This week we invited our colleague Clare Hills-Nova (Librarian for Art, Architecture, Italian Literature & Language, Vacation Law Library Weekend Supervisor and Librarian in Charge at the Sackler Library) to give a talk on the Taylor Institution’s manuscript of Magna Carta. The following blog post about this tiny manuscript was originally published by the Taylor… Read More »
Question: Which Private Members’ Bill is expected to have its second reading debate in the House of Commons on Friday 25 January 2019? Clue: Long ago (1963), in the far-away suburbs of Oxford, when milk came in bottles, drinking water came only from the tap, and TVs were black and white, what could you watch… Read More »
The Christmas story is a reminder of the plight of the homeless, and we are all used to the sight and sound of the Salvation Army bands performing and collecting money in the streets to support the destitute. 30 years ago, when I was working for Lovell, White & King, (thanks to whose generosity, Law… Read More »
On Wednesday Theresa May notified the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, of the UK’s intention to leave the European Union. The six-page letter triggering the Article 50 process is here. And the response? Donald Tusk was clear: ‘There is no reason to pretend that this is a happy day, neither in Brussels, nor… Read More »
What is the connection between the Human Rights Act 1998, the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and Tom Jones? NO, this is not to do with changes in the law since novelist Henry Fielding worked as a magistrate among the criminalized poor of eighteenth century London, nor is it to do with the rights and… Read More »
(A traditional Czech Carol translated by Percy Dearmer). This traditional Czech carol, about a cuckoo, a pidgeon and a dove, reminds us of the importance of diversity in the bird population. The Birds Directive is a codified version of Directive 79/409/EEC, which is the EU’s oldest piece of nature legislation. This is the sort of… Read More »
Anne-Marie Carstens’ DPhil research focused on the development of international law governing the wartime protection of cultural property over the course of the past century. During her research, she found a passing reference in an old book to an international conference that was held in 1915, in the midst of World War I, which was… Read More »
The Supreme Court of Canada and LexUM announced just before Christmas that the Court’s Decisions website now contains all decisions since 1907, and judgments in leave applications since 2006. The collection is updated within minutes of the public release of the judgments by the Court. “All published judgments since 1876 from cases which were appealed… Read More »
We ask: can this be legal?? Are there no men employed in this dairy in which female staff toil … and are any women on the company board? I suspect the answer to both may be ”no”, but this may change … partly thanks to EU plans to increase the number of women directors. To… Read More »
Check out the new Bibliography of the Council. Complied by the Commission’s Central Library it consists of around 730 records referencing around 260 books and 470 articles and selected chapters. References are grouped in specific research fields and indexed according to Eurovoc descriptors. The Central Library would be grateful if researchers would, by September 2012, test… Read More »
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