On 17th October 1964 the Bodleian Law Library formally opened its doors… 60 years on, the library still looks remarkably similar to the day it opened! Readers still enter via the original wood and glass doors and step into the reading room which is filled with light from the skylight above. The desks, chairs and lamps… Read More »
Saturday 12 October marked the start of the Law Library reverting to term time opening hours. This means each weekend we will be open 10am to 7pm, and Monday through to Friday we will open at 9am and close at 10pm for the rest of full term. Michaelmas term 2024 marks 60 years since the… Read More »
We hope you are enjoying your summer for those who have taken a break from Oxford until the next academic year. For those of you that are still here working, a reminder that during the hotter weather, you may find cooler spots on the lower floors. Just ask staff to point you in the right… Read More »
By Lara Hatwell The relationship between Northern Ireland and Europe has dominated the headlines since the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement was signed in 2020. This has largely been a result of the Democratic Unionist Party, the (then) largest party’s opposition to the Northern Ireland Protocol, and its subsequent refusal to elect a speaker, leaving the Stormont… Read More »
By Wanne Mendonck and Katharine Matthews If you have visited the Law Library over the last week you may have come across our new display Letters of the Law, which will introduce you to the wide range of material we have in the Law Library collection; after all, and as this display will hopefully… Read More »
Michaelmas Term has just flown by and so to our readers who are heading away from Oxford this week, have a great Christmas break. For those of you who are staying in Oxford, we are open until 5pm on the 22nd December, although our opening hours will be changing on Monday 4th December to Monday… Read More »
The Bodleian Law Library is participating in this year’s Oxford “Open Doors” weekend on Friday and Saturday, 8-9 September 2023. (The Open Doors events continue on Sunday, though the Law Library is not participating on that day.) The purpose of the weekend is to enable a wider public to see interesting and important buildings, including… Read More »
By Ronald Richenburg As the first coronation in almost 70 years draws near, thoughts of history, tradition, ceremony, national pride, and contract law will fill many minds (the last of these perhaps to a slightly lesser degree than the others!). At least since 2003, the various paperback editions of Treitel on Contract have used interesting paintings… Read More »
After many years with the same ‘look’, Lexis Library has updated its interface to a new and more streamlined version – Lexis+ UK. From Thursday 15th September, when you go onto Lexis, this new platform will be ‘live’ and the old version will no longer be available. Like with most new platforms, the best way… Read More »
By Ronald Richenburg Today, Saturday, 11 December 2021, is an important anniversary that no longer receives the commemoration that it deserves, being the 90th anniversary of the Statute of Westminster 1931. [1] This was an act of the United Kingdom Parliament in which, most importantly, it was explicitly stated that no future act would extend… Read More »
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