{"id":318,"date":"2022-02-28T10:00:49","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T10:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/lawlibrarian\/?p=318"},"modified":"2022-02-25T20:41:10","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T20:41:10","slug":"equity-diversity-inclusion-resources-in-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/lawlibrarian\/2022\/02\/28\/equity-diversity-inclusion-resources-in-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Equity, Diversity &amp; Inclusion resources in Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This month the Academic Support Librarian team are highlighting resources linked to Equity, Diversity &amp; Inclusion in the areas of Law and Social and Political Science. You may be aware that <strong>Justice Week 2022<\/strong> is nearly upon us (28th February to 4th March), and we thought this would be an excellent time to shine a light on a number of legal materials which are free to access, and therefore help to make the understanding of law more accessible to a greater number of people. We list several useful resources on the Law subject guide under <a href=\"https:\/\/edinburgh-uk.libguides.com\/Law\/MoreLegalResources\"><strong>\u2018More Legal Resources\u2019<\/strong>,<\/a> including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Free legal dictionaries<\/li>\n<li>Links to Scottish, UK and European court websites<\/li>\n<li>Links to legal regulatory and advisory bodies<\/li>\n<li>Links to resources that offer free case details e.g. BAILII<\/li>\n<li>Human Rights &#8211; free databases from UN and IJRC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The University subscribes to even more databases which offer staff and students additional access to support their study and research. You can find these by visiting our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/library-databases\/databases-subject-a-z\/database-law\">Law Databases page:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jutastat<\/strong> \u2013 containing legal content from Africa<\/li>\n<li><strong>Slavery and the Law<\/strong> \u2013 a collection of petitions on race, slavery and free blacks submitted to American state legislatures and county courthouses 1775-1867<\/li>\n<li><strong>China Law Info<\/strong>&#8211; also known as Beida fabao<\/li>\n<li><strong>Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800- 1926<\/strong> &#8211; the world&#8217;s most comprehensive full-text collection of British Commonwealth and American legal treatises from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries<\/li>\n<li><strong>Proquest Law Sources via the History Vault Platform<\/strong> \u2013 including African American Police League Records, 1961-1988, Law and Society since the Civil War<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You may also be interested in our short video (9 minutes) which demonstrates how to access international legal resources via library services online.:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_319\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.ed.ac.uk\/media\/Finding+International+Legal+resources+via+the+University+Library\/1_lln4eghv\/175663881\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-319\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-319 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/lawlibrarian\/files\/2022\/02\/thumb-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Thumbnail of the opening slide of the 'Finding International Legal resources via the University Library' presentation video\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/lawlibrarian\/files\/2022\/02\/thumb-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/lawlibrarian\/files\/2022\/02\/thumb-1024x578.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/lawlibrarian\/files\/2022\/02\/thumb-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/lawlibrarian\/files\/2022\/02\/thumb-500x282.jpg 500w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/lawlibrarian\/files\/2022\/02\/thumb.jpg 1360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Video: Finding International Legal resources via the University Library<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As well as databases we have some great books and eBooks including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Diversity and Integration in Private International Law. Ruiz Abou-Nigm, Blanca Noodt Taquela (2020). OUP <a href=\"https:\/\/discovered.ed.ac.uk\/discovery\/fulldisplay?docid=alma9924402039902466&amp;context=L&amp;vid=44UOE_INST:44UOE_VU2\">; <strong>Diversity and integration in private international law.<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Equality and Non-Discrimination in the EU: The Foundations of the EU Legal Order. Zaccaroni (2021) Edward Elgar Publishing <a href=\"https:\/\/discovered.ed.ac.uk\/discovery\/fulldisplay?docid=cdi_askewsholts_vlebooks_9781789904604&amp;context=PC&amp;vid=44UOE_INST:44UOE_VU2\">; <strong>Equality and Non-Discrimination in the EU: The Foundations of the EU Legal Order <\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Modern Law and Otherness: The Dynamics of Inclusion and Exclusion in Comparative Legal Thought. Corcodel (2019). Edward Elgar <a href=\"https:\/\/discovered.ed.ac.uk\/discovery\/fulldisplay?docid=cdi_scopus_primary_632453600&amp;context=PC&amp;vid=44UOE_INST:44UOE_VU2\">; <strong>Modern Law and Otherness: The Dynamics of Inclusion and Exclusion in Comparative Legal Thought <\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Education, Law and Diversity: Schooling for One and All? Harris (2019). Bloomsbury Publishing <a href=\"https:\/\/discovered.ed.ac.uk\/discovery\/fulldisplay?docid=cdi_askewsholts_vlebooks_9781509906710&amp;context=PC&amp;vid=44UOE_INST:44UOE_VU2\">; <strong>Education, Law and Diversity: Schooling for One and All? <\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Racial discrimination in education and EU equality law. Farkas and Gergely (2020) Publications Office <a href=\"https:\/\/discovered.ed.ac.uk\/discovery\/fulldisplay?docid=cdi_officepubeu_primary_vtls000473585&amp;context=PC&amp;vid=44UOE_INST:44UOE_VU2\">;<strong> Racial discrimination in education and EU equality law <\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mutinies for equality : contemporary developments in law and gender in India. Herklotz and de Souza (2021). Cambridge University Press <a href=\"https:\/\/discovered.ed.ac.uk\/discovery\/fulldisplay?docid=alma9924613333602466&amp;context=L&amp;vid=44UOE_INST:44UOE_VU2\">; <strong>Mutinies for equality : contemporary developments in law and gender in India\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Women and equality in Iran : law, society and activism. Alikarami (2019). I.B. Tauris<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/discovered.ed.ac.uk\/discovery\/fulldisplay?docid=alma9924298434802466&amp;context=L&amp;vid=44UOE_INST:44UOE_VU2\">; Women and equality in Iran : law, society and activism. <\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We hope this will inspire you to explore the library&#8217;s collections further when considering Equity, Diversity and Inclusion themes &#8211; so now over to you to take a look!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month the Academic Support Librarian team are highlighting resources linked to Equity, Diversity &amp; Inclusion in the areas of Law and Social and Political Science. 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