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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.

  • Corporate governance: principles, policies, and practice – Bob Tricker. HD2741 T685 2015
  • Epistemologies of the South: justice against epistemicide – Boaventura De Sousa Santos. Call Number: HM651 S2483 2014
  • Challenges of democracy in the European Union and its neighbors – Aylin Ünver Noi and Sasha Toperich, editors. Call Number: JN40 C47 2016
  • Corporate obligations under international law – Markos Karavias. Call Number: K1315 K37 2013
  • A purposive approach to labour law – Guy Davidov. Call Number: K1705 D38 2016
  • The labour constitution: the enduring idea of labour law – Ruth Dukes. Call Number: K1705 D85 2014
  • The coordination of multiple proceedings in investment treaty arbitration – Hanno Wehland. Call Number: K2400 W445 2013
  • Law’s religion: religious difference and the claims of constitutionalism – Benjamin L. Berger. Call Number: K3280 B47 2015
  • Advanced introduction to international environmental law – Ellen Hey. Call Number: K3585 H49 2016
  • Law, immunization and the right to die – Jennifer Hardes. Call Number: K3611 E95H37 2016
  • Final judgment: the last law lords and the Supreme Court – Alan Paterson. Call Number: KD7632 P38 2013
  • Evidence of bad character – JR Spencer. Call Number: KD8371 S68 2016
  • Introduction to the study of law – Stephen Waddams. Call Number: KE444 W33 2016
  • Bibliographie sur la redaction et l’interpretation des textes legislatifs – Thomas Mulcair. Call Number: KE4560 A1M854
  • The actors of postnational rule-making: contemporary challenges of European and international law- edited by Elaine Fahey. ELECTRONIC
  • Changing nature of corporate social responsibility: CSR and development in context — The Case of Mauritius – Renginee Pillay. ELECTRONIC
  • Comparative counter-terrorism law – Edited by Kent Roach. ELECTRONIC
  • European legal cultures in transition – Åse B. Grødeland and William L. Miller. ELECTRONIC
  • Asian courts in context – Edited by Jiunn-rong Yeh and Wen-Chen Chang. ELECTRONIC
  • Asylum-seeker and refugee protection in Sub-Saharan Africa: the peregrination of a persecuted human being in search of a safe haven – Cristiano d’Orsi. ELECTRONIC
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Deborah Curran named REFBC’s 2016 Land Champion

Congratulations to Professor Deborah Curran who was recently named the Real Estate Foundation of BC’s (REFBC) 2016 Land Champion.

REFBC’s Land Champion is awarded to individuals who demonstrate leadership, innovation and collaboration in sustainable land development and who have made outstanding contributions to the field.

REFBC’s CEO Jack Wong praised Deborah’s work as:

“innovative, cutting-edge and highly practical … Her work on watershed governance and on smart growth has informed decision makers and changed the way we think about development and sustainability.”

You can read REFBC’s full press release here.

Check out some of Deborah’s work in the area of sustainable land use and watershed governance held in the UVic LIbraries collections:

  • Deborah Curran & S. Mascher, “Adaptation in Water Law: Evaluating Australian (New South Wales) and Canadian (British Columbia) Law Reform Initiatives” (forthcoming 2016) 12:1 McGill International Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy.
  • Deboarh Curran, “Water Law as a Watershed Endeavor: Federal Inactivity as an Opportunity for Local Initiative” (2015) 28:1 Journal of Environmental Law and Practice 53.
  • Deborah Curran & Oliver M. Brandes, When the Water Dries up: Lessons from the Failure of Water Entitlements in Canada, the U.S. and Australia (Victoria: POLIS Project on Ecological Governance, Water Sustainability Project, 2012) Online.
  • Deborah Curran & Oliver M. Brandes, Water Licences and Conservation: Future Directions for Land Trusts in British Columbia (Victoria: POLIS Project on Ecological Governance, 2009) Online.
  • Deborah Curran, Protecting the Working Landscape of Agriculture: A Smart Growth Direction for Municipalities in British Columbia (Vancouver: West Coast Environmental Law Research Foundation, 2005) Online.
  • Deborah Curran, British Columbia’s Agricultural Land Reserve: A Legal Review of the Question of “Community Need” (Vancouver: Smart Growth BC, 2007). Online.
  • Deborah Curran, A Case for Smart Growth (Vancouver: West Coast Environmental Law, 2003) Call Number: HT243 B74 C87 2003
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Appeal – Call for Submissions

