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)...

New Books at the Law Library - September 29, 2008

Posted on September 29, 2008
HV9275 .G75 2007 Curt T. Griffiths, Yvon Dandurand & Danielle Murdoch, The Social Reintegration of Offenders and Crime Prevention (Ottawa: National Crime Prevention Centre, 2007). Online access: http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/res/cp/res/soc-reint-eng.aspx HV9960...

BC Centre for Elder Advocacy and Support - Elder Law Clinic Grand Opening - September 29, 2008

Posted on September 25, 2008
Official Press Release The BC Centre for Elder Advocacy and Support (BC CEAS) is pleased to announce the opening of our new Elder Law Clinic. This Clinic will provide legal services to adults over age 55 that would not otherwise...

Finding a Case from a Legal Citation

Posted on September 24, 2008
The UBC Law Library has a new research guide: Finding a Case from a Legal Citation...

New Books at the Law Library - September 22, 2008

Posted on September 22, 2008
DS371.412 .C363 2008 Canada, Parliament, House of Commons, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, Canada in Afghanistan: Report of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development ([Ottawa]: Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, 2008)...

ClimateWire: The Politics and Business of Climate Change

Posted on September 17, 2008
UBC Library now has access to ClimateWire via E&E. ClimateWire provides coverage of the debate over climate policy and its effects on business, the environment and society. For more information, see About ClimateWire....

New Books at the Law Library - September 15, 2008

Posted on September 15, 2008
E99.K55 M45 2008 P. Dawn Mills, For Future Generations: Reconciling Gitxsan and Canadian Law (Saskatoon: Purich Pub., 2008). HF1766 .C3633 2008 Canada, Parliament, House of Commons, Standing Committee on International Trade, A Study of the Canada-Korea Free Trade Negotiations: Report...

Printing from Laptops!

Posted on September 12, 2008
Did you know that you can send print jobs from your laptops? You can print from your own Windows XP/Vista laptops, via the wireless network, to our library printers. Printing from late model MacBooks will be available shortly. The procedure,...

WestlaweCARSWELL and LexisNexis Quicklaw Refresher-Training Sessions

Posted on September 11, 2008
LexisNexis Quicklaw and WestlaweCARSWELL REFRESHER / TRAINING SESSIONS (Part of the Law - Online Services Training Sessions Series) ? For all non-first year UBC Law Students and Faculty ? Registration is required - please click on the appropriate link...

New Books at the Law Library - September 8, 2008

Posted on September 08, 2008
JC585 .B363 2008 Gunnar Beck, Fichte and Kant on Freedom, Rights, and Law (Lanham: Lexington Books, 2008). JL433 B744 2008 British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission, Amendments to the Preliminary Report: British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission (Victoria: British Columbia Electoral Boundaries...

New Books at the Law Library - September 2, 2008

Posted on September 02, 2008
FC145.L3 C363 2008 Canada, Parliament, House of Commons, Standing Committee on Official Languages, The Collaboration Accords Between Canadian Heritage and the Community Organizations: An Evolving Partnership: Report of the Standing Committee on Official Languages ([Ottawa]: Standing Committee on Official Languages,...

Law Library Tours

Posted on August 28, 2008
Wondering where to find things in the Law Library? Join a Law Library tour! (Part of the Law Library Tours Series). Please register for a Law Library Tour by clicking on the appropriate link below... Monday, September 8th, 2008 ?...

New Books at the Law Library - August 26, 2008

Posted on August 26, 2008
E92 .A266 2008 Yale D. Belanger, ed., Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada: Current Trends and Issues (Saskatoon: Purich Pub., 2008). K235.L46 .V45 2008 (LC) J. David Velleman, Persons in Prospect ([Toronto]: Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, [2008])...

New Books at the Law Library - August 18, 2008

Posted on August 18, 2008
HD9985.C22 C36 2008 Canada, Parliament. House of Commons, Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, The Goods on Services: Report of the Standing Committee on. Industry, Science and Technology ([Ottawa]: Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, 2008)...

