Acknowledgments

Advisory Board

In compiling this edition, we have been fortunate in being able to call upon the following people, our panel of advisors who contributed to the accuracy of the information in this premiere edition of the Gale Encyclopedia of Everyday Law. To them we would like to express sincere appreciation:

Glen-Peter Ahlers, Sr.

Associate Dean of Information Services
Barry University
Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law
Orlando, FL

Susana Carmargo-Pohl

Head of Reference & Electronic Services
Rutgers Law Library
Rutgers University Law School
Newark, NJ

Matthew C. Cordon

Assistant Professor of Law & Reference Librarian
Baylor University Law School
Waco, TX

Mary Alice Durphy

Legislative Assistant
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Washington, DC

Mark D. Engsberg

International Law Librarian
Lillian Goldman Law Library
Yale Law School
New Haven, CT

Jim Heller

Director of the Law Library and
Professor of Law
College of William & Mary
Williamsburg, VA

Susanna Marlow

Former Head of Reference Services
Ohio State University
Moritz Law Library
Columbus, OH

Matt Morrison

Reference/Electronic Information Services
Librarian
University of Kentucky
College of Law Library
Lexington, KY

Eric L. Welsh

Head of Research Services
Regent University Law Library
Virginia Beach, VA

Contributors

Lauren Barrow, James Cahoy, Matthew C. Cordon, Richard Cretan, J. Alicia Elster, Mark D. Engsberg, Lauri Harding, Kristy Holtfreter, Sunwoo Kahng, Anne Kevlin, Frances Lynch, George A. Milite, Melodie Monahan, Joe Pascarella, Monica L. P. Robbers, Thomas W. Scholl, III, Scott Slick, Sherrie Voss Matthews, Eric L. Welsh