Month: March 2016

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New Titles in the Law Library

Watch this space regularly for updates of new print and electronic titles received in or for the law library. We’ll supply the author, title, and call number information, as well as a link to the catalogue record where you can find out more about each title.

  • Water and the law: towards sustainability – edited by Michael Kidd, Loretta Feris, Tumai Murombo & Alejandro Iza. Call Number: K3498 W38 2014
  • Intellectual property rights as foreign direct investments: from collision to collaboration – Lukas Vanhonnaeker. Call Number: K3830 V376 2015
  • Principles of cybercrime – Jonathan Clough. Call Number: K5215 C58 2015
  • The futures of legal education and the legal profession – edited by Hilary Sommerlad, Sonia Harris-Short, Steven Vaughan & Richard Young. Call Number: KD432 A75F88 2015
  • Leading the way: Canadian women in the law – Julie Soloway & Emma Costante. Call Number: KE332 W6S64 2015
  • Regulatory law and practice – Paul Salembier. Call Number: KE5024 S24 2015
  • Principles and pragmatism: essays in honour of Louise Charron – general editors Graham Mayeda & Peter Oliver. Call Number: KE8248 C43S96 2014
  • Youth and the criminal law in Canada – Sherri Davis-Barron. Call Number: KE9445 D38 2015
  • A context and practice global case file: Thorpe v. Lightfoot, a mother’s International Hague petition for the return of her child – Olivia M. Farrar. Call Number: KF224 L545F37 2015
  • Tribal criminal law and procedure – Carrie E. Garrow & Sarah Deer. Call Number: KIE3305 G37 2015
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Exam Period at the Law Library: extended hours and room bookings

As we enter the last week of term, we wish all students the best for exams, papers, and assignments. We wish to ensure we offer all law students the support and study environment that is needed at this time. We alert all library users to the following updates and reminders:

  • Extended study period and exam hours begin on Saturday, March 26 and run until Sunday, April 17, inclusive.
  • During this period the law library will be open until 10 pm each night except Fridays.
  • We will be open Easter Monday for holiday hours (8:30 AM – 4:00 PM).
  • During this period all group study rooms and individual study carrels will be reserved for law student use only.
  • This will continue until law library staff see a significant decline in use by law students, or until April 18, whichever comes first.
  • During this period group study rooms and study carrels may be booked at the loan desk.

Finally, we trust all law library users will respect the increased need for quiet study at this time.

Many thanks

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New Titles in the Law Library

Watch this space regularly for updates of new print and electronic titles received in or for the law library. We’ll supply the author, title, and call number information, as well as a link to the catalogue record where you can find out more about each title.

  • Sexting and cyberbullying: defining the line for digitally empowered kids – Shaheen Shariff. Call Number: HQ27 S5193 2015
  • Research handbook on international competition law – edited by Ariel Ezrachi. Call Number: K3850 R47 2012
  • Out of practice: exploring legal career paths in Canada – Amy Kaufman & Leeann Beggs. Call Number: KE330 K38 2015
  • The dignity of law : the legacy of Justice Louis LeBel – General editors: Dwight Newman & Malcolm Thorburn. Call Number : KE8248 L43D53 2015
  • The disappearance of criminal law: police powers and the Supreme Court – Richard Jochelson & Kirstan Kramer with Mark Doerksen. Call Number: KE9260 J63 2014
  • Youth and the criminal law in Canada – Sherri Davis-Barron. Call Number: KE9445 D38 2015
  • Privacy, security and accountability: ethics, law and policy – edited by Adam D. Moore. Call Number JC596 P759 2016
  • The responsibility to protect: a defense – Alex J. Bellamy. Call Number: JZ6369 B445 2015
  • International human rights law: returning to universal principles – Mark Gibney. Call Number: K3240 G53 2016
  • The right to work: legal and philosophical perspectives – edited by Virginia Mantouvalou. Call Number : K3260.5 R54 2015

 

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First Nation advocate Mavis Gillie carries Gitxan Talking Stick

 

Mavis Gillie received an honourary doctorate from UVic March 9, and carried the Gitxan Talking Stick, which is held by and displayed in the law library, at the special convocation ceremony in her honour.

Professor Hamar Foster quoted from Spirit Dance at Meziadin: Joseph Gosnell and the Nisga’a Treaty by Alex Rose (E99 N734G67) when he praised Ms. Gillie as “a tireless, volunteer soldier in the struggle for justice.” A Times-Colonist article provides further coverage.

 

 

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Law Graduate Student Presentations

The Graduate Program at the Faculty of Law has released the schedule of graduate research presentations. These presentations will be made in room 292 in the law library, and are open to faculty and anyone else who wishes to attend. 50 minutes are allocated for each presentation.

