Recognizing the profound impact of several recent and important decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada on section 24(2) jurisprudence and the law of evidence, Irwin Law has rewritten chapter 9 of David Paciocco's The Law of Evidence, 5th ed. (2008). Irwin's message is as follows. The full text of the revised chapter is available […]
Due to unforeseen delays with electrical and network connections, we will not be able to open Osgoode Library Services until Tuesday morning (Sept. 8 - the day after Labour Day) at 8:00 a.m. Our library hours will be as posted on the Osgoode Library website. As a reminder, Osgoode Library Services is located next door […]
The Osgoode Hall Law School Library is moving! Construction on the renovation and expansion of Osgoode Hall Law School at York University, including complete renovation of the law library, will begin this September. The library will be moving in stages over the next two weeks, beginning Monday, August 17. To facilitate the move, the library […]
To avoid disruptions and allow the library staff to reorganize the collection prior to moving, the Osgoode Law Library will be closed on Fridays and weekends until the end of August. The library's opening hours during the reorganization will be Monday through Wednesday from 9:30am to 4:30pm and Thursday from 9:30am to 9pm. The library will resume […]
The Osgoode Law Library has begun implementing its relocation plan in advance of the renovation and construction of the law school that is scheduled to start this September. Effective immediately, all texts in the call number range KF 396 to KF 5500 will be located on the fourth floor of the Scott Library. The remainder of the Osgoode […]
The Law Yearbook of China (English version) is now included among the materials available on the LawInfoChina service. Currently, the volumes for the years 2002, 2003-2004 and 2006 are available. The Law Yearbook of China is a large, comprehensive and requisite text for students of Chinese law for basic information about the socialist legal system […]
The Canadian Media Lawyers Association recently launched the Justice Reporter newsletter on their revised Ad IDEM website. This new online (PDF) newsletter focuses on issues affecting journalism and the law. The newsletter was conceived and is edited by Tracey Tyler, legal affairs reporter at the Toronto Star, and Tony Wong, a litigation partner at Blake, […]
Effective Wednesday, June 10, the Smalley-Baker Student Computer Lab will be closed for a minimum of two weeks so that the IT group can do maintenance on the equipment in the room and to make preparations for the eventual relocation of the library for the impending renovations to the law school. Osgoode law students are […]
The Consolidated Federal Statutes and Regulations on the Justice Laws Website are now official and are admissible as evidence in court. This is the result of the coming into force on that date of amendments made to the Statute Revision Act, which has been renamed the Legislation Revision and Consolidation Act. To see the relevant […]
We now have access to vLex Global, an online legal research service based in Barcelona, Spain. vLex offers case law, legislation, and other legal materials for nearly 98 countries, with a particular focus on jurisdictions in Latin America and Europe. The contents of vLex can be searched by keyword, or browsed by country. Information is […]