About The Fashion Law (TFL)

The Fashion Law provides well-curated, research-driven news and insights into the legal and business aspects of the rapidly evolving fashion industry.

A wide range of content is available to support your research into legal and commercial aspects of the fashion world.  

In addition to short news articles, there is a range of analytical content, including: 

Case Studies & Snapshots

Topical content covering the latest litigation and industry developments, including regulations and legislation.

Funding & Finance Data Sets

Track investments and M&A events across various market segments for a broad overview of activity and a look at the evolving markets

Timelines & Trackers

Track deals, legislation, and lawsuits to help you keep a consistent gauge on the market.

Case Documentation

Up-to-date court filings and documentation.

Weekly briefings

Regular briefings of important developments in the field.

Deep Dives

These define and decode the most cutting-edge legal and business trends.

Case Briefs

Case studies with in-depth examinations, expert analysis and real-world context.

Topics of Interest

A regularly expanding library of relevant retail business, law and tech topics.

Accessing The Fashion Law

Login to the Fashion Law site with your usual University email and password.

Support & Feedback

If you need any support to use the site or would like to feedback on your experience of using the resource, just get in touch with your Law Librarian.

New Resource

The University has recently subscribed to the Public Information Online (PIO) online service from Dandy Booksellers Ltd offering a wide range of official documents going back, in many cases, more than a century.

About Public Information Online (PIO)

This web based archive supports research across publications from the Westminster Parliament, Scottish Parliament, Northern Ireland Assembly, Welsh Parliament (Senedd), Scottish Government and also key Non-Parliamentary material. It is ideal for researching current and archive. governmental documents on various topics. 

Full details of coverage are available on the PIO website.

To learn more about what to expect from PIO, take a look at this short introductory video or take a look through this product showcase article by Donna Ravenhill of Dandy Booksellers, which gives a a great overview of the content, together with some illustrative search examples.  

Civil Service Yearbook

The current version of the Civil Service Yearbook is available to search or browse via Public Information Online.

You can search for archive versions using the Advanced search screen, as illustrated below.

User support

Online help is available via the PIO help pages. 

If you need further support to make use of this resource for your study or research, please get in touch with your Liaison Librarian. 

Feedback

You can also send feedback on this resource to your Liaison Librarian.  We’d be interested to hear how it has aided your study / research.

Starting this week!

During Term 1 2022/2023, the library liaison team are hosting weekly library research cafes in the Forum Library Lounge. No need to book, just drop by and take the chance to speak to a librarian about your library research. 

What sort of support can I get?

• Not sure how best to use the Library Search Service?
• Wondering which databases would be best to help you find resources for your assignments?
• Tried searching online but not finding the information you need?

We can help with that and more.  So if you need any advice on any aspect of searching for information to support your studies, just drop by and ask.

When and Where?

Every Tuesday throughout Term 1 starting 27th September - 6th December 2022 between 12:00 - 14:00.

Look out for us in the Forum Library Lounge area. As you enter through the Library gates, just look to your right and you'll find us at the study benches.

You can keep an eye on other events from the Library and Study Zone via the events calendar.  You'll find a mix of on-campus and online sessions. 

Our Library Games collections at Forum and St Luke's have proved very popular for some down time from studies.

We had some great suggestions in for new items recently and are delighted to say these are now available.  Do come and try them out!

New to Forum Library

Monopoly World Edition; Blokus, Alomejor Go Game Set, Exploding Kittens

New to St Luke's Library

Monopoly Junior & Fortnite, Colour Brain,Obama Llama

Looking sharp!

We also spotted that the pencils at the Forum Library were looking rather sad and blunt.  So we have had a sharpening session and all are good as new so you can get stuck back into some art therapy with the colouring books.

If you have any feedback on our Games Collections, or want to suggest some new items for the future do get in touch.

If you haven't discovered the Games Collections yet, just pop into the libraries and we will be happy to point them out to you.  You can also find out more information about the games online.

This year, the Library has obtained access to hundreds of new digital archives, including the full collection from British Online Archives. These include new collections covering missionary, military, trade union, trade and political records including many collections covering the British Communist Party and some new collections on the East India Company. Overall, they offer a fantastic trove of resources for students and staff to explore. 

Other notable recent acquisitions include the Royal Anthropological Institute Archive, and the archive of the Hindustan Times newspaper, which covers 1924-2010.

We have also updated our access to collections from Adam Matthew Digital: this includes the final part of the Mass Observation archives (covering the 2000's), a new archive on interwar culture and other new archives on Victorian film and the East India Company coming soon.

In addition, we have secured a deal with Gale Cengage to access a large number of their digital archives, maximising access for staff and students. These new archives include collections on China, Latin America, U.S. History, U.S. and U.K. declassified documents, political extremism and radicalism and the final part of the State Papers Online. Added to these are numerous newspaper archives, topping up existing access and adding access to the Picture Post magazine archive.

All new resources are available via our A-Z list, or you can browse by theme, time period or country on the Primary Sources Guide. Newspaper and magazine archives are listed on the News Archives Guide.

The JustisOne legal search platform has been retired and has been replaced by a new improved vLex Justis platform.  

