Legal Research

New Books at the Law Library - February 23, 2009

Posted on February 23, 2009
BL65.L33 L395 2008 Peter Cane, Carolyn Evans & Zoe¨ Robinson, eds., Law and Religion in Theoretical and Historical Context (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008). E78.C2 P95 2009 Catherine Bell and Robert K. Paterson, eds., Protection of First Nations Cultural Heritage:...

iSinoLaw

Posted on February 19, 2009
UBC Library now has access to iSinoLaw iSinoLaw is a bilingual database of Chinese statutes and regulations, providing access to court judgments, arbitration awards as well as up-to-date legal news and development in China. For more information, click on...

New Books at the Law Library - February 16, 2009

Posted on February 16, 2009
E98.C2 W4885 2008 Frances Widdowson & Albert Howard, Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry: The Deception Behind Indigenous Cultural Preservation (Montreal: McGill-Queen?s University Press, 2008). K240 .W65 2008 (LC) Louis E. Wolcher, Law's Task: The Tragic Circle of Law Justice and Human...

New Books at the Law Library - February 9, 2009

Posted on February 09, 2009
E78.C2 L48 2007 Hamar Foster, Heather Raven, & Jeremy Webber, eds., Let Right be Done: Aboriginal Title, the Calder Case, and the Future of Indigenous Rights (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2007). HD9764.C32 Q36 2007 Aboriginal Strategy Group, A Quantitative Assessment of...

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New Books at the Law Library - February 2, 2009

Posted on February 02, 2009
GE170 .C56 2008 Edward Christie, Finding Solutions for Environmental Conflicts: Power and Negotiation (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2008). HV9960.C22 S252 2008 Shawn Bell, The History, Lessons and Observations of Waseskun Healing Center, a Successful Therapeutic Healing Community ([Ottawa]: Public Safety Canada,...

New Books at the Law Library - January 26, 2009

Posted on January 26, 2009
HV8688 .L586 2008 Just.Equipping, A Little Manual of Restorative Justice ([Ottawa]: Public Safety Canada, 2008). Online access: http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/res/cor/rep/_fl/2008-03-lit-ma-res-eng.pdf HV9507 .C665 2008 Canada, Public Safety Canada, Corrections and Conditional Release in Canada: A General Primer ([Ottawa]: Public Safety Canada, 2008)...

New Books at the Law Library - January 19, 2009

Posted on January 19, 2009
KD1269 .T67 2008 (LC) Paul Torremans, Holyoak and Torremans Intellectual Property Law, 5th ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008). KE450.W6 W65 2009 (LC) T. Brettel Dawson, ed., Women, Law, and Social Change: Core Readings and Current Issues (Concord: Captus Press,...

New Books at the Law Library - January 12, 2009

Posted on January 12, 2009
KE482.S84 B4213 2008 (LC) Ste´phane Beaulac, Handbook on Statutory Interpretation: General Methodology, Canadian Charter and International Law(Markham: LexisNexis, 2008). KE5015 .R44 2008 (LC) Guy Re´gimbald, Canadian Administrative Law (Markham: LexisNexis, 2008)...

Library Catalogue Service Interruptions: Thursday, Jan 8 11:00 pm - Monday, Jan 12, 2009

Posted on January 08, 2009
The UBC Library Catalogue will undergo major maintenance updates starting on Thursday, January 9th, 2009 at 11:00 pm and ending on Monday, January 12th, 2009. Key services such as My Account, item renewal, ASRS request, DocDel, etc, will be unavailable...

Free Access to Statutes and Regulations

Posted on January 05, 2009
The public will no longer be required to pay to have access to up-to-date provincial statutes and regulations. For more information, see: Free Access to Statutes and Regulations Starts Jan. 1...

Service Interruptions - Dec 24, 2008

Posted on December 24, 2008
Due to adverse weather conditions, all UBC libraries and the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre will be closing by noon, December 24th. The Law Library will be open again on January 2, 2009. Regular hours resume on Monday, January 5,...

BestCase from Canada Law Book

Posted on December 22, 2008
UBC Library now has access to BestCase from Canada Law Book BestCase contains Canada Law Book (CLB) report series, Canadian Criminal Cases, Dominion Law Reports, Labour Arbitration Cases, as well as a comprehensive collection of unreported decisions dating back...

New Books at the Law Library - December 15, 2008

Posted on December 15, 2008
HV8705 .L33 2008 Nicola Lacey, The Prisoners' Dilemma: Political Economy and Punishment in Contemporary Democracies (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008). KZ6795.I73 I73 2008 Phil Shiner & Andrew Williams, eds., The Iraq War and International Law (Oxford: Hart Pub...

New Books at the Law Library - December 8, 2008

Posted on December 08, 2008
E78.C2 F544 2008 Catherine Bell & Val Napoleon, eds., First Nations Cultural Heritage and Law: Case Studies, Voices, and Perspectives (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2008). E92 .F614 2008 Tom Flanagan, First Nations?: Second Thoughts (Montre´al: McGill-Queen?s University Press, 2008)...

