Just to give you something to look forward to when you’ve finished your exams and papers, the library will have four especially interesting-sounding books available for your reading enjoyment by April 30. First on the list is The Emergency Sasquatch Ordinance and other real laws that human beings have actually dreamed up, enacted, and sometimes […]
Recent Acquisitions, March 31 - April 7, 2014
20 new acquisitions in Osgoode Hall Law School Library, including 15 from 2014: Canada the good : a short history of vice since 1500 Martel, Marcel, 1965-, HN 110 Z9 M6 2014 Canada the good : a short history of vice since 1500 2014 vi, 189 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm. The foundations […]
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 […]
More E-books Developments
Some of the library’s e-books are provided to us through Scholars Portal. The way to access the Scholars Portal books is different from the way we access books on the ebrary platform. You can tell that the book is a Scholars Portal e-book if you see "Borrow this E-Book" above the cover image of a […]
Recent Acquisitions, March 24 - March 31, 2014
27 new acquisitions in Osgoode Hall Law School Library, including 11 from 2014: The state of copyright : the complex relationship of... Halbert, Debora J. K 1420.5 H35 2014 The state of copyright : the complex relationship of cultural creation in a globalized world Routledge 2014 xiv, 267 pages ; 24 cm. K 183 U53 […]
Recent Acquisitions, March 17 - March 24, 2014
10 new acquisitions in Osgoode Hall Law School Library, including 9 from 2014: Understanding company law Lipton, P., KF 1415 ZD2 L56 2014 Understanding company law 2014 viii, 1019 pages ; 26 cm. Personal property security law in Ontario Legge, Jennifer, KF 1050 L44 2014 Personal property security law in Ontario 2014 xxxvi, 210 pages […]
Spring has sprung - now start studying!
It's the first day of spring (just don't look outside), and of course that means that if you haven't started to feel the end-of-term crunch, you will (and probably should!) very soon. Of course, the library should be a major focal point for your study and research (if it's not, for shame!), and we're here […]
Recent Acquisitions, March 12 - March 19, 2014
10 new acquisitions in Osgoode Hall Law School Library, including 5 from 2014: Your first civil trial (YLD). Ontario Bar Association. Continuing Professional Development.... KF 8840 ZB3 O5836 2014 Your first civil trial (YLD). OBA Professional Development, 2014 1 v. (various pagings) ; 28 cm. Divine discoveries : building a great case (YLD). Divine discoveries, […]
The Law It Self: Sir Edward Coke and his Lasting Authority
Bacon and Shakespeare: what they were to philosophy and literature, Coke was to the common law. – J.H. Baker The Osgoode Library has recently been the recipient of an important donation from Fraser Laschinger, Osgoode ’73: a copy of the 12th edition of Sir Edward Coke’s famous commentary on Sir Thomas Littleton’s Institutes of the […]
Komagata Maru Exhibit in the Osgoode Library
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Komagata Maru episode, when Canadian authorities turned away 376 migrants of South Asian origin aboard a Japanese steamship in Vancouver harbour. The South Asian Law Students’ Association (SALSA) at Osgoode Hall Law School will have launched Komagata Maru Week (March 10-15, 2013) and the Komagata Maru Reflections Project. On […]