(End of) Summer Listening

Looking for some law related podcast recommendations for the last week of summer? Below is our roundup of law related podcasts.

Stare Indecisis

Did you know that the UVic student run law journal Appeal has a podcast?  Stare Indecisis is Appeal’s companion podcast that further explores the scholarship contained in each volume of the journal through interviews with article authors.

Our favourite segment of Stare Indecisis is On Retainer where the podcast hosts a rapid fire Q&A with UVic Law Faculty.

Media Indigena

While not technically a law podcast, this weekly current affairs podcast often explores topics where indigenous issues and the law intersect. Below are just a few among many law related episodes from Media Indigena:

Episode 160: All White History is Revisionist History

Episode 152: Claiming Indigenous Rights to the 5G Wireless Radio Spectrum

Episode 149: The Deafening Silences in Canada’s Indigenous Languages Act

More Perfect: Season 3

Maybe you are not a ‘podcast’ person but are just looking for some road trip worthy songs to listen to. Season 3 of More Perfect may be just what you are looking for.

On our inaugural list we recommended More Perfect a podcast from the podcast heavyweights at WNYC’s Radiolab. This year’s list wouldn’t be complete without a recommendation to season 3 of More Perfect and the accompanying Most Perfect Album – comprised of songs created for More Perfect inspired by each of the 27 amendments to the US Constitution.

Currently on repeat in the Law Library: Dolly Parton – 19th Amendment.

New Open Access Resource: Caselaw Access Project

 

A new open access resource is available.  The Caselaw Access Project (CAP) is an initiative of Harvard Law Library to make US case law freely available online.

CAP has digitized all official book-published United States case law.  This includes state courts, federal courts, and territorial courts for American Samoa, Dakota Territory, Guam, Native American Courts, Navajo Nation and the Northern Mariana Islands.  Coverage runs from 1658-2018.

Bulk data downloads and API is available for accessing metadata, full-text search, and individual cases.

CAP can be accessed by going to the ‘Refined Database List’ on the Law Library homepage, selecting ‘United States Law’, and then clicking on ‘Caselaw Access Project’.

BC Day Closure

Please note that the Law Library will be closed Monday, August 5 for BC Day. Full details of our hours of operation are available here.