42 new acquisitions in Osgoode Hall Law School Library, including 33 from 2014: Criminal justice : litigating a smarter Charter. Institute of Continuing Professional Development, Akhtar,... KF 9220 ZA2 I56 2014 Criminal justice : litigating a smarter Charter. Ontario Bar Association, Continuing Professional Development, 2014 1 v. (various pagings) ; 28 cm Citizenship and immigration […]
Eastern European and CIS Law
Given the near-ubiquity of Ukraine and Russia, along with the attendant complicated history and politics that run deep between them, in the news over the past weeks and months, it would seem that it would be a good time to do a brief blog post on available resources for legal research former Soviet CIS (Commenwealth […]
Refugee Appeal Division Decisions Now Available on Quicklaw
The Refugee Appeal Division (RAD), fourth division of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, was launched on December 15, 2012 and started releasing decisions mid last year. This new division considers appeals against decisions of the Refugee Protection Division to allow or reject claims for refugee protection. All decisions of the Refugee Appeal Division are now available on […]
Recent Acquisitions, February 24 - March 3, 2014
48 new acquisitions in Osgoode Hall Law School Library, including 9 from 2014: Notes sur la législation relative à la planification... Major, Henri. KF 3771 M35 Notes sur la législation relative à la planification des naissances au Canada [Conseil consultatif de la situation de la femme], 1975 11 p. ; 28 cm. K 3791 C846 […]
Scottish Law - More different than you might think!
Having just returned from Scotland this past week, I feel compelled to write about Scots law which, though it is part of the UK (for now), is markedly different from English law. With the referendum on Scottish independence set for September 18 of this year, there has been a tremendous amount of discussion into the […]
New LLMC Resources Added to the Catalogue
59 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."
Law Society of Upper Canada, Minutes of Convocation
The Law Society of Upper Canada announced today the launch of a new online resource that makes publicly accessible the Minutes and Transcripts of Convocation. Members of the Bar and the public can full-text search the Minutes and Transcripts or browse the documents by date. The site contains the public versions of the Minutes of […]
New HeinOnline Resources Added to the Catalogue
Approximately 1,900 new resources available via HeinOnline have been loaded to the library catalogue as follows: HeinOnline Core Collection 123 new titles American Indian Law Collection 10 new titles Foreign Relations of the U.S. 1 new title History of International Law 46 new titles Intellectual Property Law Collection 6 new titles Law Journal Library 31 […]
Case Law from Fastcase Now Integrated into HeinOnline
HeinOnline has recently announced a partnership with Fastcase to provide links to full-text copies of US federal and state cases from citations in articles on the HeinOnline service. Fastcase, which provides access to full-text primary law for US federal and all 50 state jurisdictions, is a leading next-generation legal research service that features powerful “best-case-first” […]
CCH Online training rescheduled
We have rescheduled the CCH Online training that was cancelled due to bad weather. The session will take place on Wednesday, March 5, from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm in Room 2011. To reserve a spot please email library@osgoode.yorku.ca.