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Beyond Librarianship: Are Librarians Becoming Isolated In The New Information Age?, Margaret Ann Wilkinson, Roma Harris
Beyond Librarianship: Are Librarians Becoming Isolated In The New Information Age?, Margaret Ann Wilkinson, Roma Harris
Law Publications
This paper continues a series exploring the perceptions of entering university students about the roles of librarians and others. A model developed by Elizabeth Graddy, suggesting that the extent to which an occupation receives legal sanction reflects the public's perception of its social relevance, is tested. While Graddy's focus on the relationships between occupations and the public, rather on conditions within various professions, is reinforced as predicting an occupation's ability to meet the challenges of a changing society, the data from this study demonstrate more predictive variables than those identified by Graddy. A more complex view of the future of …
The Copyright Regime And Data Protection Legislation, Margaret Ann Wilkinson
The Copyright Regime And Data Protection Legislation, Margaret Ann Wilkinson
Law Publications
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(Re)Positioning Librarians: Young People's Views On The Information Sector, Margaret Ann Wilkinson, Roma Harris
(Re)Positioning Librarians: Young People's Views On The Information Sector, Margaret Ann Wilkinson, Roma Harris
Law Publications
More than 2,000 students entering their first year of university studies completed questionnaires about the work roles, future employment prospects, educational requirements, status, and starting salaries of twelve occupations. Their responses were compared with U.S. and Canadian government labor-force projections. The results revealed a complex interplay of gender relations in the students' perceptions of the occupational world and their roles within it. The results also revealed an interesting positioning of the job title "librarian" relative to other fields. Unlike their assessment of the other occupations included in the study, the students considerably underestimated the level of education required to be …
Information Sources Used By Lawyers In Problem-Solving: An Empirical Exploration, Margaret Ann Wilkinson
Information Sources Used By Lawyers In Problem-Solving: An Empirical Exploration, Margaret Ann Wilkinson
Law Publications
The information-seeking behavior of lawyers has not been fully investigated empirically. Prior work has tended to focus on legal research as the central task performed by lawyers in their information-seeking activities. This analysis of more than 150 interviews of practicing lawyers showed that legal research should not be considered information-seeking. The lawyers interviewed identified other tasks, such as administration of their law practices, as constituting problem-solving, information-seeking activities. In solving their problems, the lawyers overwhelmingly preferred informal sources when seeking information. In addition, they preferred sources of information internal to their organizations rather than external sources, although this was less …
Negotiating An Institution For The Twenty-First Century: Multilateral Diplomacy And The International Criminal Court, Valerie Oosterveld
Negotiating An Institution For The Twenty-First Century: Multilateral Diplomacy And The International Criminal Court, Valerie Oosterveld
Law Publications
The authors review the decades of discussion and years of negotiation that led to the adoption of the Statute of the International Criminal Court in 1998. By placing the creation of the International Criminal Court in its historical context, they emphasize the significance of the statute and the Court for international law. The lecture discusses various provisions of the statute, highlighting controversial aspects such as the jurisdiction of the Court and the crime of aggression. The statute reflects the compromises struck throughout the negotiations, compromises that are a necessary part of multilateral diplomacy. Though it was not possible to reconcile …
The Cooperation Of States With The International Criminal Court, Valerie Oosterveld
The Cooperation Of States With The International Criminal Court, Valerie Oosterveld
Law Publications
This Article explores the various cooperation obligations included within the Rome Statute related to arrest and surrender; investigation and evidence gathering; privileges and immunities of Court officials; witness protection; enforcement of ICC sentences, fines, and forfeiture orders; and offenses against the administration of justice. The nature of each obligation will be discussed within the context of the Rome Statute itself, its negotiation history, and a comparison of how Canada, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom have implemented their obligations to cooperate with the ICC into their domestic law, to the end of providing technical assistance to States undertaking the important task …
The Evolution Of International Humanitarian Law, Valerie Oosterveld, Darryl Robinson
The Evolution Of International Humanitarian Law, Valerie Oosterveld, Darryl Robinson
Law Publications
Written by diplomatic practitioners, Human Security and the New Diplomacy is a straightforward account of challenges already overcome and the prospect for further progress. From the evolution of peace-keeping, to peacebuilding, humanitarian intervention, war-affected children, international humanitarian law, the International Criminal Court, the economic agendas of conflict, transnational crime, and the emergence of connectivity and a global civil society, the authors offer new insights into the importance of considering these issues as part of a single agenda. Human Security and the New Diplomacy is a case-study of a major Canadian foreign policy initiative and a detailed account of the first …