Effective Saturday morning (February, 13th), the Osgoode Hall Law School building will be closed for one week for renovation-related work. The whole building will be closed and inaccessible. This includes the Library Annex where some of the library collection is temporarily stored. Unfortunately, library staff will be unable to retrieve any law texts located in […]
February 1 - February 5, 2010
Dig J8 C58 Title: Obligations et responsabilité civile. [JurisClasseur Québec]. Publisher: Montréal : LexisNexis, c2008- Description: v. (loose-leaf) ; 26 cm. Subject: Obligations (Law)--Quebéc (Province). Subject: Torts--Quebéc (Province). Dig J8 C58 Title: Preuve et prescription. [JurisClasseur Québec]. Publisher: Montréal : LexisNexis Canada, 2008- Description: 1 v. (loose-leaf) ; 26 cm. Subject: Evidence (Law)--Quebéc (Province). Subject: […]
Open Access and IR's in Europe: The PEER Report
Issues related to institutional repositories and the open access of scholarly work continue to gain momentum especially in academic environments in North America. So it's interesting to consider research that falls outside of this usual scope such as the "Baseline Report" recently made available by the Publishing and the Ecology of European Research (PEER) project. […]
January 25 - January 29, 2010
K 94 D35 2009 Title: Drafting international agreements in legal English / Edward W. Daigneault. Publisher: Wien, Austria : Manz ; 2009. Description: 154 p. : forms ; 18 cm. Subject: Legal composition. Subject: International law--Interpretation and construction. Subject: Legal documents--Interpretation and construction. K 558 C0696 2009-10 Title: Comparative law / course director, Charles M. […]
Texts Added to Quicklaw Databases
With the Febrary 2010 content release, the following titles - all published by LexisNexis Canada - have been added to the Quicklaw databases. As of February 7, they will also be available on the LexisNexis Academic service. As you can see from the list, a broad selection of classic titles is included, from texts (McGuiness […]
HeinOnline Webinar on the United Nations Law Collection
The folks at HeinOnline will be offering a webinar on Using & Searching the United Nations Law Collection later this month. There will be two opportunities to participate on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at either 10:00-10:30am or 2:00-2:30pm. The 30 minute session will be provide an overview of the publications, how to search treaties efficiently […]
January 18 - January 22, 2010
BP 171.5 I63 2007 Title: Islamic toleration & justice : non-Muslims under Muslim rule / Sheikh Mohammad Iqbal. Publisher: New Delhi : Adam Publishers & Distributors, 2007. Description: xiii, 260 p. ; 23 cm. Subject: Religious tolerance--Islam--History. Subject: Liberty of conscience (Islam)--History. Subject: Islam--Relations--History. K 118 P82 P83 2009 Title: Public interest rules of international […]
PreCYdent Search Engine No Longer Available
Not sure how many of you followed the development of this free online legal research service. Apparently it has lost it's funding and as a result is no longer able to continue. See this post on the Law Librarian Blog for more information and links to some background information including Joe Hodniki's great interview with […]
Recent Acquisitions, for the Weeks of January 4th & 11th, 2010
The recent acquisitions lists for the first 2 weeks of January are now available: January 4th to 8th, 2010 January 11th to 15th, 2010
January 11 - January 15, 2010
K 3240 S688 2009 Title: Economic, social and cultural rights in international law / Manisuli Ssenyonjo. Publisher: Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., 2009. Description: liii, 536 p. ; 25 cm. Subject: International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (1966). Subject: Human rights. Subject: Social rights. Subject: Economic policy. Subject: Cultural policy. Subject: […]