Faculty Research Publications

Posted on August 13, 2008
The Law Library is pleased to announce the launch of a new Faculty Research Publications database, which is accessible via the Law Library homepage. This database replaces the previous webpage which highlighted new faculty books. The goal of the database...

New Books at the Law Library - August 11, 2008

Posted on August 11, 2008
K938 .F45 2008 (LC) Bruce Feldthusen, Economic Negligence: The Recovery of Pure Economic Loss, 5th ed. (Scarborough: Thomson Carswell, 2008). KE5875 .T39 2008 (LC) James L. Horvath & David W. Chodikoff, eds., Taxation & Valuation of Technology: Theory Practice, and...

New Books at the Law Library - August 5, 2008

Posted on August 04, 2008
E78.A3 Z45 2008 Barry Scott Zellen, Breaking the Ice: From Land Claims to Tribal Sovereignty in the Arctic (Lanham: Lexington Books, 2008). K230.H43 B76 2007 (LC) Thom Brooks, Hegel?s Political Philosophy: A Systematic Reading of the Philosophy of Right (Edinburgh:...

New Books at the Law Library - July 28, 2008

Posted on July 28, 2008
KE8268.A329 H84 (LC) Roger T. Hughes, Arthur Renaud, & Trent Horne Canadian Federal Courts Practice 2008/2009 (Markham: LexisNexis Canada, 2008)....

New Books at the Law Library - July 21, 2008

Posted on July 21, 2008
KE265 .M33 2008 (LC) Margaret McCallum, Deborah A. Schmedemann, & Christina L. Kunz, Synthesis: Legal Reading, Reasoning and Writing in Canada, 2d ed. (Toronto: CCH Canadian Ltd., 2008). KE618.A7 Z53 2008 (LC) Bruce Ziff et al., A Property Law Reader:...

New Books at the Law Library - July 16, 2008

Posted on July 16, 2008
E78.C2 W125 2008 Marie Wadden, Where the Pavement Ends: Canada's Aboriginal Recovery Movement and the Urgent Need for Reconciliation (Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2008). K670 .B76 2007 (LC) Heather Brook, Conjugal Rites: Marriage and Marriage-like Relationships before the Law (New...

New Books at the Law Library - July 7, 2008

Posted on July 07, 2008
K3253 .C46 2007 (LC) Andra?s Sajo, ed., Censorial Sensitivities: Free Speech and Religion in a Fundamentalist World (Utrecht: Eleven International Pub., 2007). K3585 .C73 2008 (LC) Neil Craik, The International Law of Environmental Impact Assessment: Process, Substance and Integration (Cambridge:...

New Books at the Law Library - July 3, 2008

Posted on July 02, 2008
K370 .D44 2008 (LC) Mathieu Deflem, Sociology of Law: Visions of a Scholarly Tradition (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008). K639.A41989 C36 2008 (LC) Nigel Cantwell & Anna Holzscheiter, Article 20: Children Deprived of their Family Environment (Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers,...

Irwin Law e-Books

Posted on June 24, 2008
UBC Library now has access to many Irwin Law titles online, including the "Essentials of Canadian Law" series. Includes: a good overview of the law in a broad range of subject areas including criminal law, torts, contracts, environmental law,...

New Books at the Law Library - June 23rd, 2008

Posted on June 23, 2008
K370 .D44 2008 (LC) Mathieu Deflem, Sociology of Law: Visions of a Scholarly Tradition (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008). K639.A41989 C36 2008 (LC) Nigel Cantwell & Anna Holzscheiter, Article 20: Children Deprived of their Family Environment (Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers,...

New Books at the Law Library - June 16th, 2008

Posted on June 16, 2008
HD5728 .C363 2008 Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities, Employability in Canada: Preparing for the Future: Report of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and...

