':calls: `GET /repos/:owner/:repo/labels/:name <http://developer.github.com/v3/issues/labels>`_
:param name: string
:rtype: :class:`github.Label.Label`'

def get_label(self, name):

    assert isinstance(name, (str, unicode)), name
    (headers, data) = self._requester.requestJsonAndCheck('GET', ((self.url + '/labels/') + urllib.quote(name)))
    return github.Label.Label(self._requester, headers, data, completed=True)
