s Philosophy of Law and the Austrian legal code, to man’s fight against authority and evil.  One particularly interesting interpretation is Orson Welles’ 1962 nightmarish film The Trial, starring Anthony Perkins as the tortured main character Josef K. and Orson Welles as his law advocate.  Some say this is the worst movie ever made by Orson Welles, yet ironically in his 1962 BBC interview with Huw Wheldon, Welles states, “say what you like, but The Trial is the best film I have ever made.” A remake of the film was also done in 1998 starring Kyle MacLachlan, Anthony Hopkins and Jason Robards.

So, you be the judge …..come into the Law Library and check out The Trial by Franz Kafka -in book or DVD format.
PT2621.A26 P713 1998 Book
PN1997 .T75 1962         DVD
PN1997 .T7421 1998    DVD

The eBook can also be downloaded for free to your eBook reader or mobile phone from Project Gutenberg’s digital library.

Watch the bizarre court scene from Orson Welles’ movie on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApwPpqWzUlg

Additional Sources:

http://books.google.com/books?id=1ilYzkDvtu8C&dq=the+trial&source=gbs_navlinks_s