appeal-call-for-submissions-2017Appeal: Review of Current Law and Law Reform is currently accepting submissions for volume 22, to be published in Spring 2017.

Appeal is a student run law journal published at the University of Victoria’s Faculty of Law. Appeal publishes articles, case comments and book reviews offering insightful commentary on Canadian law and comparative law.

The deadline for submissions is October 7, 2016. Send submissions electronically to appeal@uvic.ca. For further details including submission guidelines visit the Appeal website.

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Law Library Open House – Come on in!

Join us for our Law Library Open House this Wednesday (September 21) from 12:00 – 1:30 pm!

1Ls, upper year students and faculty – come chat with librarians and staff from across UVic libraries and the Amicus team while enjoying light snacks and refreshments.2016-09-22-law-library-open-house-law

  • Discover the wide array of services and resources offered in the UVic Libraries
  • Find out what your librarian can do for you
  • Configure your laptop for wireless printing on campus and for seamless research off-campus
  • Plus much more …

1Ls – this will also be an opportunity to pick up your passwords for Lexis Advance Quicklaw and WestlawNext Canada legal research databases.

The Library Open House is open to all students and faculty.

Snacks and refreshments will be provided!

 

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Research Help Desk

Research help desk hours for the fall semester have been set and will start on Monday, September 19th.

Monday – Thursday 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Friday (by appointment or email via lawref@uvic.ca).

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While the Research Help Desk hours haven’t yet started for the term, you are encouraged to contact the librarians if you require research help this week.

The librarians receive email (lawref@uvic.ca) and phone messages (250–472-5023) and will respond as quickly as possible.  You may also make an appointment with a librarian for research help via the staff at the library loan desk.

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Jeremy Webber to be inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Congratulations to Jeremy Webber, Dean of Law, who will be inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Webber will be inducted as a Fellow on November 18th at Royal Society of Canada’s Induction and Awards Ceremony in Kingston, Ontario.

Election to the Royal Society of Canada is the highest honour granted to Canadian scholars in the fields of arts, humanities and sciences.

From the Royal Society of Canada citation:

Jeremy Webber, Trudeau Fellow and twice-appointed Canada Research Chair in Law and Society, is among the world’s most influential scholars in constitutional theory and legal pluralism. He has made outstanding contributions to both Canada and other countries on issues of constitutional reform, Indigenous rights, religious freedom, transitional justice and minority rights…

You can read Webber’s full RSC citation here and more about his induction in UVic News.

Webber has produced a number of groundbreaking works over the past 30 years including two authored and one coauthored books, four edited books, and over 60 book chapters and articles. Below are just a sample of the publications Webber wrote or contributed to:

