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Law Library Extended Hours – April 2008

Photo by UBC Library Graphics The UBC Law Library will be open late (8:00 am – 10:00 pm) on • Friday, April 18, 2008 • Friday, April 25, 2008

New Books at the Law Library – 08/04/07

K230.G33 G33 2007 (LC)
Francis J. Mootz III, ed., Gadamer and Law (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007).

K349 .G46 2007 (LC)
Madhavi Sunder, ed., Gender and Feminist Theory in Law and Society (Aldershot : Ashgate, 2007).

K559 .D4 2007 (LC)
Peter de Cruz, Comparative Law in a Changing World, 3d ed. (London: Routledge-Cavendish, 2007).

K564.C6 K64 2007 (LC)
Uta Kohl, Jurisdiction and the Internet: A Study of Regulatory Competence Over Online Activity (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007).

K1322 .C67 2006 (LC)
Sorcha MacLeod & John Parkinson, eds, Corporate Governance (Oxford: Hart, 2006).

K2100 .P38 2007 (LC)
Marie-Be´ne´dicte Dembour & Tobias Kelly, Paths to International Justice: Social And Legal Perspectives (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007).

K3240 .I59 2007 (LC)
Bronwen Morgan, ed., The Intersection of Rights and Regulation: New Directions in Sociolegal Scholarship (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007).

K3247 .M34 2004 (LC)
P.G. McHugh, Aboriginal Societies and the Common Law: A History of Sovereignty, Status, and Self-Determination (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004).

K4365 .C75 2007 (LC)
Charles A. Erin & Suzanne Ost, The Criminal Justice System and Health Care (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007).

KD1949 .M37 2008 (LC)
Simon Deakin, Angus Johnston & Basil Markesinis, Markesinis and Deakin’s Tort Law, 6th ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008).

KD7992 .S6 2007 (LC)
David Ormerod & David Huw Williams, Smith’s Law of Theft, 9th ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007).

KE1232 .C37 2008 (LC)
Jamie Cassels & Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey, Remedies: The Law of Damages, 2d ed. (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2008).

KE4454.Z85 I5356 2007 (LC)
Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, Immigration Issues, 2007 Update : Materials Prepared for the Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Immigration Issues in Depth 2007, Held in Vancouver, B.C., on December 7, 2007 (Vancouver: Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, 2007).

KE5015.Z85 A35 2007 (LC)
Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, Administrative Law Conference, 2007: Materials Prepared for the Continuing Legal Education Conference, Administrative Law Conference 2007, Held in Vancouver, B.C., on November 29, 2007 (Vancouver: Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, 2007).

KE8402 .D44 2007 (LC)
McCarthy Te´trault, Defending Class Actions in Canada, 2d ed. (Toronto: CCH Canadian, 2007).

KEB206 .C44 2007 (LC)
Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, Children’s Participation in Family Justice Processes: Materials Prepared for the Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Children’s Participation In Family Justice Processes: Hear the Child, Held in Vancouver, B.C., on November 15 & 16, 2007 (Vancouver: Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, 2007).

KEB248.5.C4 E88 2007 (LC)
Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, Estate Litigation, 2007 Update : Materials Prepared for the Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Estate Litigation 2007, Held in Vancouver, B.C., on November 15, 2007 (Vancouver: Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, 2007).

KEB316.5.Z85 C67 2007 (LC)
Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, Corporate Governance 2007: Materials Prepared for the Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Corporate Governance 2007, Held in Vancouver, B.C., on November 2, 2007 (Vancouver: Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, 2007).

KEB458.Z85 H85 2007 (LC)
Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, Human Rights, 2007 Update: Materials Prepared for the Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Human Rights 2007, Held in Vancouver, B.C., on November 23, 2007 (Vancouver: Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, 2007).

KEB515.3 .E85 2007 (LC)
Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, Estate Planning: Materials Prepared for the Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Estate Planning Update, Held in Vancouver, B.C., on November 16, 2007 (Vancouver: Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, 2007).

