Guardians of the Future: Environmental Law and Climate Challenge
Nahum Gelber Law Library Blog
by Sonia Smith
8M ago
Step into a world of environmental consciousness and explore the fascinating intersection of law and climate at the exhibition titled “Guardians of the Future: Environmental Law and Climate Challenge.” This immersive showcase brings together a collection of photographs, books, and documents that shed light on the critical issues facing our planet. From August 8th to December 20th, 2023, visitors will embark on a thought-provoking journey through time and space, delving into the challenges posed by climate change and the legal frameworks that seek to protect our fragile ecosystem. Captivating ..read more
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New Exhibit: Two Rings Don’t Make a Right
Nahum Gelber Law Library Blog
by Ana Rogers-Butterworth
1y ago
While February may be the month of love, a history of marriage laws in Canada demonstrates that love and marriage don’t always go hand in hand. In curating the Gelber’s new exhibit: Two Rings Don’t Make a Right: The Historical Development of Marriage and Divorce Law in Canada, we at the Gelber learned a lot about the hard won rights Canadians have made towards both marriage and divorce. This exhibit showcases stories, legal history and publications dating back to 18th century Canada and 16th century Europe; we could not resist including some European content as a precursor to the Canadian lega ..read more
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À la découverte: La bibliothèque du Code civil de la province de Québec
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by McGill Library and Archives
1y ago
Par: George Yeryomin, étudiant à la Faculté de droit de l’Université McGill, assistant de référence à la Bibliothèque Gelber Le droit civil en tant que tradition juridique s’étend sur plus de deux millénaires et demie d’histoire depuis la fondation de Rome, et ses principes et sa doctrine se trouvent contenus dans un grand nombre de lois et écrits monumentaux : les lois royales, la Loi des XII Tables, la codification monumentale de l’empereur Justinien, dont est issu le jus commune européen, élaboré et enrichi continuellement par tant d’œuvres et commentaires de jurisconsultes illustres, qui a ..read more
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Access to Jus Mundi database, thanks to the Wainwright Fund
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by Katarina Daniels
1y ago
Thanks to the generosity of the Wainwright Fund, the library is pleased to announce yet another new database subscription, this time to Jus Mundi – Academic Research, by Brill. Subscribing to this new and innovative award-winning database was a priority for the library, as it caters directly to two of the Faculty of Law’s research strengths: Arbitration and International Law. Jus Mundi contains “over 16,000 international law and investor-state arbitration documents, including treaties, ICJ, PCIJ, PCA, ITLOS, ICSID and other arbitration institutions, UNCITRAL, IUSCT documents (judgments, arbit ..read more
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Witchcraft in the Law: Exhibit
Nahum Gelber Law Library Blog
by Ana Rogers-Butterworth
1y ago
If you haven’t seen it yet, there is one month left to check out the current Gelber exhibit: Witchcraft in the Law. This exhibit, which has been in place since October 2022, highlights rare materials collected from the Rare Books collection here at the Gelber, along with materials from ROAAr and the Osler History of Medicine Library.  (Lisa Barrett, Nahum Gelber Law Library, 2022) This was a very fun exhibit to plan and we all learned a lot about the history of witchcraft in the law! Many of the materials displayed in this exhibit are first hand accounts and perceptions of witchcraft thro ..read more
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Faculty of Law: Stories and Snippets
Nahum Gelber Law Library Blog
by Ana Rogers-Butterworth
1y ago
We’re excited to announce a new exhibit at the Law Library. Some of you may have noticed, our exhibit tables have been relocated next to the stairs to make it easier for everyone to stop and peruse as you go about your days of studying. McGill University has recently reached its bicentennial and while the faculty of law was founded a few years later, it was the first law school in Canada and has contributed greatly to McGill’s notoriety and prestige over the last (almost) 200 years. In honor of this impact, we have curated an exhibit highlighting the Law Faculty through the ages. One half of ..read more
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Daniel Boyer elected Associate Member of the International Academy of Comparative Law
Nahum Gelber Law Library Blog
by McGill Library and Archives
1y ago
Mtre Daniel Boyer’s work over the past two decades as Wainwright Librarian at the Gelber Law Library, McGill University and beyond has been once again recently underscored: in its most recent elections this July, the International Academy of Comparative Law elected him an “Associate Member”. Led by Daniel Boyer, the Gelber Law Library’s Comparative Law holdings have supported and grown in tandem with the development the Law Faculty’s innovative transsystemic teaching programme at McGill University. In bestowing the Advocatus Emeritus (Ad.E.) honour to Daniel Boyer in 2018, the Barreau of Québ ..read more
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Bright Views at Law
Nahum Gelber Law Library Blog
by Ana Rogers-Butterworth
1y ago
Nahum Gelber Law Library staff is looking forward to welcoming students back this fall with clean views via some freshly washed windows. The Law Library is privileged to boast an abundance of natural light, although in recent years our impressive fenestrations have become a little cloudy. Studies have shown that natural light improves both productivity and mental health(1) – both of which are top priorities for library staff in serving McGill Law Students. We are looking to the future with hopeful anticipation of study spaces filled with engaged students enjoying our beautiful library with s ..read more
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Daniel Boyer Elected Honorary Member of IALL
Nahum Gelber Law Library Blog
by Katarina Daniels
1y ago
Congratulations to Mtre Daniel Boyer, Ad. E., Wainwright Librarian and Head Librarian of the Nahum Gelber Law Library, on being elected an Honorary Member of the International Association of Law Libraries (IALL). Founded in 1959, IALL is an international association dedicated to comparative legal librarianship. It has over 400 members in more than 50 countries on five continents. Members come from all types of law libraries, including academic, corporate, government, and court libraries. Honorary members are elected annually by the Association’s Board of Directors in recognition of “outst ..read more
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Canadian Copyright Act Anniversary
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by Sonia Smith
1y ago
By Riley Klassen-Molyneaux, étudiant à la Faculté de droit de l’Université McGill, assistant de référence à la Bibliothèque Gelber. On June 4th, 2021, the Canadian Copyright Act will be turning 100. While the modern Copyright Act can be traced back to the British Statute of Anne (1709), it wasn’t until 1921 that Canada created its own statute, the statute that we are celebrating this year. La Loi sur le droit d’auteur canadien est intéressante parce que, même si elle est de compétence fédérale sous l’article 91(23) de la Loi constitutionnelle de 1867 — et en principe une loi anglaise — elle s ..read more
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