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Moritz Law Library Resources on Impeachment Proceedings

Impeachment is rare, and presidential impeachments are even more rare. According to HeinOnline: “Since 1789, the House of Representatives has initiated impeachment proceedings only 62 times, and just 19 of these have led to full impeachments. Eight federal judges have been convicted and removed from office by the Senate, but thus far no president has met the same ignominious fate." Students who want to learn more about the impeachment process should take advantage of the following resources, made available through the Moritz Law Library: ProQuest Congressional , which contains transcripts, witness statements, and other materials from impeachment hearings as well as nonpartisan reports from the Congressional Research Service CQ Press Library , a collection of resources on American government, politics, history, public policy, and current affairs, with analysis of the three most recent presidential impeachments HeinOnline’s U.S. Presidential Impe

Foreign and Comparative Law Resources at the Moritz Law Library

Need to research how U.S. law compares to the law of a foreign jurisdiction? The Moritz Law Library provides access to various foreign and comparative law databases. See the select group of resources below for some possibilities. The International Encyclopaedia of Laws, located under “Manuals” in the  Kluwer Law Online  platform, offers English explanations of foreign law on various topics including constitutional law, contracts, corporations, criminal law, cyber law, energy law, environmental law and more. This resource can be a good starting point for locating relevant primary law in a foreign jurisdiction. JustisOne  is a platform for searching the law of the United Kingdom. Also included is primary law from other English-speaking nations such as Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and a number of Caribbean nations. Kluwer Arbitration   and  Kluwer IP Law  include jurisdiction-specific content such as case summaries, comment