KEB529.4.Z85 A26 2008 (LC)
Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, Aboriginal Law: Tsilhqot’in V. BC: Materials Prepared for the Continuing Legal Education Society Seminar, Aboriginal Law: Tsilhqot’in V. British Columbia, Held in Vancouver, B.C., on January 18, 2008 (Vancouver: Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, 2008).

KEB549.5 .C56 2007 (LC)
Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, Civil Litigation Conference, 2007: Materials Prepared for the Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Civil Litigation Conference 2007, Held in Vancouver, B.C., on November 22 & 23, 2007 (Vancouver: Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, 2008).

KEB549.5 .C5774 2008 (LC)
Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, Civil Litigation Basics, 2008: Materials Prepared for the Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Civil Litigation Boot Camp 2008, Held in Vancouver, B.C., on January 10 & 11, 2008 (Vancouver: Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, 2008).

KF250 .Z55 2008 (LC)
Donald N. Zillman & Evan J. Roth, Strategic Legal Writing (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008).

KF250 .S36 2003 (LC)
Deborah A. Schmedemann & Christina L. Kunz, Synthesis: Legal Reading, Reasoning, and Writing, 3d ed. (New York: Aspen Publishers, 2003).

KJE6456 .K673 2007 (LC)
Valentine Korah, An Introductory Guide to EC Competition Law and Practice, 9th ed. (Oxford: Hart Pub., 2007).

KUQ942.6 .N482 2008 (LC)
New Zealand. Law Commission, Privacy: Concepts and Issues: Review of the Law Of Privacy: Stage 1 (Wellington: Law Commission, 2008).
Online access: http://www.lawcom.govt.nz/UploadFiles/Publications/Publication_129_390_SP19.pdf

KUQ942.6 .N483 2008 (LC)
New Zealand. Law Commission, Public Registers: Review of the Law of Privacy: Stage 2(Wellington: Law Commission, 2008).
Online access: http://www.lawcom.govt.nz/UploadFiles/Publications/Publication_129_391_Public_registers_web_72.pdf

KUQ2460 .N48 2008 (LC)
New Zealand. Law Commission, Tribunals in New Zealand (Wellington: Law Commission, 2008).
Online access: http://www.lawcom.govt.nz/UploadFiles/Publications/Publication_131_385_IP6_Tribunals_in_NZ.pdf

KV11 .C35
Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS), The Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies (Oxford: Hart, 2007).

KZ1301 .F58 2005
Malgosia Fitzmaurice & Olufemi Elias, Contemporary Issues in the Law of Treaties (Utrecht: Eleven International Pub., 2005).

Quickscribe Online

UBC Library now has access to Quickscribe Online. Includes: full-text access to ALL BC Statutes and Regulations, key federal law, Bills, and Orders in Council (OIC) Quickscribe Online includes hundreds of “older” versions of Acts/Regulations as they appeared at different points in history Is updated daily to ensure currency Offers an intuitive interface designed to […]

Diamond + Schmitt Architects to Design New Faculty of Law Building at UBC

There is a mention in Canadian Architect (March 1, 2008) that UBC has selected Toronto-based design firm Diamond + Schmitt Architects to design the new Faculty of Law building. Link to full text (see second news item).

New Books at the Law Library – 08/03/31

E99.C88 M374 2008
Dawn Martin-Hill, The Lubicon Lake Nation: Indigenous Knowledge and Power (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2008).

HC120.E5 N385 2007
National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (Canada), Response of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy to its Obligations Under the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act ([Ottawa]: National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, 2007).
Online access: http://www.nrtee-trnee.ca/eng/publications/c288-response-2007/NRTEE-C288-Response-2007-eng.pdf

HQ761 .B345 2006
Mikki Morrissette, ed., Behind Closed Doors: Moving Beyond Secrecy and Shame ([S.l.]: Be-Mondo Publishing, 2006).

