The Osgoode Hall Law School Library Blog

English law was adopted as Canadian law at Confederation, right?

Feb 12, 2013 3 min read

Wrong.  Another simple question at the Reference Desk last  week.  But we all know English law was received into Canada at some point, don't we?…

Winter of discontent

Feb 11, 2013 3 min read

In one of last week's biggest news stories, researchers and archaeologists in Britain managed to find and identify the body of one of the most notorious British…

Revised Statutes of Canada Now on HeinOnline

Feb 1, 2013 1 min read

The complete Revised Statutes of Canada (RSC), from the first revision in 1896 to the last in 1985 -- are now available in HeinOnline. This…

Upcoming Zotero webinars

Jan 30, 2013 2 min read

Although I am currently in the midst of introducing first-year Legal Process students to the wonders of Zotero, for those of you who want a…

Breaking into a full GALLOPP

Jan 30, 2013 2 min read

Big news for those who love trawling through and reading government documents (you know who you are!), as an interesting new initiative was announced this…

Shooting fish in a barrel

Jan 17, 2013 3 min read

It is perhaps somewhat surprising that we've taken so long to get to this post, but it just seemed so obvious that I was reluctant to…