New Books at the Law Library - June 9th, 2008

Posted on June 09, 2008
K133 .A33 2007 (LC) Francesco Francioni, ed., Access to Justice as a Human Right (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007). K487.T4 B74 2007 (LC) Susan W. Brenner, Law in an Era of "Smart" Technology (New York: Oxford University Press, 2007). K3243...

New Books at the Law Library - June 2nd, 2008

Posted on June 02, 2008
KE7702.7 1996 (LC) Canada, British Columbia, Tsawwassen First Nation, Tsawwassen First Nation, Harvest Agreement (Victoria: Queen?s Printer for British Columbia, 2007). KE7702.7 2006 (LC) Canada, British Columbia, Maa-nulth First Nations, Maa-nulth First Nations, Harvest Agreement ([Victoria: Queen?s Printer for British...

New Books at the Law Library - May 26th, 2008

Posted on May 26, 2008
FC630 .C3633 2008 Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, The Mulroney-Schreiber Affair: Our Case for a Full Public Inquiry: Report of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics ([Ottawa]:...

New Books at the Law Library - May 20th, 2008

Posted on May 20, 2008
HG3746 .I58 2006 International Chamber of Commerce, ICC Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (Paris: International Chamber of Commerce, 2006). KE265 .C76 2008 (LC) Thomas A. Cromwell, Effective Written Advocacy (Aurora: Canada Law Book/Cartwright Group, 2008)...

New Books at the Law Library - May 12th, 2008

Posted on May 12, 2008
GN667.S7 S48 2006 Marcia Langton, et al., eds., Settling With Indigenous People: Modern Treaty and Agreement-Making (Annandale: Federation Press, 2006). K3240 .S255 2007 (LC) Margot E. Salomon, Global Responsibility for Human Rights: World Poverty and the Development of International Law...

New Books at the Law Library - April 28th, 2008

Posted on April 28, 2008
K213 .S58 2008 (LC) Roger W. Shuy, Fighting Over Words: Language and Civil Law Cases (New York: Oxford University Press, 2008). K2000 .M38 2007 (LC) J.K. Mason, The Troubled Pregnancy: Legal Wrongs and Rights in Reproduction (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,...

New Books at the Law Library - April 21st, 2008

Posted on April 21, 2008
K230.H45 B46 2007 (LC) Oren Ben-Dor, Thinking About Law: In Silence with Heidegger (Oxford: Hart Pub., 2007). K720 .D38 2007 (LC) Margaret Davies, Property: Meanings, Histories, Theories (Milton Park: Routledge-Cavendish, 2007). K3496 .D56 2008 (LC) Shlomi Dinar, International Water Treaties:...

Faculty of Law Building Project

Posted on April 15, 2008
UBC's Faculty of Law Building Project information is now online. Includes: ? Welcome ? Dean's Message ? Project Details ? Donors ? Law School History ? Feedback ? Donation Page...

New Books at the Law Library - April 14th, 2008

Posted on April 14, 2008
B105.L3 I84 2008 Duncan Ivison, Rights (Montre?al: McGill-Queen?s University Press, 2008). HD60 .N435 2007 Doreen McBarnet, Aurora Voiculescu, & Tom Campbell, eds. The New Corporate Accountability: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Law (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007)...

UBC Opens $79.7M Irving K. Barber Learning Centre

Posted on April 11, 2008
Photo by UBC Library Graphics "Lifelong learning for British Columbians was celebrated today with the official grand opening of the $79.7-million Irving K. Barber Learning Centre at UBC." ? News Release and Backgrounder ? Irving K. Barber Learning Centre...

Law Library Extended Hours - April 2008

Posted on April 08, 2008
Photo by UBC Library Graphics The UBC Law Library will be open late (8:00 am ? 10:00 pm) on ? Friday, April 18, 2008 ? Friday, April 25, 2008...