JL439.A2 B63 1998
British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission, Report to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbi ([Victoria]: The Commission, 1998).
Online access: http://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/Public/Pubdocs/bcdocs/325804/1998ebcommrpt.pdf

JL439.A22 B63 1999
British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission, Amendments to the December 3, 1998 Report to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ([Victoria]: The Commission, 1999).
Online access: http://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/Public/Pubdocs/bcdocs/330393/1999ebcommrpt.pdf

K235.L46 A34 2007 (LC)
Matthew D. Adler, Well-Being, Inequality and Time: The Time-Slice Problem and Its Policy Implications ([Toronto]: Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, [2007]).

KD1554 .C663 2007 (LC)
Andrew Burrows & Edwin Peel, eds., Contract Terms (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007).

KD1554 .M58 2007 (LC)
Catherine Mitchell, Interpretation of Contracts (London: Routledge-Cavendish, 2007).

KD1853.4 .G74 2007 (LC)
The Law Commission and The Scottish Law Commission, Insurance Contract Law: Misrepresentation, Non-Disclosure and Breach Of Warranty by the Insured; A Joint Consultation Paper (Norwich: The Stationery Office, [2007?]).
Online access: http://www.lawcom.gov.uk/docs/cp182_web.pdf

KD7177 .B8 2008 (LC)
William Blair, et al., eds. Bullen & Leake & Jacob’s Precedents of Pleadings, 16th ed. (London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2008).

KF250 .E378 2007 (LC)
Linda H. Edwards, Legal Writing and Analysis (New York: Aspen Publishers, 2007).

KF285.Z9 T45 2007 (LC)
Law School Admission Council, 10 Actual, Official LSAT PrepTests (Newtown: Law School Admission Council, 2007).

KJE5461 .C53 2007 (LC)
Rachael A. Cichowski, The European Court and Civil Society: Litigation, Mobilization and Governance (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007).

KNQ470 .L53 2008 (LC)
Bin Liang, The Changing Chinese Legal System, 1978-Present: Centralization of Power and Rationalization of the Legal System (New York: Routledge, 2008).

KNX120 .L39 2007 (LC)
Daniel H. Foot, ed., Law in Japan: A Turning Point (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2007).

KU4160 .A975 2008 (LC)
Australian Government, Australian Law Reform Commission, Privilege in Perspective: Client Legal Privilege in Federal Investigations ([Canberra]: Commonwealth of Australia, 2008).
Online access: http://www.alrc.gov.au/inquiries/title/alrc107/index.html

KUQ3542 .D57 2007 (LC)
New Zealand. Law Commission, Disclosure to Court of Defendants’ Previous Convictions, Similar Offending, and Bad Character (Wellington: Law Commission, 2007).
Online access: http://www.lawcom.govt.nz/ProjectIssuesPaper.aspx?ProjectID=136

KZ1168.5 .S56 2007
Gerry Simpson, Law, War and Crime: War Crimes Trials and the Reinvention of International Law (Cambridge: Polity, 2007).

New Books at the Law Library – 08/03/25

KQC572 .V55 2007 (LC)
Frans Viljoen, International Human Rights Law in Africa (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007).

KZ3410 .M47 2006
Theodor Meron, The Humanization of International Law (Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff, 2006).

UBC Board of Governors Approves Request for LL.B. (Bachelor of Laws) degree to be renamed J.D. (Juris Doctor)

On February 7, 2008, the UBC Board of Governors approved a student-led initiative recommending that UBC Law begin the process necessary to change the name of its first degree in law from an LL.B. to a J.D. At present, the University is working to secure any necessary provincial approval. For more information, please click here.

New Books at the Law Library – 08/03/17

GE170 .N52 2008
Michele M. Betsill & Elisabeth Corell, eds., NGO Diplomacy: The Influence of Nongovernmental Organizations in International Environmental Negotiations (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2008).

