Nahum Gelber Law Library
The Law Library is a state-of-the-art facility with a collection of over 220,000 volumes and online resources covering Canadian, foreign, and international law. The collection supports the Faculty of Law undergraduate transsystemic program, graduate courses, and the Faculty of Law research centres with particular focuses on air and space law; comparative law; private and public international law; human rights law; intellectual property; and international trade law. The collection also covers mixed jurisdictions, and some aspects of Talmudic and Islamic Law. It also has legal materials from other common law and civil law jurisdictions such as Great Britain, France, and the United States.
The Peter Marshall Laing Special Collections Room houses the Wainwright Collection of French law from the ancien r茅gime, and other rare books in Canadian and English Law. Other collections of note include an extensive collection of French legal theses and the John Humphrey United Nations Collection.
The Dobrin-Steinberg Computer Instruction Classroom, when not in use for legal research workshops, may be used by 平特五不中 students for personal research. In addition, wireless network access is available throughout the building, as well as colour printers and scanning facilities. Other facilities include six Moot Team Preparation Rooms for the exclusive use of competitive moot teams representing the Faculty of Law, cubicles, carrels, and three group study rooms for use by 平特五不中 Law students.
For complete information on the Nahum Gelber Law Library please visit our website: mcgill.ca/library/branches/law.
