Bacon and Shakespeare: what they were to philosophy and literature, Coke was to the common law. – J.H. Baker The Osgoode Library has recently been the recipient of an important donation from Fraser Laschinger, Osgoode ’73: a copy of the 12th edition of Sir Edward Coke’s famous commentary on Sir Thomas Littleton’s Institutes of the […]
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Komagata Maru Exhibit in the Osgoode Library
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Komagata Maru episode, when Canadian authorities turned away 376 migrants of South Asian origin aboard a Japanese steamship in Vancouver harbour. The South Asian Law Students’ Association (SALSA) at Osgoode Hall Law School will have launched Komagata Maru Week (March 10-15, 2013) and the Komagata Maru Reflections Project. On […]
Eastern European and CIS Law
Given the near-ubiquity of Ukraine and Russia, along with the attendant complicated history and politics that run deep between them, in the news over the past weeks and months, it would seem that it would be a good time to do a brief blog post on available resources for legal research former Soviet CIS (Commenwealth […]
Refugee Appeal Division Decisions Now Available on Quicklaw
The Refugee Appeal Division (RAD), fourth division of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, was launched on December 15, 2012 and started releasing decisions mid last year. This new division considers appeals against decisions of the Refugee Protection Division to allow or reject claims for refugee protection. All decisions of the Refugee Appeal Division are now available on […]
Scottish Law - More different than you might think!
Having just returned from Scotland this past week, I feel compelled to write about Scots law which, though it is part of the UK (for now), is markedly different from English law. With the referendum on Scottish independence set for September 18 of this year, there has been a tremendous amount of discussion into the […]
Law Society of Upper Canada, Minutes of Convocation
The Law Society of Upper Canada announced today the launch of a new online resource that makes publicly accessible the Minutes and Transcripts of Convocation. Members of the Bar and the public can full-text search the Minutes and Transcripts or browse the documents by date. The site contains the public versions of the Minutes of […]
Case Law from Fastcase Now Integrated into HeinOnline
HeinOnline has recently announced a partnership with Fastcase to provide links to full-text copies of US federal and state cases from citations in articles on the HeinOnline service. Fastcase, which provides access to full-text primary law for US federal and all 50 state jurisdictions, is a leading next-generation legal research service that features powerful “best-case-first” […]
Tips for Using E-books
Electronic books have become very popular based on our usage statistics. Last semester, the Irwin law titles in the ebrary platform were heavily used. Working with e-books comes with a lot of pros such as the customized features like - Copying and pasting Highlighting into your word document Downloading (this option varies in each […]
Consolidated and Current South African Legislation Now Available Free Online
Consolidated and up-to-date versions of South African legislation are now available free online. The project is a joint venture between the South African Legal Information Institute (SAAFLI) and the University of Pretoria and was launched on Tuesday , January 21, 2014 by Judge Edwin Cameron of the Constitutional Court. This new collection of South African legislation, which is both searchable and browsable, is available on […]
Library of Parliament/Bibliothèque du Parliament Special Collection at Osgoode
Today’s post highlights a special collection within our Special Collections, a sub-special collection if you will. Can you guess why all of these books, sitting pretty in the Canada Law Book Rare Book Room (and not including those under that forbidding red squiggle), are related to each other and/or why they’re noteworthy? If you can’t […]