New Titles in the Law Library – Constitutional Law

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. This week’s list includes new titles on constitutional law.

  • Advanced introduction to comparative constitutional law – Mark Tushnet. Call Number: K3165 T87 2014
  • Beyond constitutionalism : the pluralist structure of postnational law – Call Number: Nico Krisch. K3165 K75 2012
  • Challenge of transnational private regulation : conceptual and constitutional debates – edited by Colin Scott, Fabrizio Cafaggi, and Linda Senden. Call Number: K3840 C435 2011
  • Constitutional conventions in Australia : an introduction to the unwritten rules of Australia’s constitutions – Ian Killey. Call Number: KU1750 K55 2014
  • Constitutional engagement in a transnational era – Vicki C. Jackson. Call Number: K3165 J3253 2013
  • Law of the Canadian Constitution – Guy Régimbald, Dwight Newman. Call Number: KE4219 R45 2013
  • Ruling the world? : constitutionalism, international law, and global governance – edited by Jeffrey L. Dunoff, Joel P. Trachtman. Call Number: K3165 R858 2009
  • Constitutionalism in Asia in the early twenty-first century – edited by Albert H.Y. Chen. ELECTRONIC
  • Taking the Constitution away from the courts – Mark Tushnet. ELECTRONIC

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.

  • Enforcement of transnational regulation : ensuring compliance in a global world – edited by Fabrizio Cafaggi. Call Number: K3943 A35E54 2012
  • Environmental law and contrasting ideas of nature : a constructivist approach – edited by Keith H. Hirokawa. Call Number: KF3775 E4682 2014
  • Executive legislation – John Mark Keyes. Call Number: KE5024 K49 2010
  • Foundations of European Union law : an introduction to the constitutional and administrative law of the European Union – T C Hartley. Call Number: KJE947 H37 2014
  • Fruits of sorrow : framing our attention to suffering – Elizabeth V. Spelman. Call Number: B105 S79S68 2001
  • Governance gap : extractive industries, human rights, and the home state advantage – Penelope Simons and Audrey Macklin. Call Number: HD3616 D443S56 2014
  • IFC performance standards on environmental & social sustainability : a guidebook – Michael Torrance, editor. Call Number: HD60 I34 2012
  • Judicial independence : keeping law at a distance from politics – Martine Valois. Call Number: K3367 V3513 2013

Call for Papers: First Nations, Land, and James Douglas

Readers may be interested in a Call for Papers issued recently by the Songhees Nation and UVic Faculty of Law, for the forthcoming conference, First Nations, Land, and James Douglas: Indigenous and Treaty Rights in the Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia, 1849–1864.

The organizers welcome individual and panel proposals “from researchers, legal professionals, and community members, on topics including, but not limited to, the following:

1) Relations between First Nations and James Douglas
2) Indigenous and Colonial Concepts of Land, Law and Territory
3) Hunting and Fishing Rights
4) The End of Treaty-Making
5) The Roles of the HBC and the Colonial Office
6) The History of Douglas Era Reserves
7) Current relevance of these historical events.”

The deadline for proposals is June 21, 2016.