Alt text: “A Collection of the Canting Words and Terms, both ancient and modern, used by Beggars, Gypsies, Cheats, House-Breakers, Shop-Lifters, Foot-Pads, Highway-Men &c,” from Nathan Bailey’s The new universal etymological English dictionary (1760). Image courtesy of the Bodleian Libraries John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera (Crime 7 (25)). By Natasha Bailey Sarah Page, Catharine… Read More »
By Natasha Bailey This post is the first of a series looking at the LawBod’s pre-1800 collections (yes, we do have them!) and one of (hopefully) several on cases that have caught my eye from the proceedings of the Old Bailey. The original print copies of these proceedings from the early 1700s onward are in… Read More »
Browse the following links to discover how the University of Oxford, the University’s Faculty of Law, legal institutions, the Inns of Court and law societies are marking Black History Month this year. Explore the range of events (many online) listed by the University, Black History Month and Blacknet, several of which celebrate Black excellence in… Read More »
It’s week 6 of Getting to Know the Law Bod and this week we are looking at both Electronic Legal Deposit and the UK Web Archive. A brief introduction can be found below but come and check out our display when you are next in the Library, it is just outside the Photocopying Room on… Read More »
Bodleian Law Library Staff It’s Week 4 of “Getting to know the LawBod” and this week we are focusing on our library staff. Check out the Instagram post for the full effect of the autumnal video: The Bodleian Law Library is managed by Helen. Helen was formally appointed as Bodleian Law Librarian in January 2018,… Read More »
As many new students will have seen over the last few weeks, the Bodleian Law Library is far bigger than it perhaps looks at first sight. The tours offered by Law Bod staff are a great way to get an overview of the library, but now that term has started and work is piling up… Read More »
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 »
Between 21 January – 18 February 2019 we invite all Bodleian Libraries readers (both holders of an Oxford University cards and holders of a Bodleian Reader card) to complete a short online reader survey. The survey seeks feedback on a number of areas including the provision of information resources, the libraries as a space for… 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 »
In the interest of ‘research’ for this blog post I thought I better look back and browse through some Christmas TV Specials. For this I turned to a very useful tool called ‘Box of Broadcasts’ affectionately known as ‘BoB’. The official description of this service is as follows: Box of Broadcasts is an on demand TV… Read More »
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