  • The Constitution of Canada : A Contextual Analysis / Jeremy Webber (2015). Call number: KE4219 W42 2015
  • Recognition Versus Self-Determination : Dilemmas of Emancipatory Politics / edited by Avigail Eisenberg, Jeremy Webber, Glen Coulthard, and Andrée Boisselle (2014). Call number: GN495.4 R43 2014
  • “A Two-Level Justification for Religious Toleration” (2014) 4 Journal of Indian Law and Society 1. Online
  • Storied Communities : Narratives of Contact and Arrival in Constituting Political Community / edited by Hester Lessard, Rebecca Johnson, and Jeremy Webber (2011). Call number JC311 S84 2011
  • Between Consenting Peoples : Political Community and the Meaning of Consent / edited by Jeremy Webber and Colin M Macleod (2010). Call number: JC328.2 B465 2010
  • “The Grammar of Customary Law” (2009) 54 McGill Law Journal 579. Online
  • Let Right be Done : Aboriginal Title, the Calder Case, and the Future of Indigenous Rights / edited by Hamar Foster, Heather Raven, and Jeremy Webber (2007). Call number: KE7715 L47 2007
  • “Legal Pluralism and Human Agency” (2005) 44:1 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 167. Online
  • “Beyond Regret: Mabo’s Implications for Australian Constitutionalism” in Political Theory and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples edited by Duncan Ivison, Paul Patton and Will Sanders (2000). Call number GN380 P65
  • Reimagining Canada : Language, Culture, Community and the Canadian Constitution / Jeremy Webber (1993). Call number: JL27.5 W42 1993 and Online

 

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Work-study positions at the Law Library

Work-study positions are available at the Law Library!

Two work-study opportunities at the Law Library for law students in the JD program are now posted on the UVic Student Awards and Financial Aid site. Although two positions are posted, hours may be shared among multiple successful applicants—so we can hire more than two students! Hours can also be flexibly scheduled.

See the SAFA site for the two postings.

Some guidelines:

1. Applicants must be eligible for the Work Study Program. See here for details: https://www.uvic.ca/registrar/safa/work-study/index.php

2. We’d love to have successful applicants join us in the first week of October. We’ll interview on a rolling basis starting next week, so please submit your application per the instructions on the posting as soon as you can.

 

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Welcome 2016-2017 students

To new UVic Law students, welcome, and to returning students, welcome back!

We are excited to work with you to facilitate your learning and research in 2016-2017.

To new upper year students, Law Librarians Caron Rollins and Alexander Burdett and Staff Senior Supervisor Marisa Lousier welcome you to a tour of and orientation to library services and resources at 12:30 pm.

And all first year students, Caron, Alex, and Marisa look forward to showing you the library and our resources and services during your allotted block from 1:00 to 3:00 pm.

Here are the law library’s fall term regular hours:

Monday – Thursday: 8:00 AM – 10:00 PM
Friday: 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Saturday – Sunday: 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM

Our hours change at exams and between terms. Full details are available here. Research help hours will be posted shortly—look for signs at the research help desk and loan desk, and watch for a post here.

For full details on Law’s orientation for new students, visit UVic Law’s orientation for new students page.

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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.

  • Administrative law in Canada – Sara Blake. Call Number:  KE5015 B54 2011
  • Bypass court : a dispute resolution handbook – Genevieve A. Chornenki, Christine E. Hart. Call Number:  KE8615 C48 2011
  • Law of ADR in Canada : an introductory guide – Duncan W. Glaholt and Markus Rotterdam. Call Number:  KE8615 G58 2011
  • Climate change litigation : regulatory pathways to cleaner energy – Jacqueline Peel and Hari M. Osofsky.  ELECTRONIC
  • General principles of Canadian insurance law – Barbara Billingsley. Call Number:  KE1149 B54 2014
  • International law legal research – Anthony S. Winer, Mary Ann E. Archer, Lyonette Louis-Jacques. Call Number:  KZ1234 W565 2013 
  • Annotated British Columbia securities legislation – annotations by McCarthy Tétrault LLP ; editor, Tim McCafferty ; Caselaw contributors, Robert W. Cooper, Sean D. Sadler, Benjamin Silver, René R. Sorell.  Call Number: KEB318 A32A55 2013 
  • Watermark – Sixth Wave Productions [videorecording]. Call Number: TD388 W384 2014 
  • Canadian law of mortgages – Joseph E. Roach.  Call Number: KE752 R62 2010
  • Treatise on the law of securities regulation – Thomas Lee Hazen.  Call Number: KF1439 H39 2009 
  • Law of privacy – Michael Power.  Call Number: KE1240 P68 2013