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 The electronic version of the Gazette Part II has the complete text of all new, repealed and amended regulations deposited under the Regulations Act, RSBC 1996, c 402, in a fully-searchable format.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 […]
Legal Research
Past Examination Papers are Available Online & Print
Past exams come very handy and useful at this time of the year. They are available through the My Osgoode page; log in required. Print version for previous years are available on the last shelf in the Upper Floor of the Law Library. To access them online, on the My Osgoode page under the subheading […]
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: […]
Print/Download Options in HeinOnline
HeinOnline has added an enhancement to its Print/Download option. This new option allows you to download and print the number of pages you want by clicking on "Add another page range"; continue by clicking "Print/Download All". It works on all browsers, but if you're using Chrome you have to click "Show All Downloads" to see […]
A new year is here again...
After a winter that would have caused even the Abominable Snowman to consider decamping to Hawaii, it is safe to say that we were all looking forward to three or four months of warm weather. Well, it's the end of August and - apart from a few bracing blasts of heat - we're still waiting. […]
Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals - Now Online!
The Osgoode Library now has access to the online version of this important series of international criminal law reports. Access is available to all members of the York University community via Passport York and no username/password is required. Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals provides you with the full text of the most important […]
BC Laws & Legislative Documents -- Now Comprehensive and Free on the Web
British Columbia laws and legislative documents, once available only in the content-rich and highly functional but subscription-based service called QP LegalEze, is now available to everyone free on the web in a new service called BC Laws. We congratulate the BC Queen's Printer on this exciting development, another landmark example of Canadian leadership in the […]
Oxford Handbooks Online
The Osgoode Library has acquired the complete collection of law-related Oxford Handbooks Online and the records for the individual titles have been uploaded to the online library catalogue. Oxford Handbooks Online brings together the world's leading scholars to write review essays that evaluate the current thinking on a field or topic, and make an original argument about the […]
Oxford Bibliographies Online
An experienced researcher knows the value of a well prepared subject bibliography. An annotated subject bibliography is usually prepared by leading scholars or librarians to provide other researchers with a selected or comprehensive list of research materials related to that subject. Depending on the subject, bibliographies typically include books, peer review journal articles, and other […]
The scourge of York?
While the issue of campus safety is one that has always been something of an elephant in the room at York - especially of late - there is another animal that lurks in the periphery of our consciousness and every year rears its head. Of course, I am referring to the Canada Geese that, as […]