Posted in Featured Books, Features on May 20th, 2010
Denying the Source: The Crisis of First Nations Water Rights By: Merrell-Ann S. Phare Over the last 30 years, the courts have clarified that First Nations have numerous rights to land and resources, including the right to be involved in decision-making. This book is a call to respect the water rights of First Nations, and [...]
Posted in Featured Books, Features on May 5th, 2010
Plea Bargaining Across Borders: Criminal Procedure By: Jenia I. Turner Plea Bargaining Across Borders: Criminal Procedure can be used alongside any criminal procedure casebook to explore how criminal defendants are treated under different national and international jurisdictions. Jenia Iontcheva Turner employs realistic hypothetical scenarios to illustrate how different attitudes toward plea bargaining and sentencing can [...]
Posted in Featured Books, Features on Apr 17th, 2010
Law’s Expression – Communication, Law and Media in Canada By: Dr. Sheryl N. Hamilton Dr. Hamilton’s new book provides a timely, sociological overview of the blurring lines between law and communications today. It is a work that skillfully weaves together many of the complex ways Canadian law seeks to regulate the manner and media through [...]
Posted in Featured Books, Features on Apr 9th, 2010
The Mystery of Hearsay By: Gordon Cudmore The law of evidence continues to be a work in progress with the gates to admissibility continually being a primary focus in that evolution. Nowhere is this more evident than in the rule against hearsay, with the shift in Canada from a rule governed more by its exceptions [...]
Posted in Featured Books, Features on Mar 11th, 2010
Lawyer: A Brief 5,000 Year History By: R. Blain Andrus This comical, scholarly look at the history of lawyers is a roller coaster ride through history, viewed from a lawyer’s perspective. Starting from Biblical times with the case of Adam and Eve v. The State of Innocence, through ancient Greece and Rome and medieval Europe, [...]
Posted in Featured Books, Features on Feb 25th, 2010
Paper Wars: Access to Information in South Africa Edited by: Kate Allan Drawing on the experience of SAHA (South African History Archive), the chapters of Paper Wars will be the place to start for any serious scholar or dedicated activist seeking to understand the experience and place of South Africa in the global diffusion of [...]
Posted in Featured Books, Features on Feb 18th, 2010
Advertising and Marketing Law in Canada 3rd ed. By: Brenda Pritchard and Susan Vogt Written by two of Canada’s leading advertising and marketing lawyers, this text lays out in plain language the legal issues that are of relevance to advertising and marketing professionals. The book explains current law and regulatory codes for all provinces and [...]
Posted in Featured Books, Features on Feb 9th, 2010
The Art and Craft of International Environmental Law By: Daniel Bodansky International environmental law is often closer to home than we know, affecting the food we eat, the products we buy, and even the air we breathe. Drawing on more than two decades of experience as a government negotiator, consultant, and academic, Daniel Bodansky brings [...]
Posted in Featured Books, Features on Feb 1st, 2010
Social Media for Lawyers: Twitter Edition By: Adrian Dayton Social Media for Lawyers: Twitter Edition focuses entirely on how you will bring new clients to your firm by engaging with an already waiting community of people looking for your services. Practical advice and proven examples are provided of how to establish trusted relationships and gain [...]
Posted in Featured Books, Features on Jan 25th, 2010
Treaty Talks in British Columbia: Building a New Relationship 3rd ed. By: Christopher McKee This updated edition includes a postscript, co-authored with Peter Colenbrander, which provides an extensive overview of the treaty process from 2001 to 2009. The authors outline the achievements of and challenges for the treaty process as well as review some of [...]