The new Canadian Journal of Comparative and Contemporary Law (CJCCL) was launched in 2013 at Thompson Rivers University, Faculty of Law (TRU Law). The inaugural issue was published just last month (January 2015). This issue has for its theme “Health Law and Human Rights”, focusing on the interrelationship between health law and human rights and featuring contributions from […]
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In the News: An Octocentenary of Note: Magna Carta Turns 800
“JOHN, by the grace of God King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, and Count of Anjou, to his archbishops, bishops, abbots, earls, barons, justices, foresters, sheriffs, stewards, servants, and to all his officials and loyal subjects, Greeting.” In 2015, such an aureate introduction won’t even fit in a tweet. But in 1215, […]
New Content on HeinOnline (January 2015 Update)
Here's a shapshot of new and updated content added to HeinOnline last month, January 2015. Click the links for more detail on each library’s additions and updates. Law Journal Library: American Indian Journal Anaele Universitatii din Bucuresti: Seria Drept Curierul Judiciar Information & Communications Technology Law International Journal of the Legal Profession Journal of Indian Law […]
Art in the Osgoode Law Library (1): Roy Kiyooka, Homage to Ben Nicholson, 1967
We thought we'd start the new year with a new series of posts on the artworks that can be seen in the Osgoode Hall Law School Library. We thought we'd start with this piece, the largest in the library, which hangs prominently near library entrance, dominating the stairway between the library's two floors. Roy Kiyooka […]
New Content on HeinOnline (December 2014 Update)
Here's a listing of additions and updates to the contents of HeinOnline in December 2014. Click the links for more detail on each library's additions and updates. Law Journal Library: Annual Bulletin Appalachian Natural Resources Law Journal Belmont Law Review Bill of Rights Journal Cogito: Multidisciplinary Research Journal Court Review Criminal Justice Section Newsletter ENTHA […]
Festive Footstools and Best Wishes from the Osgoode Library
It's the last week of exams before the New Year holiday break at Osgoode. The students are stressed. We have seen them doing jumping jacks in the group study rooms. So we weren't so surprised when we discovered this expression of student anxiety while closing the library last night. What can it mean? I put […]
BC Gazette Part II Now Available Online and Free of Charge
The British Columbia Gazette Part II is now available online and free of charge on the BC Laws website. The electronic version of the Gazette Part II has the complete text of all new, repealed and amended regulations deposited under the Regulations Act, RSBC 1996, c 402, in a fully-searchable format. It includes all issues from October […]
World Treaty Library: Now Available on HeinOnline
Various efforts have been put forth over the past decades to create a universal collection of all the treaties of the world. Now for the first time, through the cooperation of Tufts University, Brill Publishing, the United Nations and various others, you will be able to search across all the major treaties in the world in one database: […]
Libraries Celebrate Open Access Week with screening of "The Internet’s Own Boy"
York University Libraries will celebrate International Open Access Week from Oct. 20 to 26. Open Access Week is a global campaign that promotes open access as an ideal for the dissemination of scholarship and research. On Oct. 24, to reflect this year’s theme “Generation Open,” the libraries will host a movie screening and talk by Carys Craig, […]
‘Road to Justice’ Exhibit in Osgoode Library Examines Historical Discriminatory Treatment of Immigrants in Canada
Road to Justice, a new exhibit which opens today in the Osgoode Library, documents the historical discriminatory treatment of Chinese Canadians and other immigrants of colour in Canada, the communities’ triumph over racism and the lessons Canadians can learn from history. The exhibit will be on display in the library until Friday, October 3, during […]