It’s that time of year again, the time when we at the Law Bod pull on our Christmas jumpers and sit down to write our annual Christmas blog series. This year we are drawing inspiration from the much-loved genre of the Christmas movie! There are plenty to choose from, this Wikipedia page (although slightly out of… Read More »
John Cannan, research and instructional services librarian at Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law in Philadelphia, made the history books yesterday, June 25 2015. The United States Supreme Court opinion King v. Burwell cites Cannan’s Law Library Journal article, “A Legislative History of the Affordable Care Act: How Legislative Procedure Shapes Legislative History,”… Read More »
In July 2014, the Law Library subscribed to Cambridge Books Online’s Law Collection, a selection of the University Press’ legal scholarly e-publications. You may remember Elizabeth Wells’ blog post at the time, explaining how this type of subscription works; you can view this at https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/lawbod/2014/07/18/cambridge-university-press-law-e-books/. This is an update on readers’ reception of the new… Read More »
It’s the height of the pantomime season, but a fairy godmother can stop time, so she’s kindly found the time to respond to some legal problems submitted by her friends… I found this cool old lamp in a cave – can I keep it? Aladdin Ooh, treasure! That’s now defined by the Treasure Act 1996… Read More »
That’s Merry Christmas in Hindi, one of over 300 languages and dialects spoken in India. The principal religions amongst the population are Hinduism and Islam, but India is also home to around 25 million Christians, who celebrate Jesus’ birth with a blend of both Western and traditional regional customs. Many Catholics attend Midnight Mass in… Read More »
“On Christmas night all Christians sing To hear the news the angels bring” The Sussex Carol? The jaunty Sussex Carol is a favourite at the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. A popular folk song all over the British Isles, dating back several hundred years, it is now known as the Sussex Carol simply because Ralph Vaughan… Read More »
Provided you don’t cause a nuisance to your neighbours, you comply with health and welfare legislation, and you are not restricted by local bylaws (ask your council) or covenants in your house deeds or tenancy agreement, there is no national legal reason why you cannot, however reindeer are sensitive animals and the idea is controversial.… 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 »
This may be unwise, seeing as the Law Bod is open as usual and many of our hardworking staff and students won’t be taking the day off, but today’s post is on the topic of bank holidays. A Brief History of Bank Holidays in the UK The first official UK bank holidays were established with… Read More »
May morning in Oxford is a well known cultural event, but the word Mayday repeated three times is an international distress signal which is enforced by a variety of legal instruments. According to the website of the National Maritime Museum Cornwall, the call sign was devised by a senior radio officer at Croydon airport in… Read More »
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