It's that time of year! The 1Ls are being initiated into the ways of the law student today, and soon the rest of the Osgoode community will return from what was hopefully an extremely relaxing and invigorating summer next week. While I'm sure that many students are not even thinking about the library while it's […]
International Law Reports on Justis enhanced with replica PDFs
For the very first time, the renowned International Law Reports (ILR), published by Cambridge University Press, are now available on Justis complete with PDFs of the original reports. Now all decisions and other documents published in the ILRs can be downloaded or printed in the "official, as reported" format. The Justis online legal library is […]
A Gift from Senator Adam Hope to Aemilius Irving
The library has recently acquired an excellent copy of the 1881 issue of the Canadian Parliamentary Companion and Annual Registry. This particular copy was originally given as a gift from Senator Adam Hope to Aemilius Irving on April 29th, 1882. The inscription from Senator Hope is located on the front endpaper and is reproduced below: […]
Recent Acquisitions, August 19 - August 23, 2013
35 new acquisitions in Osgoode Hall Law School Library, including 24 from 2013: K 235 A75 2013 Aristotle and the philosophy of law : theory, practice and justice / Liesbeth Huppes-Cluysenaer, Nuno M.M.S. Coelho, editors. Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, 2013 xiii, 276 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. K 235 P57 2013 The […]
Recent Acquisitions, August 12 - August 16, 2013
33 new acquisitions in Osgoode Hall Law School Library, including 24 from 2013: HQ 1034 A45 S26 2010 Same-sex marriage in the Americas : policy innovation for same-sex relationships / edited by Jason Pierceson, Adriana Piatti-Crocker, and Shawn Schulenberg. Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2010 vi, 248 p. ; 24 cm. K 120 H69 2013 […]
Disaster strikes!
In the wake of this year's spate of wild (and wildly destructive) weather, including July 8th's record-breaking torrential deluge that flooded swathes of the city, crippling transit, leaving thousands without power for days, and which will ultimately cost upwards of $600 million in property damage, there are a number of questions of a legal nature that […]
Recent Acquisitions, August 5 - August 9, 2013
9 new acquisitions in Osgoode Hall Law School Library, including 4 from 2013: Freedom of speech : the unreachable mirage Koltay, András, 1978- K 3254 K65 2013 Freedom of speech : the unreachable mirage / András Koltay. Budapest : CompLex, 2013. xvii, 295 pages ; 25 cm K 4466 R47 2013 Restitution of overpaid tax […]
Recent Acquisitions, July 29 - August 2, 2013
9 new acquisitions in Osgoode Hall Law School Library, including 3 from 2013: Elusive equality : constitutional guarantees and legal regimes in South Asia, Malaysia, and China Jaising, Indira. HQ 1236.5 S68 E48 2011 Elusive equality : constitutional guarantees and legal regimes in South Asia, Malaysia, and China / edited by Indira Jaising. New Delhi […]
Opinions on High: New High Court of Australia Blog
Our friend Carole Hinchcliffe, head of the law library at University of Melbourne Law School, informs us that their new blog Opinions on High went live today. The blog airms to provide a public forum for discussion of the judicial decisions of the High Court of Australia by providing commentary on and analysis of recent High […]
Recent Acquisitions, July 22 - July 26, 2013
15 new acquisitions in Osgoode Hall Law School Library, including 5 from 2013: BJ 1533 L8 L69 2013 Loyalty / edited by Sanford Levinson, Joel Parker, and Paul Woodruff. New York : New York University Press, [2013] Ã2013 xiv, 296 pages ; 22 cm. The return of the Galon king : history, law, and rebellion […]