Series comprises Ronald St. John Macdonald's records regarding his academic activities, including his involvement as a faculty member of York University Osgoode Hall, University of Toronto, Dalhousie University, and other institutions. Series also includes records and research materials regarding the development of Macdonald's publications, unpublished papers, and other materials.
File includes the United Nations general assembly reports on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination, five issues of the Journal of the United Nations from the period between 1966 to 1972, United Nations official records on human rights, member lists of the United Nations general assembly, and United Nations reports on the United Nations international conference on human rights.
Item consists of number 3 of the 1989 series of Peking University Chinese and Comparative Law journal. Text in Chinese. Includes the following articles: "On New Ideas and Structures of Legal Theory" (Shen Zongling), "Reforming the Structure of the Procuratorial Organs: Giving Attention to Legal Oversight" (Zhang Peiyu), "Comments of 'Instructions for Complicated Cases' in Criminal Process" (Xu Chunke), "Discarding the Nihilism in the International Law FIeld and Enforcing the Concept of International Legality" (Zhao Lihai), "The Implementation and the Historical Destiny of 'Da Hao' of Ming Dynasty" (Yang Yifan), "Carrying forward the Spirit of the 'May Fowth' and Promoting Democracy and Rule of Law; Talks at the Meeting in celebration of the Seventith [sic] year Annivarary of the 'May Fourth Movement'", "An Important Step in Building the Democratic and Legal System: Symposium of Administrative Procedural Law" (Jiang Chaoyang, ed.), "Computerizing Legal Information Retrieval and Computerized Legal Consulting System: Theory and Practice' (Zhang Lixing), "On China's Legislation of Anti-Monopoly Law" (Wei Sian), "Force Majeure and State Intervention in U.S. Law" (Joseph D. Backer), "Legal System in Hang Kang" (Hu Honglie), "Hague Conference on Private International Law' (Duan Jielong, Zhang Honghong, trans.), and "Seminar on Press Law Sponsored China Research Centre for Press Legislation" (Yang Xiouwu). Also includes a brochure laid in titled "The Third Specially Invited Lawyers' Office of Beijing: A Short Account".
File contains an issue of the periodical published under the authority of the Law Society of Upper Canada by Canada Law Book Limited. This issue includes a promotion for the Dalhousie Law School Centennial Celebration on its cover.
File contains newspaper clippings related to various subjects, including Dalhousie University. File includes the issue of October 1975 of the University of Toronto Graduate periodical.
File includes reports, including the final draft of the Dalhousie University Financial Strategy Committee of the Board of Governors report of 1990, vol. 1, no. 3, of the Dalhousie Alumni Magazine of 1985, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.
Subseries consists of Ronald St. John Macdonald's records regarding his involvement with the Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights. Subseries contains periodicals, reports, press releases, photographs, and other materials.
Subseries contains Ronald St. John Macdonald's correspondence regarding a wide range of subjects, including his visits to China, his research on the teaching of international law at Canadian universities and other topics, the development of various of his books, Dalhousie University, Dalhousie Law School Journal, Dalhousie Law School centenary, the Hague, the United Nations, the Canadian Council on International Law, and many other matters. Subseries contains correspondence between Ronald St. John Macdonald and different individuals, including Paul Martin, Quing-nan Meng, Edgar Gold, Paul Fauteux, Dominique Alheritiere, Tom Hick, R. C. Strother, W.A. MacKay, Wang Fusun, J.D. Kingham, Patti Allen, John Vandermeulen, Rene Jean Dupuy, M.C.W. Pinto, Jacqueline Dauchy, Leo Nevas, Avard Bishop, Charles B. Bourne, John Willis, and many others.
File includes newspaper clippings about Ronald St. John Macdonald's work and his writings, including the articles "security council memberships", "fishing zones", "Canada-US disputes needs new solutions", "important step forward at Western", and "individual rights overlooked in quest to protect groups". File includes two issues of the University of Toronto Versity News periodical of 1967, an issue of the University of Toronto Staff Bulletin of 1968, and the issue vol. 77, no. 3, of October 1997, of the McGill News periodical which contains an article mentioning Mairi St. John Macdonald, and other materials. File contains a letter from Ronald St. John Macdonald to Craig Scott related to lunch arrangements.