Archive for September, 2011

Presentation List Posted

Saturday, September 24th, 2011

You’ll find the current presentation list in the menu under Assignments as a password-protected Word document. Please send me your preferences if you haven’t signed up to review one of the chapters in Property Stories.

Historians in the Courts

Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

Please have a look at these short excerpts from two Aboriginal and treaty rights cases. I have provided links to the full text of the Supreme Court of Canada decisions if you are interested in reading more. R. v. Nikal, [1996] 1 SCR 1013 XXV.         In order to determine whether the band by‑law […]

Readings on Reserve

Monday, September 12th, 2011

In addition to the links in the syllabus, you will also find links to the assigned articles in the Course Materials section of the UBC Library Catalogue. Just type “law” in the subject and “315” in the course code 315 and you will be taken to a list of citations with links. I’m still working […]

Accessing Electronic Readings

Saturday, September 10th, 2011

In order to access the electronic readings in the syllabus, you need to have a licence for the relevant databases. As UBC students, you have a licence through the UBC Library system, but in order to access the readings the databases need to know that you are a UBC students. As a result, you can access […]

Welcome

Thursday, September 8th, 2011

Welcome to the LAW 315 Blog. Since we met on Wednesday, I have updated the Course Outline and the Syllabus. You will find them on the blog, including links to pdf versions. The updates to the Course Outline include a correct link to the blog, but also small modifications to the assignments. For the presentation of research papers, […]

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