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Crim Pro: Bail

March 2, 2023 Guest User

The Crim Pro Ex Libris Juris series highlights general topics and legal information resources on Texas Criminal Procedure. This installment covers the requirements for bail in Texas and also briefly touches upon some of the constant changes that are being made within Houston specifically and the United States to ensure bail requirements continue to change and evolve when necessary.

Crim Pro: Basics of Criminal Procedure

February 17, 2023 Amanda Hildebrand

The Crim Pro Ex Libris Juris series highlights general topics and legal information resources on Texas Criminal Procedure. This post summarizes the information found in the State Bar of Texas Criminal Justice Section publication The Texas Criminal Justice Process: A Citizen’s Guide, the Wex legal dictionary of the Legal Information Institute, and the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

Crim Pro: IDs for Reentry

January 10, 2023 Amanda Hildebrand

The following Crim Pro post highlights resources for obtaining primary and alternative identification documents (IDs).

What’s behind the name? “Ex Libris Juris” is Latin for “from the books of law” and much of the information here will relate to the legal information collected and curated by the Law Library. Additionally, “Ex Libris” has long appeared on bookplates – labels appearing inside the front cover of books – and has acquired the connoted meaning “from the library of” to show ownership of the book. Using this connotation, the phrase becomes “from the library of law” and better describes the posts about digital resources, event announcements, and research tips that will regularly appear here.