Watching recent events in Egypt, one can't help but think of that country's long and fascinating history. Not the lease significant part of that history is the Library of Alexandra, in it's day the largest library in the world. Not everyone is aware that there is a new Library of Alexandra, which opened in 2002 […]
New Internatioinal Law Library on WorldLII
A new International Law Library is now available on WordLII. We missed notifying our community of this when it was launched last September, for which our apologies. The WorldLII International Law Library is the largest and most comprehensive free-access collection of international legal materials on the Web, containing over 80,000 searchable documents. The contents include […]
Great News regarding Crown Copyright
Great News! The Crown Copyright and Licensing (CCL) office of Government of Canada Publications has announced that "permission to reproduce Government of Canada works is no longer required, in part or in whole, and by any means, for personal or public non-commercial purposes, or for cost-recovery purposes, unless otherwise specified in the material you wish […]
Resource Description and Access: From AACR to RDA
Tim Knight is of Head of Technical Services in the Osgoode library and a leading figure in developing standards for the cataloguing and classification of legal materials in Canada. His article about the new cataloguing rules, "Resource Description and Access: From AACR to RDA", was recently published in the Canadian Law Library Review. The article […]
January 24 - January 28, 2011
BL 65 L33 L369 2010 Title: Law & religion in the 21st century : Nordic perspectives / Lisbet Christoffersen, Kjell A? Modéer, Svend Andersen (editors) ; with Niels Valdemar Vinding (editorial assistant). Publisher: Copenhagen, Denmark : Djof Publishing, 2010. Description: 638 pages ; 23 cm. Subject: Religion and law--Scandinavia--History--21st century. HD 9577 N52 A35 1994 […]
January 17 - January 21, 2011
HV 8694 C2515 1972 Title: Capital punishment : new material: 1965-1972 / [compiled by Bernard Grenier]. Publisher: Ottawa, Ont. : Information Canada, 1972. Description: 161 p. ; 25 cm. Subject: Capital punishment--Canada. Subject: Capital punishment. JC 571 D825 1987 Title: Droits de l'homme : nos droits sont sacrés! : problèmes et défis / [directeur de […]
Quebec Doctrine on LexisNexis Quicklaw
A collection of significant secondary resources on Quebec law is now available on LexisNexis Quicklaw. The Quebec Doctrine collection provides essential secondary materials on Quebec law in French, authored by known legal experts in the areas of civil, employment, criminal, business and public law. Included in the collection are the online versions of leading LexisNexis […]
January 10 - January 14, 2011
E 96.5 R44 2010 Title: Unsettling the settler within : Indian residential schools, truth telling, and reconciliation in Canada / Paulette Regan. Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press, c2010. Subject: Off-reservation boarding schools--Canada--History. Subject: Indigenous peoples--Education--Canada--History. Subject: Indians of North America--Education--Canada--History. Subject: Reconciliation. Subject: Truth commissions--Canada. Subject: Canada--Race relations. JZ 1318 F38 2010 Title: Les défis […]
December 13 - December 17, 2010
HF 5376 F68 1882 Title: Foundations of success and laws of trade : a book devoted to business and its successful prosecution ... / by a Barrister-at-law. Publisher: London, Ont. : Schuyler Smith, 1882. Description: 522 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Subject: Business--Handbooks, manuals, etc. Subject: Commercial law--Handbooks, manuals, etc. K 1115 I57 S33 […]
January 3 - January 7, 2011
DIG J8 C58 Title: Personnes et famille. Publisher: Montréal : LexisNexis, 2010- Description: 1 v. (loose-leaf) ; 26 cm. Subject: Persons (Law)--Québec (Province). Subject: Domestic relations--Québec (Province). Subject: Marriage law--Québec (Province). DIG J8 T73 Title: Santé et sécurité du travail. Publisher: Montréal : LexisNexis, 2010- Description: 1 v. (loose-leaf). Subject: Industrial hygiene--Law and legislation--Québec (Province). […]