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 »
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 »
“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 »
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 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 Cape Town Convention (CTC) is the usual shorthand for the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment (2307 U.N.T.S. 285.) and its object specific protocols: aircraft objects (2001), rail rolling stock (2007), or space assets (2012)). If you would like an overview of the context of this convention, Sir Roy Goode‘s article The Cape Town… Read More »
This coming Saturday, 5 July 2014, Oxford will be celebrating Alice Day, in memory of that golden afternoon in 1862 when a small boating party led by a mathematics don set off from Folly Bridge towards Godstow – and returned with a whole cargo of fictional characters. The prime instigator behind Alice’s Day is The… Read More »
Bodleian Law Librarians do get out and about … even though this expedition entailed going into a (decommissioned) reading room to see the current exhibition at the British Museum, Life and death in Pompeii and Herculaneum. Among the wonders (and horrors) on display is a rather nondescript piece of marble. It bears an inscription on… 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 »
Baroness Stern has completed her review of the handling of rape complaints by public authorities. It was published yesterday, Monday 15 March, and is available as downloadable pdf The Stern Review from the Government Equalities Office Website. The response from the Judicial Communications Office is Press Release 30/10 You can listen to the Baroness’s interview… Read More »
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