New Books at the Law Library - April 7th, 2008

Posted on April 07, 2008
K230.G33 G33 2007 (LC) Francis J. Mootz III, ed., Gadamer and Law (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007). K349 .G46 2007 (LC) Madhavi Sunder, ed., Gender and Feminist Theory in Law and Society (Aldershot : Ashgate, 2007). K559 .D4 2007 (LC) Peter de...

Quickscribe Online

Posted on April 04, 2008
UBC Library now has access to Quickscribe Online. Includes: full-text access to ALL BC Statutes and Regulations, key federal law, Bills, and Orders in Council (OIC) Quickscribe Online includes hundreds of "older" versions of Acts/Regulations as they appeared at...

Diamond + Schmitt Architects to Design New Faculty of Law Building at UBC

Posted on April 02, 2008
There is a mention in Canadian Architect (March 1, 2008) that UBC has selected Toronto-based design firm Diamond + Schmitt Architects to design the new Faculty of Law building. Link to full text (see second news item)....

New Books at the Law Library - March 31st, 2008

Posted on March 31, 2008
E99.C88 M374 2008 Dawn Martin-Hill, The Lubicon Lake Nation: Indigenous Knowledge and Power (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2008). HC120.E5 N385 2007 National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (Canada), Response of the National Round Table on the...

New Books at the Law Library - March 25th, 2008

Posted on March 25, 2008
KQC572 .V55 2007 (LC) Frans Viljoen, International Human Rights Law in Africa (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007). KZ3410 .M47 2006 Theodor Meron, The Humanization of International Law (Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff, 2006)....

UBC Board of Governors Approves Request for LL.B. (Bachelor of Laws) degree to be renamed J.D. (Juris Doctor)

Posted on March 18, 2008
On February 7, 2008, the UBC Board of Governors approved a student-led initiative recommending that UBC Law begin the process necessary to change the name of its first degree in law from an LL.B. to a J.D. At present, the...

New Books at the Law Library - March 17th, 2008

Posted on March 17, 2008
GE170 .N52 2008 Michele M. Betsill & Elisabeth Corell, eds., NGO Diplomacy: The Influence of Nongovernmental Organizations in International Environmental Negotiations (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2008). HC120.E5 G48 2007 National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (Canada), Getting to...

Chance to win a Wii or iPod!

Posted on March 11, 2008
UBC Library Services Student Assessment Submit this survey for a chance to win a $400 gift certificate to Future Shop. One entry per student. Contest open to UBC students only!...

New Books at the Law Library - March 10th, 2008

Posted on March 10, 2008
K888 .V48 2007 (LC) Stella Vettori, The Employment Contract and the Changed World of Work (Aldershot: Ashgate Pub., 2007). KD1554 .W56 2007 (LC) Chris Willett, Fairness in Consumer Contracts: The Case of Unfair Terms (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007). KD7869 ...

BC, UBC Celebrate 100th Anniversary of University Act

Posted on March 07, 2008
BC, UBC Celebrate 100th Anniversary of University Act For media release, click here. For information about UBC's First Centenary: 1908 - 2008, click here....

New Books at the Law Library - March 3rd, 2008

Posted on March 03, 2008
HF1479 .C3633 2007 Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Standing Committee on International Trade, Building Closer Economic Ties Around the World: Improving Canada?s Trade and Investment Relations with the Arab States, the EU and Southeast Asia : Report of the Standing...

New Books at the Law Library - February 25th, 2008

Posted on February 25, 2008
KE787 .L38 2008 (LC) Mark R. Gillen & Faye Woodman, eds., The Law of Trusts: A Contextual Approach, 2d ed. (Toronto: Emond Montgomery, 2008). KE4472 .J65 2007 (LC) Law Reserve Martin Jones & Sasha Baglay, Refugee Law (Toronto: Irwin Law,...

Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Opens February 25, 2008

Posted on February 21, 2008
On February 25, 2008, the second and final phase of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre opens to the public. Academic peer assistants will host a Welcome Desk near the main entrance until late March, where tours and information...