HC120.E5 G48 2007
National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (Canada), Getting to 2050: Canada’s Transition to a Low-Emission Future: Advice for Long-Term Reductions of Greenhouse Gases and Air Pollutants (Ottawa: National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, 2007).
Online access: http://www.nrtee-trnee.ca/eng/publications/getting-to-2050/intro-page-getting-to-2050-eng.html

HC417 .C36 2008
Canada, Parliament, House of Commons, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, Canada’s International Policy Put to the Test in Afghanistan: A Preliminary Report: Report of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development ([Ottawa]: Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, [2008]).
Online access: http://cmte.parl.gc.ca/cmte/CommitteePublication.aspx?COM=13185&Lang=1&SourceId=223256

JC596 .R85 2007
James B. Rule, Privacy in Peril (New York: Oxford University Press, 2007).

K260 .P38 2007 (LC)
George Pavlakos, Our Knowledge of the Law: Objectivity and Practice in Legal Theory (Oxford: Hart Pub., 2007).

K339 .V558 2007 (LC)
Lars Vinx, Hans Kelsen’s Pure Theory of Law: Legality and Legitimacy (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007).

K588 .C668 2007 (LC)
Douglas E. Edlin, ed., Common Law Theory (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007).

K920 .H68 2007 (LC)
Scott Leckie, ed., Housing, Land, and Property Restitution Rights Of Refugees and Displaced Persons: Laws, Cases, And Materials (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007).

K970 .Z47 2007 (LC)
Margarita Zernova, Restorative Justice: Ideals and Realities (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007).

K1329.5 .M37 2008 (LC)
Radu Mares, The Dynamics Of Corporate Social Responsibilities (Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008).

K1401 .I5775 2007 (LC)
Daniel J. Gervais, Intellectual Property, Trade and Development: Strategies to Optimize Economic Development in a TRIPS-Plus Era (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007).

K1569 .L56 2007 (LC)
David Lindsay, International Domain Name Law: ICANN and the UDRP (Oxford: Hart Pub., 2007).

K3175 .B45 2007 (LC)
Richard Bellamy, Political Constitutionalism: A Republican Defence of The Constitutionality of Democracy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007).

K3240 .R477 2007 (LC)
Max du Plessis & Stephen Peté, eds., Repairing the Past?: International Perspectives on Reparations for Gross Human Rights Abuses (Antwerpen: Intersentia, 2007).

K3275 .C66 2007 (LC)
Richard Perruchoud & Katarína Tömölová, eds., Compendium of International Migration Law Instruments (The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press, 2007).

K3238.3 1966 .N6913 2005 (LC)
Manfred Nowak, U.N. Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: CCPR Commentary, 2d ed. (Kehl: N.P. Engel, 2005).
K4315 .K37 2007 (LC)
Rohan Kariyawasam, International Economic Law and the Digital Divide: A New Silk Road? (Cheltenham: E. Elgar, 2007).

K5256 .T473 2007 (LC)
Hague Academy of International Law, Center for Studies and Research, Terrorism and International Law (Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2007).

K7041 .C66 2007 (LC)
Eckart Gottschalk et al., eds., Conflict of Laws in a Globalized World (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007).

KD1269 .M33 2007 (LC)
Hector MacQueen, Charlotte Waelde & Graeme Laurie, Contemporary Intellectual Property: Law and Policy (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008).

KD1369 .F57 2007 (LC)
Matthew Fisher, Fundamentals of Patent Law: Interpretation and Scope Of Protection (Oxford: Hart Pub., 2007).

KD1590 .S73 2007 (LC)
John E. Stannard, Delay in the Performance of Contractual Obligations (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007).

KD750 .F3658 2007 (LC)
Rebecca Probert, ed., Family Life and the Law: Under One Roof (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007).

KD3989 .C52 2007 (LC)
Jeffrey Jowell & Dawn Oliver, eds., The Changing Constitution, 6th ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007).

KD7483 .R67 2007 (LC)
David Ross, Advocacy, 2nd ed. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007).

KE396.A3 J87 2007 (LC)
Law Society of Alberta, Just Works: Lawyers in Alberta, 1907-2007 (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2007).

KE450.S6 V39 2008 (LC)
Rachel Birnbaum & Janet E. Mosher, Law for Social Workers: A Canadian Guide, 4th ed. (Toronto: Carswell, 2008).

