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January 7, 2026

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Donoghue v Stevenson (Snail) Display
January 7, 2026
Come and see the Donoghue v Stevenson (Snail) display in the Learning Commons
Title Words in Allard School of Law Faculty Research Outputs in 2025
January 5, 2026
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Canadian Open Access Legal Citation (COAL) Guide
January 5, 2026

The COAL Guide is an open access legal citation guide for anyone who cites legal materials. This award-winning guide was originally published in June 2024 and incorporates feedback contributed by reviewers from Canadian courts, law firms, law journals, law societies, and law schools. An updated version of the guide that includes expansions based on user feedback was published in July 2025 and a French version is coming soon. Explore the COAL Guide on CanLII for writing, editing, or teaching.

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Law Library Hours
January 7, 2026

See https://hours.library.ubc.ca/#view-law for up-to-date hours, including exception & holiday hours.

Donoghue v Stevenson (Snail) Display
January 7, 2026
Come and see the Donoghue v Stevenson (Snail) display in the Learning Commons
Title Words in Allard School of Law Faculty Research Outputs in 2025
January 5, 2026
See Allard School of Law Research Outputs
Canadian Open Access Legal Citation (COAL) Guide
January 5, 2026

The COAL Guide is an open access legal citation guide for anyone who cites legal materials. This award-winning guide was originally published in June 2024 and incorporates feedback contributed by reviewers from Canadian courts, law firms, law journals, law societies, and law schools. An updated version of the guide that includes expansions based on user feedback was published in July 2025 and a French version is coming soon. Explore the COAL Guide on CanLII for writing, editing, or teaching.

LexisNexis Quicklaw & Westlaw Canada Refresher/Training Sessions – Spring 2012

LexisNexis Quicklaw & Westlaw Canada (Part of the Law – Commercial Databases Training Sessions) • Registration is required – please click on the appropriate link below to sign up • Please have your IDs and passwords before attending sessions (for Westlaw Canada & LexisNexis Quicklaw) • Location: UBC Law Library Meeting & Teaching Room 208 […]

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Canada Supreme Court Reports Now Available in HeinOnline

UBC Library now has access to Canada Supreme Court Reports via HeinOnline – http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1804/ For more information, click here.

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New Books at the Law Library – 12/01/09

LAW LIBRARY level 3: KE429 .G69 2009
Alexandra Gousseva, Inventory of Reforms Research: Research and Support for the
Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters: Final Report to the Canadian Bar Law for the Future Fund, September 2009 (Edmonton: Canadian Forum on Civil Justice, 2009).
Online access: http://cfcj-fcjc.org/docs/2010/inventory-lfff-en.pdf

LAW LIBRARY level 3: K1401 .O384 2012
Chidi Oguamanam, Intellectual Property in Global Governance: A Development Quest (Milton Park: Routledge, 2012).

LAW LIBRARY level 3: K103.B54 C73 2008
V.C.R.A.C. Crabbe, Crabbe on Legislative Drafting, 2d ed. (Durham: LexisNexis, 2008).

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New Books at the Law Library – 12/01/03

LAW LIBRARY reference room (level 2): KD7869 .S56 2011
Smith and Hogan’s Criminal Law, 13th ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011).

LAW LIBRARY reference room (level 2): KE4120 .P83 2011
Neil Craik et al, eds., Public Law: Cases, Materials and Commentary, 2d ed. (Toronto: Emond Montgomery Publications, 2011).

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Law Library Hours – December 20, 2011 – January 3, 2012

Photo by bionicteaching Tuesday, December 20, 2011   8:30 AM – 5:00 PM Wednesday, December 21, 2011 – Friday, December 23, 2011   9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Saturday, December 24, 2011 – Monday, January 2, 2012   C L O S E D Tuesday, January 3, 2012   9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Regular […]

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New Books at the Law Library – 11/12/19

LAW LIBRARY level 3: K3593 .E67 2010
Tracey Epps & Andrew Green, Reconciling Trade and Climate: How the WTO Can Help Address Climate Change (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2010).

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New Books at the Law Library – 11/12/13

LAW LIBRARY level 3: HG5822 .N38 2011
Francis N. Botchway, ed., Natural Resource Investment and Africa’s Development (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2011).

