Our provincial election is coming up, but I’m sure that many of us are still scratching our heads and wondering which way to send our vote. As established by Section 3 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, it is our right as citizens to vote in federal and provincial elections, and it is […]
Recent Acquisitions, June 2 - June 9, 2014
32 new acquisitions in Osgoode Hall Law School Library, including 25 from 2014: HV 4708 G3872013 A theory of justice for animals : animal rights in a nonideal world OUP USA 2013 197 pages ; 25 cm K 124 W36 S53 2014 World War I law and lawyers : issues, cases, and characters Amer Bar […]
Glanvill's Tractatus: The First Treatise on English Law (ca 1188, First Print Ed 1554)
Glanvill, Ranulf de, 1130-1190. Tractatus de legibus et consuetudinibus regni Anglie. Londini : In aedibus Richardi Totteli, 1554. [1st edition]. ― Tractatus de legibus et consuetudinibus regni Angliae. Londini : postant venales apud J. White et E. Brooke, 1780. [3rd edition]. “Here begins the treatise on the laws and customs of the realm of England, composed […]
New LLMC Resources Added to the Catalogue
290 new LLMC Digital titles have been added to the library catalogue. Access to the LLMC Digital database is available here. "LLMC, a non-profit cooperative of libraries, is dedicated to – and passionate about – its twin goals: 1) Preserving legal titles and government documents, and 2) Making this valuable content accessible and searchable."
New HeinOnline Resources Added to the Catalogue
Approximately 3,600 new resources available via HeinOnline have been loaded to the library catalogue as follows: HeinOnline Core Collection 138 new titles American Indian Law Collection 7 new titles Foreign Relations of the U.S. 4 new title History of International Law 63 new titles Law Journal Library 35 new titles U.S. Congressional Documents 2,581 new […]
Recent Acquisitions, May 26 - June 2, 2014
14 new acquisitions in Osgoode Hall Law School Library, including 7 from 2014: K 1705 V65 2014 Voices at work : continuity and change in the common law world Oxford University Press 2014 xxxiii, 481 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm KF 1250 K47 2014 Canadian tort law in a nutshell University of Toronto Press […]
Recent Acquisitions, May 19 - May 26, 2014
38 new acquisitions in Osgoode Hall Law School Library, including 30 from 2014: The management of nonprofit and charitable organizations... Seel, Keith E., 1961-, HD 62.6 M36 2014 The management of nonprofit and charitable organizations in Canada 2014 xxiv, 579 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Palestine membership in the United Nations : legal... Qafisheh, […]
Recent Acquisitions, May 12 - May 19, 2014
27 new acquisitions in Osgoode Hall Law School Library, including 9 from 2014: DA 447 P47 P53 2014 Lady Bette and the murder of Mr Thynn Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2014 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm E 98 G18 B45 2006 Gambling with the future : the evolution of Aboriginal gaming in Canada Purich […]
Recent Acquisitions, May 5 - May 12, 2014
5 new acquisitions in Osgoode Hall Law School Library: Honorable Ph.-Aug. Choquette : ancien sénateur, juge... Le Vasseur, Nazaire, 1848-1927. KF 345 Z9 C46 L4 1920 Honorable Ph.-Aug. Choquette : ancien sénateur, juge de la Cour des sessions de la paix, Québec [s.n.], 1920 16 p. : port. ; 22 cm. Programme d'étude sur les […]
Size Matters
Over the past few months, members of the law library staff, myself included, have been preparing to reorganize our special collections. Now, as all savvy library users know, libraries generally organize their collections and shelve their books by subject. You’re all familiar with the Library of Congress classification system, used in academic libraries throughout the English-speaking […]