The collection is of interest as an extant personal law library form the century. It is still regularly used by legal and historical scholars. Bandar Collection of Islamic Law In 2000 HRH Prince Bandar Salman Al-Saud generously donated 360 books to the Bodleian Law Library. The books, in Arabic, mainly focus on international commercial law, including the international law governing the arbitration of disputes between countries, world trade, company law, bankruptcy, employment law, commercial law, banking and leasing; some deal with constitutional law, criminal law and civil law. Some books are comparative studies of aspects of law in two or more states. A small number treat the relationship of modern law with Islamic law (shariah). Some focus on Saudi Arabian law. Kahn-Freund The Kahn-Freund collection contains the on labour law from the library of Sir Otto Kahn-Freund (1900-1979), former Professor of Comparative Law in the University. Other Notable Collections Apart from the designated special collections, other notable collections of materials have evolved in the Law Library over time. Secondary Collection When a new edition of a legal work appears, the previous edition is retained and relocated to the Law Library’s secondary collection. Over time a substantial collection of previous editions has been created. This includes not only key monographs in law but also legal directories, dictionaries and reference materials. The Law Library retains one copy of each superseded edition although this policy may be adjusted for works of significant legal interest. Secondary Collection - Criminology As a result of deposit, a unique collection of historical crime” “true materials has been created within the law collection. This includes diverse topics such as famous crimes, pirates and historical policing issues. OIPRC Collection The Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre was established at St Peter's College in 1990 by Professor Peter Hayward, Emeritus Fellow at St Peter's College. In 2008 it became a Centre of the Faculty of Law. In the same year the Centre's library, a collection of journals, monographs and offprints on intellectual property law, came to the Law Library. Selected titles have been moved to the Ground Floor of the Law Library, as a discrete collection.
The collection is of interest as an extant personal law library form the century. It is still regularly used by legal and historical scholars. Bandar Collection of Islamic Law In 2000 HRH Prince Bandar Salman Al-Saud generously donated 360 books to the Bodleian Law Library. The books, in Arabic, mainly focus on international commercial law, including the international law governing the arbitration of disputes between countries, world trade, company law, bankruptcy, employment law, commercial law, banking and leasing; some deal with constitutional law, criminal law and civil law. Some books are comparative studies of aspects of law in two or more states. A small number treat the relationship of modern law with Islamic law (shariah). Some focus on Saudi Arabian law. Kahn-Freund The Kahn-Freund collection contains the on labour law from the library of Sir Otto Kahn-Freund (1900-1979), former Professor of Comparative Law in the University. Other Notable Collections Apart from the designated special collections, other notable collections of materials have evolved in the Law Library over time. Secondary Collection When a new edition of a legal work appears, the previous edition is retained and relocated to the Law Library’s secondary collection. Over time a substantial collection of previous editions has been created. This includes not only key monographs in law but also legal directories, dictionaries and reference materials. The Law Library retains one copy of each superseded edition although this policy may be adjusted for works of significant legal interest. Secondary Collection - Criminology As a result of deposit, a unique collection of historical “true crime” materials has been created within the law collection. This includes diverse topics such as famous crimes, pirates and historical policing issues. OIPRC Collection The Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre was established at St Peter's College in 1990 by Professor Peter Hayward, Emeritus Fellow at St Peter's College. In 2008 it became a Centre of the Faculty of Law. In the same year the Centre's library, a collection of journals, monographs and offprints on intellectual property law, came to the Law Library. Selected titles have been moved to the Ground Floor of the Law Library, as a discrete collection.
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