New Books at the Law Library - February 18th, 2008

Posted on February 18, 2008
K558 .C66 1998 (LC) Rudolf B. Schlesinger, et al. Comparative Law: Cases, Text, Materials, 6th ed. (New York: Foundation Press, 1998). KUH252.4 .L39 2007 (LC) Law Reform Commission of Western Australia, Compensation for Injurious Affection: Discussion Paper (Perth: Law Reform...

New Books at the Law Library - February11th, 2008

Posted on February 11, 2008
JN515 .P374 2005 Chris Given-Wilson, ed., The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England 1275-1504 (Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2005). K235 .P58 2007 (LC) Richard O. Brooks, ed., Plato and Modern Law (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007). K284 .L428 2007 (LC) Luc J. Wintgens &...

New Books at the Law Library - February 4th, 2008

Posted on February 04, 2008
HV7641 .R42 2007 Task Force on Governance and Cultural Change in the RCMP, Rebuilding the Trust: Report of the Task Force on Governance and Cultural Change in the RCMP ([Ottawa]: Task Force on Governance and Cultural Change in the RCMP,...

Charter of Rights in Litigation Case Digests

Posted on January 29, 2008
UBC Library now has access to Charter of Rights in Litigation Case Digests. Includes: full-text access to The Charter of Rights in Litigation: Direction from the Supreme Court of Canada Offers reference to Charter issues and arguments and summaries...

New Books at the Law Library - January 28th, 2008

Posted on January 28, 2008
E78.C2 F7 2008 James S. Frideres & Rene´ R. Gadacz, Aboriginal Peoples in Canada, 8th ed. (Toronto: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008). More about this: http://toby.library.ubc.ca/utilities/isbn.cfm?isbn=9780132051873 HM1271 .A23 2007 Stephen Tierney, ed., Accommodating Cultural Diversity (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007)...

CLE Online

Posted on January 24, 2008
UBC Library has access to Continuing Legal Education of British Columbia?s CLE Online. Includes: Online Practice Manuals, Online Course Materials, and Case Digest Connection Requires a valid Library barcode and PIN: click " target="_blank">here for the username and password...

New Books at the Law Library - January 21st, 2008

Posted on January 21, 2008
HD58.6 .H36 2008 Colleen M. Hanycz, Trevor C.W. Farrow, & Frederick H. Zemans, The Theory and Practice of Representative Negotiation (Toronto: Emond Montgomery Publications, 2008). More about this: http://toby.library.ubc.ca/utilities/isbn.cfm?isbn=9781552392645 HD6524 ...

Tribute Display Honouring Chancellor McEachern

Posted on January 18, 2008
The UBC Law Library would like to draw your attention to the display at the entrance to the Law Library, honouring Chancellor McEachern. The display features: The Splendour of the Law ? Allan McEachern - A tribute to a...

New Books at the Law Library - January 14th, 2008

Posted on January 14, 2008
GN380 .R42 2000 Marie Battiste, ed., Reclaiming Indigenous Voice and Vision (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2000). More about this: http://toby.library.ubc.ca/utilities/isbn.cfm?isbn=0774807458 HD2365 .T45 2007 Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, Tendering Law: Materials Prepared For The Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Tendering...

Hon. Allan McEachern, UBC?s 16th Chancellor

Posted on January 11, 2008
"The University of British Columbia and the people of Canada have today lost an outstanding friend with the passing of the Hon. Allan McEachern, UBC?s 16th Chancellor." Click here or here for a statement from Brad Bennett, Chair of the...

WestlaweCARSWELL and LexisNexis Quicklaw Refresher-Training Sessions

Posted on January 08, 2008
WestlaweCARSWELL and LexisNexis Quicklaw and REFRESHER / TRAINING SESSIONS (Part of the Law - Online Services Training Sessions Series) ? For all UBC Law Students and Faculty ? Registration is required - please click on the appropriate link below...

