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 »
HeinOnline has now made available a database called Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture, & Law & holders of an Oxford Single Sign On will now see it listed as part of our general HeinOnline subscription. But it also accessible to anyone separately: after registration and voluntary donation: more details here. The publisher’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 »
The first film in the franchise – currently 5 strong – turned 25 last month! Still a Christmas favourite, what is the appeal? The cute little kid defending his home from the wicked burglars, or the knowledge that all will end well in true American hero fashion? But just what is the legality of leaving… Read More »
The Law Bod has taken out a trial subscription to all the law titles available via CUP’s University Publishing Online. This means holders of an Oxford Single Sign On have full-text access to all law titles until 13 July 2015. At that date we shall assess how useful the package has proved to be, before… Read More »
The Law Bod has just started a subscription to the New Journal of European Criminal law (NJECL in citations). This new (to the Law Bod) journal, published by Intersentia, has a particular focus on “criminal law as it is drawn up by the European Union and the Council of Europe,” as well as the law’s… Read More »
By Francesca Marsden I thought that I would take the opportunity, having done a lot of research for my soon-to-be-published LibGuide on the topic, to share a few interesting pieces of international legislation and highlight a significant case concerning indigenous peoples that I discovered along the way. Also, it may be a (not so subtle) attempt draw attention… Read More »
The Bodleian History Librarian has arranged a trial of a new database and she thinks it may be of interest and use to some of the Law Bod’s regulars too! Note this is just a trial at the moment – the trial period will end at the end of March 2013. As we have such… Read More »
The Law Bod has now purchased online access to some books published by Hart. These titles will be accessible to readers with a current Oxford Single Sign On username and password. Hart Publishing is a local establishment, specialising in academic law. And delivering great titles – well we would say that wouldn’t we? as quite… Read More »
The rise of social media in recent years has created a new range of tools for instant universal communication and interaction in both personal relationships and at work. We use tools such as Twitter and Facebook to post photos, talk to our friends, provide information or news to our customers, or to track or promote… Read More »
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