LAW LIBRARY level 3: JC571 .W66 2010
Kerri Woods, Human Rights And Environmental Sustainability (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Pub., 2010).

LAW LIBRARY level 3: K3585 .C6585 2011
LeRoy Paddock et al. eds., Compliance and Enforcement in Environmental Law: Toward More Effective Implementation (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2011).

LAW LIBRARY level 3: K3585 .P76 2011
David Grinlinton & Prue Taylor, eds., Property Rights and Sustainability: The Evolution of Property Rights to Meet Ecological Challenges (Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2011).

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New Books at the Law Library – 11/12/05

LAW LIBRARY level 3: HV8099.C3 M43 2011
Christopher J. Menary, The Canadian Private Investigator’s Professional Guidebook (Toronto: Carswell, 2011).

LAW LIBRARY level 3: K3240 .W48 2011
Laura Westra, Human Rights: The Commons and the Collective (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2011).

LAW LIBRARY level 3: K3278 .P44 2011
Christopher K. Penny, ed., In The Balance: The Administration of Justice and National Security in Democracies (Toronto: Irwin Law Inc, 2011).

LAW LIBRARY reference room (level 2): KE1345 .C37 2011
Poonam Puri et al., Cases, Materials and Notes on Partnerships and Canadian Business Corporations, 5th ed. (Toronto: Carswell, 2011).

LAW LIBRARY level 3: KE1371.C75 D73 2011
Hélène Dragatsi, Criminal Liability of Canadian Corporations for International Crimes (Toronto: Carswell, 2011).

LAW LIBRARY level 3: KE6800 .L485 2011
Gilles Létourneau & Michel W. Drapeau, Military Justice in Action: Annotated National Defence Legislation (Toronto: Carswell, 2011).

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New Books at the Law Library – 11/11/28

LAW LIBRARY reference room (level 2): K225 .H38 2008
Peter Cane, ed. , The Hart-Fuller Debate in the Twenty-First Century (Oxford: Hart, 2010).

LAW LIBRARY level 3: K795 .C66 2011
Matthew Conaglen, Fiduciary Loyalty: Protecting the Due Performance of Non-Fiduciary Duties (Oxford: Hart Pub., 2011).

LAW LIBRARY level 3: K3585 .E59 2011
Jamie Benidickson et al. eds., Environmental Law and Sustainability after Rio (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2011).

LAW LIBRARY reference room (level 2): KE539.2 .P39 2011
Julien D. Payne & Marilyn A. Payne, Canadian Family Law, 4th ed. (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2011).
Online access: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ubc/docDetail.action?docID=10496427

LAW LIBRARY reference room (level 2): KE8440 .P32 2011
David M. Paciocco & Lee Stuesser, The Law of Evidence, 6th ed. (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2011).
Online access: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ubc/docDetail.action?docID=10496509

LAW LIBRARY level 3: QC903 .P77 2009
Paul G. Harris, ed., The Politics of Climate Change: Environmental Dynamics in International Affairs (London: Routledge 2009).

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New Books at the Law Library – 11/11/21

LAW LIBRARY level 3: K487.C8 B488 2011
Meena K. Bhamra, The Challenges of Justice in Diverse Societies: Constitutionalism and Pluralism (Farnham,: Ashgate, 2011).

LAW LIBRARY learning commons (level 2): KF156 .G367 2011
Bryan A. Garner, Garner’s Dictionary of Legal Usage, 3d ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011).

LAW LIBRARY learning commons (level 2): KF156 .M47 2011
Merriam-Webster, Inc, Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law (Springfield: Merriam-Webster, 2011).

LAW LIBRARY level 3: KF4290.A7 W45 2011
Paul C. Weiler & Gary Myers, Entertainment, Media And the Law: Text, Cases And Problems, 4th ed. (St. Paul: Thomson/West, 2011).

LAW LIBRARY level 3: KZ5588 .O73 2011
Alexander Orakhelashvili, Collective Security (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011).

LAW LIBRARY level 3: KZ7180 .G46 2010
Willem-Jan van der Wolf, ed., Genocide and International Criminal Law (The Hague: International Courts Association, 2010).

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