St David’s day! Perhaps it is because we are nearing the end of term, but memories of happy childhood holidays in Wales are bubbling to the surface … The good news is that for the would-be legal historian there is a professional requirement for us to schedule a return visit to the principality soon! For… Read More »
For an academic law library – below is what passes as a veritable rainbow of colourful book covers in celebration! There is a specific LawBod Libguide on LGBT law resources at Oxford. The focus is on the development & experience in the UK – but both the Libguide and the LawBod’s collections do have works… Read More »
Not one but two reasons why law students really should get away from their books – or small screens – & into the cinemas for some legal education courtesy of the big screen. Denial (2016, Mick Jackson & David Hare) is based on Deborah Lipstadt’s book History on Trial: My Day in Court with a… Read More »
In 1962, although his best films were already behind him, Elvis’ music was still hitting the spot. He’d already had three UK number ones that year (including one of the best single releases of all time, Rock-a-hula Baby/Can’t Help Falling in Love) and ended the year in top position again with Return to Sender. Written… Read More »
On first listening to the strains of There is no one quite like Grandma, this writer’s inner Scrooge leapt out unbidden: initial reaction was “A sugar tax cannot come soon enough!” (It remains to be seen whether the 2016 Budget‘s proposal of a new Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SIDL consultation) from April 2018 will survive… Read More »
“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers” Henry VI Part 2 Act 4 Scene 2 Can the Law Bod join in the Bodleian’s celebrations of the birthday of the author of such a phrase? Perhaps we should rather be gleefully chuckling over a possible interpretation of the title of the accompanying exhibition Shakespeare’s… Read More »
The Law Library has just bought an eBook package from Brill/Nijhoff for recent books on international law, and human rights and humanitarian law. This provides full text access to 133 books from 2015 onwards, and all the books are catalogued in SOLO so you can link through easily to the Brill platform, Brill Online. Then… Read More »
Oxford University Press has a free podcast series called Law Vox. This may be a gentle way back to the rigours of academic concentration after the frivolities of reading all those Christmas cracker jokes and mottoes… The promotional pitch is that “legal experts from a wide variety of subject areas discuss topical issues. … [providing]… Read More »
The fun & high jinks of The Muppet Christmas Carol movie do not entirely hide the fact that the story raises a range of important social & legal issues. From the very outset, the opening sequence reveals a snowy city setting and quickly the viewer is alerted to the atrocious working conditions of those poor,… Read More »
Tired of saccharine Christmas films featuring cute kids and elaborate dance routines? Maybe the 1957 horror film The Abominable Snowman ( of the Himalayas in US release), starring Forrest Tucker and Peter Cushing, would be more to your taste? No, it’s not a Christmas film, but it does feature some snow. And yes, it… Read More »
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