It may simply be an instance of the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon, but it seems like everywhere I turn in our rare book room I run into vestiges of Alexander Buchanan. As a reasonably important historical figure, it's not surprising to see his name pop up here and there every now and then, but this barrage of […]
Recent Acquisitions, July 14 - July 21, 2014
37 new acquisitions in Osgoode Hall Law School Library, including 28 from 2014: Decolonizing enlightenment : transnational justice,... Dhawan, Nikita,, Kumar, Navneet, JC 571 D42 2014 Decolonizing enlightenment : transnational justice, human rights and democracy in a postcolonial world Barbara Budrich Esser 2014 335 pages ; 21 cm. K 115 D66 2014 Swimming in deep […]
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 […]
A Topsy-Turvy Image of the Lawyer-Client Relationship
With its classical symmetry, coffered ceiling, modern furnishings and book-lined walls, all suffused with old book smell (“A combination of grassy notes with a tang of acids and a hint of vanilla over an underlying mustiness”), the Canada Law Book Rare Book Room is a near perfect space and a wonderful place to work. The […]
Recent Acquisitions, July 7 - July 14, 2014
4 new acquisitions in Osgoode Hall Law School Library, including 2 from 2014: K 2400 A6 I27 2005 State entities in international arbitration Juris Publishing, Inc., 2008 iii, 615 p. ; 24 cm. Equality deferred : sex discrimination and British... Clément, Dominique, 1975-, KF 4483 C57 C54 2014 Equality deferred : sex discrimination and British […]
Recent Acquisitions, June 30 - July 7, 2014
41 new acquisitions in Osgoode Hall Law School Library, including 37 from 2014: B 5315 U28 P73 2014 A report on Ubuntu University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2014 xiii, 305 p. ; 23 cm. HV 8699 A35 N68 2014 The death penalty in Africa : foundations and future prospects SUNY Press 2014 vii, 122 pages ; […]
Recent Acquisitions, June 23 - June 30, 2014
24 new acquisitions in Osgoode Hall Law School Library, including 19 from 2014: Islam and the West : the limits of freedom of religion El-Gallal, Hana Sadik, 1970- K 3258 E44 2014 Islam and the West : the limits of freedom of religion 2014 340 pages ; 23 cm. K 3264 C65 B49 2014 Internet […]
"That's the letter U and the numeral 2"
With the recent passing of Casey Kasem, known primarily in the US as the voice of the "American Top 40" radio countdown and as the voice of Shaggy in the "Scooby-Doo" cartoons, I thought of one of Kasem's more notorious outings, and one that was an early example of current hot-button topics such as copyright, […]
Recent Acquisitions, June 16 - June 23, 2014
4 new acquisitions in Osgoode Hall Law School Library, including 3 from 2014: Canada's laws on import and export : an overview Prabhu, Mohan A. KF 1976 P73 2014 Canada's laws on import and export : an overview Irwin Law, 2014 xl, 571 pages ; 23 cm. Branding and copyright for charities and non-profit... Carter, […]
Recent Acquisitions, June 9 - June 16, 2014
11 new acquisitions in Osgoode Hall Law School Library, including 7 from 2014: HV 9960 C2 C48 2014 Racialization, crime and criminal justice in Canada University of Toronto Press 2014 xxii, 216 pages ; 23 cm. K 1420.5 H34 2014 Copyfight : the global politics of digital copyright reform University of Toronto Press 2014 x, […]