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January 17, 2020
What’s a Bit of Space?
By Alan Kilpatrick, Reference Librarian (Regina) You may have heard that the Law Society’s library space on the second floor of the Regina Queen’s Bench Court House was being reduced to allow for increased space for the Saskatchewan Courts. We are pleased to report that construction concluded earlier this month and that our newly renovated and condensed library is open...
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January 9, 2020
New Journal Issues- December 2019
Photo by Ed Robertson on Unsplash By Sara Stanley Canadian Family Law QuarterlyVolume 38, Number 3 (November 2019) Surreptitiously Obtained Electronic Evidence in Seven Simple Steps / Martha ShafferO.C.L. v. Balev: Not an ‘Evisceration’ of the Hague Convention and the International Custody Jurisdiction of the CLRA / Nicholas BalaMessy “Excluded Property” in the BC Family Law Act: Excluded Property Transferred into the Name...
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December 13, 2019
Research Tip: Annotated Criminal Codes … Online!
When you need to know the history of a certain legislative provision, you can’t really beat an online annotated code – judicial citations, legislative histories, indexing, searchability, downloading – full functionality in a single source. So I am pleased to say that if you are a Saskatchewan lawyer, or otherwise subscribed to CriminalSource in WestlawNext Canada, then you have access...
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December 11, 2019
Cannabis, Indigenous Rights and IP – New Books in the Library
Photo by Jessica Ruscello on Unsplash By Sara Stanley This blog post is part two covering the fall 2019 additions to the Law Society Library. You can find part one here. Cannabis in the WorkplaceJohn R. Gilmore “Legalization of cannabis will have a large impact on workplaces in ways that alcohol has not. Employers face various cannabis-related issues with respect to health and...
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November 29, 2019
Research Tip: New eBooks about criminal law available through Law Society website
Photo by Aliis Sinisalu on Unsplash By Alan Kilpatrick We are excited to announce that Law Society members now have access to even more great eBook content right on their desktop or mobile device: Emond’s Criminal Series eBooks. Emond describes this series, which received the prestigious Hugh Lawford Award for Excellence in Legal Publishing, on its website: The award-winning Criminal Law Series offers...
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November 18, 2019
Policy, Practice and Privatized Prison Telephones in Saskatchewan
Photo by Carles Rabada on Unsplash By Sarah Buhler & Amanda Dodge Excerpt: Abstract & Part V: At Ground Level: Themes from the Study[Footnotes omitted. They can be found in the original article.] This abstract was published with permission from the authors. Abstract Governing law and policy in Saskatchewan mandates fair and reasonable telephone access for prisoners in provincial correctional centres. Our community-engaged, qualitative...
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