The Osgoode Hall Law School Library Blog

Happy Valentine's from the Law Library!

Feb 14, 20131 min read

Call it kismet, but we have received a new book for our Special Collections that seems extremely appropriate for Valentine's Day. Titled The Law In Postcards…

Nature and Numbering of English Acts of Parliament

Feb 13, 20132 min read

We've been weeding the collection of reference materials now integrated into the Library's Core Collection. (Don't worry, we're not throwing anything out; we're just moving…

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

Feb 12, 20133 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, 20133 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, 20131 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, 20132 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…