Canada Law Book Electronic Resources Sessions

Posted on January 08, 2008
(Part of the Law - Online Services Training Sessions Series) ? For all UBC Law Students and Faculty Please join us for an informative session on how you can make your online legal research easier and more effective using...

New Books at the Law Library - January 7th, 2008

Posted on January 07, 2008
K58 .M39 2007 (LC) Law Reference Albert Mayrand, Dictionnaire de Maximes et Locutions Latines Utilise?es en Droit, 4e e?d. (Cowansville: E?ditions Y. Blais, 2007). More about this: http://toby.library.ubc.ca/utilities/isbn.cfm?isbn=9782896350162 K94 ...

New Books at the Law Library - January 2nd, 2008

Posted on January 02, 2008
HD3861.U6 M56 2002 Martha Minow, Partners, Not Rivals: Privatization and the Public Good (Boston: Beacon Press, 2002). Publisher description: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hm031/2002002907.html Contributor biographical information: http://www...

University of British Columbia (UBC) Law Library Facebook Page

Posted on December 18, 2007
The University of British Columbia (UBC) Law Library now has a Facebook page. Feel free to check it out!...

New Books at the Law Library - December 18th, 2007

Posted on December 18, 2007
K920 .G54 2007 (LC) Francesco Giglio, The Foundations of Restitution for Wrongs (Oxford: Hart Pub., 2007). Table of contents: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0712/2007276510.html More about this: http://toby.library.ubc.ca/utilities/isbn.cfm?isbn=9781841136479 K3240 ...

UBC Law Faculty Receives $1 Million Gift from Davis LLP and Irwin Davis

Posted on December 11, 2007
The Faculty of Law at the University of British Columbia has received a $1 million gift from national law firm Davis LLP and Irwin Davis, grandson of the firm?s founder Edward Pease Davis, K.C., towards the faculty?s new building project....

New Books at the Law Library - December 11th, 2007

Posted on December 11, 2007
K3240 .P72 2007 (LC) Mark Goodale & Sally Engle Merry, eds., The Practice of Human Rights: Tracking Law Between the Global and the Local (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007). More about this: http://toby.library.ubc.ca/utilities/isbn.cfm?isbn=9780521865173 K3240 ...

2008 Harvey T. Strosberg Essay Prize

Posted on December 05, 2007
Announcing the Fifth Annual... HARVEY T. STROSBERG ESSAY PRIZE Value: $10,000 Irwin Law Inc., publisher of The Canadian Class Action Review, is pleased to announce the Harvey T. Strosberg Essay Prize for the best student essay on Class Actions....

New Books at the Law Library - December 3rd, 2007

Posted on December 03, 2007
K370 .L3852 2005 (LC) Boaventura de Sousa Santos & Ce´sar A. Rodri´guez-Garavito, eds., Law and Globalization from Below: Towards a Cosmopolitan Legality (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005). Publisher description: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0632/2005284451-d...

Food for Fines

Posted on November 27, 2007
(Click on image for poster.) You bring the food ? we?ll waive the fines. Pay your UBC Library fines with food instead of cash! From November 26th to December 2, 2007, for every non-perishable food item you donate, $2...

New Books at the Law Library - November 26th, 2007

Posted on November 26, 2007
HD2365 .O97 2007 C. Ian Kyer & John Beardwood, eds., Outsourcing Transactions: A Practical Guide (Aurora: Canada Law Book, 2007- ) More about this: http://toby.library.ubc.ca/utilities/isbn.cfm?isbn=0888044569 HJ4662.A45 S94 2007 Terrance Sweeney, Maximizing Corporate Tax Incentives: For Scientific Research and Experimental Development...

Law Library Extended Hours

Posted on November 23, 2007
The UBC Law Library will be open late (8:00 am ? 10:00 pm) on ? Friday, Dec. 7 ? Friday, Dec. 14...