Kill A Watt UBC Library Project

Posted on December 04, 2008
UBC Library has teamed with the Sustainability Office in a new project to circulate Kill A Watt devices that record energy consumption of electrical equipment. By charging out the Kill A Watt, borrowers can monitor the amount of energy...

New Books at the Law Library - December 1, 2008

Posted on December 01, 2008
K1370 .S27 2008 (LC) Janis Sarra , Employee and Pension Claims During Company Insolvency: A Comparative Study of 62 Jurisdictions (Toronto: Carswell, 2008). KE3619 .I58 2009 (LC) Paul Muldoon et al., An Introduction to Environmental Law and Policy in Canada,...

Law Library Extended Exam Hours & Closures

Posted on November 26, 2008
Extended Exam Hours: The Law Library will be open regular hours through to Tuesday, December 16, except for the following days when the library has a late closing of 10:00 pm.      Fridays: December 5 and 12      Sundays: November...

LAW LIBRARY WORK STUDY POSITION AVAILABLE

Posted on November 25, 2008
The UBC Law Library has an opening for a work study student assistant position from January 5th, 2009 - April 30th, 2009. The position is a 4-hour shift on Thursday evenings, from 6:00 pm -10:00 pm. Duties include shelving; shelf...

New Books at the Law Library - November 23, 2008

Posted on November 23, 2008
K5121 .P457 2008 (LC) Arie Freiberg & Karen Gelb, eds., Penal Populism, Sentencing Councils and Sentencing Policy (Sydney: Hawkins Press, 2008). KE1232 .K56 2008 (LC) Lewis N. Klar, Tort Law, 4th ed. (Toronto: Thomson Carswell, 2008). KE7709 .M345 2008 (LC)...

New eBook Platform Trial - eBrary

Posted on November 20, 2008
The UBC Library is currently running a trial of the eBrary eBook platform. Two collections are available through this site: eDuke (Duke UP eBooks) and Academic Complete. eDuke includes approximately 900 eBooks from Duke University Press, while Academic Complete...

iSinoLaw Trial

Posted on November 19, 2008
UBC Library has trial access to iSinoLaw. The trial ends November 30, 2008. It is a bilingual database of Chinese statutes and regulations, providing access to court judgments, arbitration awards as well as up-to-date legal news and development in...

New Books at the Law Library - November 17, 2008

Posted on November 17, 2008
HQ281 .S44 2008 Clare Ribando Seelke & Alison Siskin, Trafficking in People (New York: Novinka Books, 2008). K213 .A429 2008 (LC) Larry Alexander & Emily Sherwin., Demystifying Legal Reasoning (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008). K1401 .J36 1998 (LC) Terri Janke,...

Food for Fines 2008

Posted on November 13, 2008
Food for Fines is a joint AMS and UBC Library initiative to support disadvantaged members of the community. UBC Library users who wish to donate non-perishable food items may have $2 in fines paid for each food item donated,...

New Books at the Law Library - November 10, 2008

Posted on November 12, 2008
K3240 .W45 2008 (LC) David Weissbrodt, The Human Rights of Non-citizens (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008). KJE7975 .S74 2008 (LC) Constantin Stefanou &Helen Xanthaki., eds., Towards a European Criminal Record (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008)...

Encyclopedia of Public International Law (Max Planck)

Posted on November 07, 2008
UBC Library now has access to Encyclopedia of Public International Law (Max Planck). It is a comprehensive analytical resource covering the entirety of public international law. Topics include both the history of public international law, as well as recent...

New Books at the Law Library - November 3, 2008

Posted on November 03, 2008
GE170 .C6423 2008 Ulrich Brand, et al., Conflicts in Environmental Regulation and the Internationalisation of the State: Contested Terrains (London: Routledge, 2008). K230.H3652 M3 2008 (LC) Neil MacCormick, H.L.A. Hart, 2d ed. (Stanford: Stanford Law Books, 2008)...

Halloween and the Law Display 2008

Posted on October 28, 2008

New Books at the Law Library - October 27, 2008

Posted on October 27, 2008
B2430.D484 P68 1997 Jim Powell & illustrated by Van Howell, Derrida for Beginners (New York: Writers and Readers Pub., 1997). E78.C2 A2675 2008 Canadian Parks Council, Aboriginal Peoples and Canada?s Parks and Protected Areas: Case Studies ([Ottawa]: Canadian Parks Council,...

New Books at the Law Library - October 20, 2008

Posted on October 20, 2008
HV8593 .M355 2008 Richard Matthews, The Absolute Violation: Why Torture Must Be Prohibited (Montreal: McGill-Queen?s University Press, 2008). K52.F7 D35 2007 (LC) Law Reference Henry Saint Dahl & Tamera Boudreau, Dahl's Law Dictionary: French to English/ English to French, An...

New Books at the Law Library - October 14, 2008

Posted on October 14, 2008
GN476 .A36 2008 Rene?e Hulan & Renate Eigenbrod, eds., Aboriginal Oral Traditions: Theory, Practice, Ethics (Black Point: Fernwood Pub., 2008). HQ125.U6 D47 2007 Anthony M. DeStefano, The War on Human Trafficking (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2007)...

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