31 new acquisitions in Osgoode Hall Law School Library, including 22 from 2014: Of sexual irregularities, and other writings on sexual... Bentham, Jeremy, 1748-1832, HQ 31 B46 2014 Of sexual irregularities, and other writings on sexual morality OUP Oxford 2014 xxix, 180 p. ; 24 cm. JC 585 T483 2012 Violence and colonial order : […]
Bust of Justice George E. Carter Unveiled in Osgoode Library
Family and friends of Justice George E. Carter, a graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School’s Class of 1948 who became this country’s first Canadian-born black judge, watched with pride April 27 as a bronze bust was unveiled in the Osgoode Hall Law School Library commemorating his leadership and contributions to Canadian society. Osgoode Dean Lorne […]
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 […]
Recent Acquisitions, April 21 - April 28, 2014
28 new acquisitions in Osgoode Hall Law School Library, including 18 from 2014: HD 3616 U63 P74 2014 Preventing regulatory capture : special interest influence and how to limit it Cambridge University Press 2014 xxviii, 501 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. HD 5592.2 A6 M56 2008 Mediation and strategic change : lessons from mediating […]
A Distinguished Doodle - and How to Catalogue It
After I wrote my previous post on finding those two books containing Sir John A. MacDonald’s autographs, I remembered another discovery of mine. I found this friendly fellow – with excellent hipster facial hair, I might add – as I was recataloguing books the other day. He looks to me like he belongs in one […]
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 […]
Recent Acquisitions, April 14 - April 21, 2014
5 new acquisitions in Osgoode Hall Law School Library, including 3 from 2014: Les droits de l'homme dans la société actuelle :... Ligue des droits de l'homme (Montréal, Québec) JC 599 C2 L54 Les droits de l'homme dans la société actuelle : manifeste [s.n., 1972 39 leaves ; 28 cm. The gambling threat to world […]
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 […]
Recent Acquisitions, April 7 - April 14, 2014
9 new acquisitions in Osgoode Hall Law School Library, including 3 from 2014: KF 373 T88 A33 2010 One L : the turbulent true story of a first year at Harvard Law School Penguin Books, 2010 xiv, 288 p. ; 21 cm. The Ontario-New York Legal Summit. Ontario-New York Legal Summit, Rachlin, Lauren D.,... KF […]
Well my day just became much more interesting…
Which is not to say I do not normally enjoy my job, because I do. I consider myself a bookish fellow, so to come to the library and work all day in a room full of old leather-bound volumes hardly even feels like work at all... okay, it feels a little like work. But as […]