E 92 I75 2009 Title: Finding dahshaa : self-government, social suffering and Aboriginal policy in Canada / Stephanie Irlbacher-Fox ; foreword by Bill Erasmus. Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press, c2009. Description: xv, 192 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm. Subject: Indigenous peoples--Northwest Territories--Politics and government. Subject: Indigenous peoples--Northwest Territories--Government relations. Subject: Indigenous peoples--Northwest […]
All posts by F. Tim Knight
February 15 - February 19, 2010
HD 58.6 K56 2008 Title: Power tools for negotiating international business deals / James M. Klotz. Publisher: Austin : Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, c2008. Description: xiii, 220 p. ; 25 cm. Subject: Negotiation in business. Subject: International trade. HD 5812.3 A6 O94 1985 Title: Migrant workers in the Gulf / by Roger Owen. Publisher: […]
Portal: Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Business & Human Rights
As reported in Y-File this morning the summary report for the Expert Meeting on Corporate Law and Human Rights: Opportunities and Challenges of Using Corporate Law to Encourage Corporations to Respect Human Rights is now available. This event, hosted by Osgoode Hall Law School, took place in November of 2009 at the Osgoode Professional Development […]
Truth in Sentencing Act comes into effect
Via CBC news. "The Truth in Sentencing Act was actually granted royal assent on Oct. 21, 2009, but came into effect on Monday." Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2010/02/23/nicholson-truth-sentencing.html?ref=rss
Recent Acquisitions for the Week of February 8th, 2010
The recent acquisitions list for the week of February 8th is now available.
February 8 - February 12, 2010
Dig J8 A44 Title: Droit des sociétés. [JurisClasseur Québec]. Publisher: Montréal : LexisNexis, 2009- Description: 1 v. (loose-leaf). Subject: Corporation law--Quebec (Province). FC 3850 A1 M39 2009 Title: Colonial proximities : crossracial encounters and juridical truths in British Columbia, 1871-1921 / Renisa Mawani. Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press, c2009. Description: ix, 269 p. : ill., […]
February 13th-22nd: No Book Retrieval Requests Due to Closure of Osgoode Hall Law School Building
Effective Saturday morning (February, 13th), the Osgoode Hall Law School building will be closed for one week for renovation-related work. The whole building will be closed and inaccessible. This includes the Library Annex where some of the library collection is temporarily stored. Unfortunately, library staff will be unable to retrieve any law texts located in […]
February 1 - February 5, 2010
Dig J8 C58 Title: Obligations et responsabilité civile. [JurisClasseur Québec]. Publisher: Montréal : LexisNexis, c2008- Description: v. (loose-leaf) ; 26 cm. Subject: Obligations (Law)--Quebéc (Province). Subject: Torts--Quebéc (Province). Dig J8 C58 Title: Preuve et prescription. [JurisClasseur Québec]. Publisher: Montréal : LexisNexis Canada, 2008- Description: 1 v. (loose-leaf) ; 26 cm. Subject: Evidence (Law)--Quebéc (Province). Subject: […]
Open Access and IR's in Europe: The PEER Report
Issues related to institutional repositories and the open access of scholarly work continue to gain momentum especially in academic environments in North America. So it's interesting to consider research that falls outside of this usual scope such as the "Baseline Report" recently made available by the Publishing and the Ecology of European Research (PEER) project. […]
January 25 - January 29, 2010
K 94 D35 2009 Title: Drafting international agreements in legal English / Edward W. Daigneault. Publisher: Wien, Austria : Manz ; 2009. Description: 154 p. : forms ; 18 cm. Subject: Legal composition. Subject: International law--Interpretation and construction. Subject: Legal documents--Interpretation and construction. K 558 C0696 2009-10 Title: Comparative law / course director, Charles M. […]