1: 30 Wednesday, March 16th

  • A Reconciliation without Recollection: An Investigation of the Foundations of Aboriginal Law—Josh Nichols
  • Brain Tanning and Shut-eye Dancing: Understanding Plains Cree Ceremony as Legal Pedagogy—Darcy Lindberg
  • Provisional Measures in International Arbitration and Criminal Proceedings: Public Authority and Privatized Justice—Dmytro Galagan

9:00 Friday, March 18th

  • Improving Community Corrections in China: A Comparative Analysis—Qi Kong
  • Hydropower Dams Through the Lens of Environmental Justice—Rebeca Macias Gimenez
  • Gendered consumption: intersections between C0nsumers and women’s rights movements—Tamara Gonçalves
  • Sovereignty, Terra Nullius, Crown Lands, and Indian Reserves: The Dispossession of Indigenous Lands in Canada’s Maritime Provinces—Rob Hamilton

9: 30 Friday, April 1st

  • Utopian Performatives, Embodied Genealogies & Histories of Migration—Preeti Dhaliwal
  • Sovereign Legitimacy and Aboriginal Title: The Supreme Court’s Shift to a Procedural Legitimation of Crown Sovereignty—Ryan Beaton
  • Arbitral Paganism and Legal Disorder: New Sovereign Safeguards in International Investment  Agreements—Hassan Kamalinejad
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Appeal Volume 21 Launch Event

fit-320x320Please join the Appeal editorial team in the Law Library on March 17th from 5 – 7 pm for the launch of Volume 21 of Appeal: Review of Current Law and Law Reform.

Brief presentations will be given by Dean Jeremy Webber, as well as authors published in Volume 21 with a reception to follow.

Please RSVP to appeal@uvic.ca

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New Titles in the Law Library

Watch this space regularly for updates of new print and electronic titles received in or for the law library. We’ll supply the author, title, and call number information, as well as a link to the catalogue record where you can find out more about each title.

  • Making Canadian Indian policy: the hidden agenda 1968-70 -Sally M. Weaver. Call Number: E92 W42
  • The responsible public servant – Kenneth Kernaghan and John Langford. Call Number: JL108 K473 2014
  • International environmental law and governance – edited by Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Duncan French. Electronic
  • American Indian law collection. Electronic
  • Animal studies: law, welfare and rights. Electronic
  • Authoritarian rule of law: legislation, discourse, and legitimacy in Singapore – Jothie Rajah. Electronic
  • Fiduciary law and responsible investing: in nature’s trust – Benjamin J. Richardson. Electronic
  • Implementing environmental law – edited by Paul Martin and Amanda Kennedy. Electronic
  • Mistakes in contract law – Catharine MacMillan. Electronic
  • Point taken: how to write like the world’s best judges – Ross Guberman. Electronic
  • Re-imagining the trust : trusts in civil law – edited by Lionel Smith. Electronic
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Ideafest: highlights for law students

Ideafest is an annual festival of research that celebrates some of the brightest minds and ideas on campus. Running from March 7-12, this year’s festival showcases 50 FREE outstanding events. Here are some highlight that may be of interest to law students and Law Library users:

  • Change-makers: Bright minds and big ideas: Professor John Borrows joins this panel at Hickman (HHB) 105 March 2, 7:00pm – 9:00pm
  • Graphic ideas @ UVic McPherson Library (LIB)A0025 March 7, 12:00pm – 2:00pm
  • Impacts of residential school on female survivors and their female descendants First Peoples House (FPH) Ceremonial Hall March 8, 11:30am – 1:00p
  • Explorations in politics: New directions in graduate research 2:30–4 P.M. HARRY HICKMAN BLDG 110
  • Is feminism finished? David Turpin Building (DTB)A110 March 8, 2:30pm – 3:30p
  • Sooke Elementary School Principles of Learning project 11 A.M.–1 P.M. | MACLAURIN BLDG A144
  • Truth and reconciliation in Canada: Coming to terms 4:30–6 P.M. | ELLIOTT 167
  • Three Minute Thesis (3MT) 7–8:30 P.M. | BOB WRIGHT CENTRE B150
  • From papyrus to pixels: The (ongoing) history of the book 10:30 A.M.–3 P.M. | MCPHERSON LIBRARY A003
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1L Community Conference: Agency and the Law

Reminder: This year’s 1L Community Conference is today.

What: This year’s annual 1L Community Conference:

“draws together four distinct fields of inquiry – youth law, elder law, mental health, and Indigenous law and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission – around this common thread. We will ask: What challenges do youth and the elderly face when navigating the legal system and what resources are available to them? How are these challenges compounded or altered when questions of mental illness come into play? What gaps and barriers exist in the legal system today, particularly in the context of Canada’s colonial legacy and the role of the legal system in violently repressing the agency of Indigenous peoples?”

When: This afternoon from 2:30 pm – 6:00 pm. The conference will include an intermission snack break and a make-your-own taco buffet dinner.

Where: Room 159, Fraser Building

Speakers:

  • Isobel McKenzie from the Office of the Seniors Advocate BC
  • Mia Golden from the Victoria Family Court and Youth Justice Committee
  • Coreen Hunt from the Kwakwa’kawak Nation and the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General (Victim Services and Crime Prevention Division)
  • Catherine Schlenker from the PBSC Mental Health Program

For more details visit the conference event page on Facebook: 1L Community Conference