By Beth Paton The Law Library has recently subscribed to a database called Supreme Court Cases (SCC) Online, produced by New Delhi-based publishers the Eastern Book Company. It advertises itself as “an extensive database of Indian law, statute law and other material, with a high performance search engine and our familiar user-friendly interface.” First impressions… Read More »
By Beth Paton Mobile technology is becoming ever more ubiquitous, so it seemed the right time to take a look at apps for law students and lawyers. For the purposes of this blog post I selected three apps to road test. I was ably assisted with these reviews by my husband, Alec, who obtained a… Read More »
By Katherine Steiner Have you heard of Quakers, or the Religious Society of Friends (maybe in the context of Quaker Oats or funny hats?) Did you know that there are over 20,000 Quakers and nearly 500 Meeting Houses the UK, including one in Oxford at 43 St Giles? Are you wondering what this has to do… Read More »
I hadn’t heard about the World Justice Project until recently, but it’s worth spreading the word. The World Justice Project aims to strengthen the Rule of Law ‘for the development of communities of opportunity and equity.’ It released its Rule of Law Index yesterday, which is available from the website. This comparative analysis of adherence to… Read More »
So reads the headline of the article published in The Guardian newspaper on 25 October 2011 to mark the first two year of the Court’s existence.(Authors : Owen Bowcott and Maya Wolfe-Robinson). The article is freely available to read online. Or you can just watch and listen to an 11 minute video of Owen Bowcott’s … Read More »
Did you know that there are an increasing number of online guides on jurisdictions and legal topics written for users of the LawBod? They are designed to help you find your way round the physical law library and the electronic resources on offer. These libguides are also the LawBod’s contribution to an Oxford wide project… Read More »
With The Times deciding to charge for online access, including its well read Law Section, it is quite timely that The Guardian newspaper has created a new law page which looks at legal affairs and developments from around the world. Launched earlier this year the page can be accessed at http://www.guardian.co.uk/law or the link is… Read More »
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