KE600 .B47 2008 (LC)
Rachel Birnbaum, Barbara Jo Fidle & Katherine Kavassali, Child Custody Assessments: A Resource Guide for Legal and Mental Health Professionals (Toronto: Thomson Carswell, 2008).

KE4218.5 .M34 2007 (LC)
Joseph Eliot Magnet, Constitutional Law of Canada, 9th ed. (Edmonton: Juriliber, 2007)

KE9280.A13 P82 (LC)
Public Prosecution Service of Canada, Public Prosecution Service of Canada: Annual Report 2006-2007 ([Ottawa]: Public Prosecution Service of Canada).
Online access: http://www.ppsc-sppc.gc.ca/eng/pub/index.html

KJC984.8 .C66 2006 (LC)
Tom Barkhuysen & Siewert Lindenbergh, eds., Constitutionalisation of Private Law (Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2006).

KJC1032.A5 E97 2006 (LC)
Klaus J. Hopt , et al. eds., The European Foundation: A New Legal Approach (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006).

KJC5183 .S86 2007 (LC)
Sarah J. Summers, Fair Trials: The European Criminal Procedural Tradition and The European Court of Human Rights (Oxford: Hart Pub., 2007).

KNQ470 .Z68 2006 (LC)
Zou Keyuan, China’s Legal Reform: Towards The Rule Of Law (Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2006).

KTL4415 .S26 2007 (LC)
Mark Sanders, Ambiguities of Witnessing: Law and Literature in the Time of a Truth Commission (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2007).

KU2144 .M545 2007 (LC)
Mirko Bagaric et al., Migration and Refugee Law in Australia: Cases and Commentary (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007).

KZ1242 .L69 2007
Vaughan Lowe., International Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007).

KZ3410 .B84 2007
Thomas Buergenthal & Sean D. Murphy, Public International Law in a Nutshell 4th ed. (St. Paul: Thomson/West, 2007).

KZ6250 .B76 2007
Chester Brown, A Common Law of International Adjudication (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007).

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New Books at the Law Library – 08/03/10

K888 .V48 2007 (LC)
Stella Vettori, The Employment Contract and the Changed World of Work (Aldershot: Ashgate Pub., 2007).

KD1554 .W56 2007 (LC)
Chris Willett, Fairness in Consumer Contracts: The Case of Unfair Terms (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007).

KD7869 .S56 2007 (LC)
A. P. Simester &d G. R. Sullivan, Criminal Law: Theory and Doctrine, 3rd ed. (Portland: Hart Pub., 2007).

KE1935.A6 H47 2007 (LC) Law Reserve
Lawrence L. Herman, Canadian Trade Law: Practice and Procedure (Toronto: Carswell, 2007- ).

KE3646 .H395 2007 (LC)
Jocelyn Downie & Elaine Gibson, eds., Health Law at the Supreme Court of Canada (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2007).

KE4454 .I4352 (LC)
Lynn Gaudet & Camilla Jones, Immigration Practitioner’s Handbook (Toronto: Thomson-Carswell, 2008).

KF2805 .C74 2007 (LC)
Kenneth C. Creech, Electronic Media Law and Regulation, 5th ed. (Burlington: Focal Press, 2007).

KJE5170 .S63 2007 (LC)
Eleanor Spaventa, Free Movement of Persons in the European Union: Barriers to Movement in their Constitutional Context (Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International, 2007).

KUQ354 .S48 2006 (LC)
Nan Seuffert, Jurisprudence of National Identity: Kaleidoscopes of Imperialism and Globalisation from Aotearoa New Zealand (Aldershot: Ashgate Pub., 2006).

KE8460 .C86 2007 (LC)
Alison Cunningham & Pamela Hurley, A Full and Candid Account: Using Special Accommodations and Testimonial Aids to Facilitate the Testimony of Children: Book 7 – Children & Teenagers Testifying in Domestic Violence Cases (London: Centre for Children & Families in the Justice System, 2007).
Online access: http://www.lfcc.on.ca/HB_children_and_teenagers_testifying_in_DV_cases.html