The same content that was available to users via JustisOne remains available to all users, but in addition users can search across the entire vLEx platform for more comprehensive search results. 

Familiar features such as the precedent map are also retained and are supplemented by new tools and AI features to broaden and deepen the research experience.

To aid this transition vLex have provided a really useful set of support materials in their online Resource Centre.  This includes a comprehensive user guide, video walkthroughs and public webinars so you can sign up to be guided through the new platform by expert vLex trainers.

Login to: vLex Justis

This short video will guide you through the key ways to search and browse for content.

If you have any feedback on the new platform, or want to know more, just contact Lee Snook, Law Librarian.

De Gruyter and publishing partners are offering free access until 30 June 2022 to selected ebook titles and journal articles to support research into the war in Ukraine and the history of Eastern European relations.

Materials are drawn from over 115 eBooks and 13 journals in fields such as:

• European History
• International Relations
• Law
• Modern History
• Political Science
• Slavic Literature
• Sociology

Find out more about this initiative in the De Gruyter Newsletter or take a look at some of the Highlight Titles.

About Sage Research Methods

For several years, the University has made use of the Sage Research Methods database.  This database comprises numerous modules and prior to summer 2021 the modules were primarily in written form; journal entries, books and encyclopaedia.  For 2021/2022, an enhanced portfolio of over 3,000 additional materials has been made available and encompasses video, datasets and research cases, together with learning activities to test understanding

Educators can call on multimedia and lesson content to assist students to build their research methodology understanding and skills throughout their module activities.  Students can explore the realities of research through working with practice datasets and learning from real life research experiences that are featured in the  video and cases content.  This helps bring the research experience to life in a way that is not possible through the book and journal content.

Access Sage Research Methods

Login with your University username and passwords to SAGE Research Methods.

More about the new content

The new content includes datasets, cases and video

SAGE Research Methods Datasets

A collection of sample datasets and instructional guides that can be used to support the teaching and independent learning of quantitative and qualitative data analysis techniques.

SAGE Research Methods Cases

Detailed records of how real research projects are conducted, written by the researchers themselves. They explain why the researchers chose the research methods, how they overcame challenges, what went well, and what they might have done differently

SAGE Research Methods Video

A streaming video collection created to support undergraduate teaching, student reference, research projects and higher level academic interest material. Content includes tutorials, interviews, video case studies, and mini-documentaries covering the entire research process.

Click to see more info on datasets, cases and video

Help and Support

For online help and support, take a look at Sage's Training Centre.

If you are completely new to the Sage Research Methods database then you may like to join one of the upcoming webinars which will give you an introduction to the service.  Upcoming dates are: 

Mon 11 October @ 14.00 BST - RSVP

Mon 15 November @ 14.00 GMT - RSVP

Your liaison librarians are also available for help and support.  Just get in touch if you have questions about the database and how you might use it within your teaching.

Explore legal material from the seventeenth century through the early twentieth century. 

Together, the distinct collections that comprise The Making of Modern Law cover nearly every aspect of American and British law and dig deep into the legal traditions of Europe, Latin America, Asia, and other jurisdictions, both classic and contemporary. Encompassing a range of analytical, theoretical, and practical literature, these collections support and complement the traditional study of law by featuring valuable books from the most influential legal writers throughout history.

The University has recently acquired access to the Investor State Law Guide.  This is a specialist database for comprehensive investment treaty law research. 

It contains investment treaties, arbitral rules, case and other key documentation, and offers a collection of sophisticated analytical research tools to support in depth, comprehensive research across the field.  For example, you can browse by topic or treaty provision to connect with relevant content.

The Research Tools

• Subject Navigator: research complex subjects by isolating relevant issues and digging deeper into the Subject Navigator tree. Within the structure of the Subject Navigator, you will be able to view start by finding higher-level subject areas that are relevant to your research. As you dive deeper into the sub-sections of these subjects, you will be able to focus on the sub-areas that are most relevant to your research.
• Article Citator:  see a list of legal instruments (Treaties and Arbitration Rules) to see how these have been interpreted by tribunals. It will allow you to sort these cited instruments by the most commonly cited provisions and allow you to jump directly to the paragraph/footnote in the decision and award document that references the provision. 
• Jurisprudence Citator:  instantly see how specific decisions have been treated by subsequent investment treaty tribunals. 
• Publication Citator:  track the history and use of trusted secondary resources. It will allow you to gain insight into how authoritative materials have been utilized and considered by tribunals
• Terms and Phrases tool:  see how specific terms or phrases have been defined in the context of previous investment arbitration tribunals
•  ISLG Reports tool:  see patterns or data synthesized in such a way that will help you gain relevant insights related to cases, people, organizations or disputes. 
• Full Text Search tool: run a comprehensive keyword search across all documents in the ISLG collection, including decisions, awards, procedural orders, pleadings, arbitration rules, treaties and other legal instruments. 

Support

Use the online Knowledge Center for help on making the most of the research tools.

You can also sign up for training webinars to get a comprehensive overview of all the research tools

A number of videos are also available to view via  Screencast and YouTube.

Access

Investor State Law Guide 

And also ...

We also have access to OUP's Investment Claims database which you can use to access additional secondary sources in this area

Access: Investment Claims