Recent Books
The Conduct of Public Inquiries: Law, Policy, and Practice
Ed Ratushny
Irwin Law (October 2009)
The Conduct of Public Inquiries: Law, Policy, and Practice examines all aspects of the public inquiry as a governmental, legal and social institution. In addition to addressing specific legal issues, the book details the roles of the commissioner and legal counsel, the relationships with the government, the media and the public, as well as the rights and obligations of all individuals involved and affected by the inquiry. Examples from past inquiries are used to enhance the analysis of the entire process, including some of the most difficult problems and their possible solutions.
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms after Twenty-Five Years
Joseph Magnet
LexisNexis Butterworths (September 2009)
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms after Twenty-Five Years, co-edited with Bernard Adell, is a collection of essays authored by some of Canada’s foremost constitutional scholars, examining the impact and effects of the first 25 years of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Divided into five sections, the collection explores Charter Interpretation and ‘Dialogue,’ Identity/Communities of Interest, Security and Liberty, Globalization, and Social and Economic Rights.
Fundamentals of Income Tax Law
Vern Krishna
Carswell (September 2009)
Fundamentals of Income Tax Law examines Canadian income tax in terms of legislation, administrative practices and case law. The text is divided into four comprehensive themes: determination of income and tax liability, basic corporate taxation, administration and compliance, and tax avoidance. It also features four chapters devoted to corporate taxation, as well as a chapter dedicated to the rules pertaining to tax avoidance.
Canadian Legal Practice: A Guide for the 21st Century
Adam Dodek
LexisNexis (May 2009)
Canadian Legal Practice: A Guide for the 21st Century, edited by Professor Adam Dodek and Jeffrey G. Hoskins Q.C., features information compiled from a broad range of sources from every Canadian jurisdiction, offering advice on many critical issues from professional responsibilities and obligations to managing cases involving unrepresented litigants. As a comprehensive resource on law practice and professional conduct, the book addresses up-to-date legislation, case law, and commentary on the numerous issues facing practitioners today.
Confronting Discrimination and Inequality in China: Chinese and Canadian Perspectives
Errol Mendes
University of Ottawa Press (April 2009)
Confronting Discrimination and Inequality in China: Chinese and Canadian Perspectives, edited by Professor Errol Mendes and Sakunthala Srighanthan, features detailed analysis of human rights issues in China resulting from significant social changes in the country. Experts from both Canada and China, including government sociologists, dissident activists, and professional journalists, offer perspectives on how international human rights practices might be applied to a Chinese context.
Implementing the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Development Agenda
Jeremy de Beer
Wilfrid Laurier University Press (April 2009)
Implementing the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Development Agenda covers a range of fundamental issues surrounding the newly adopted World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Development Agenda, examining its recommendations from multidisciplinary and multi-regional perspectives. Topics range from concrete strategies for implementation to potential approaches for steering future reform. The international list of contributors includes Sara Bannerman, Xuan Li, Carolyn Deere, E. Richard Gold and Jean-Frédéric Morin, Sisule F. Musungu, Peter K. Yu, Shamnad Basheer and Annalisa Primi, Lihong Li, V.C. Vivekanandan, Pedro Paranaguá, and Andrew Rens.
Canadian Tort Law: Cases, Notes & Materials, 13th Edition
Bruce Feldthusen
LexisNexis (April 2009)
Canadian Tort Law: Cases, Notes & Materials, 13th Edition, co-authored with Allen M. Linden and Lewis N. Klar, is an introduction to tort law for students, offering analysis of basic concepts and an examination of the frequent problems that this area of law addresses. The book presents competing theories about the value and impact of the law of torts and ensures that students are exposed to the latest trends.
Critical Torts
Sanda Rodgers, Rakhi Ruparelia (’01) and Louise Bélanger-Hardy (’82)
LexisNexis (February 2009)
Critical Torts, a collection of essays, offers critical perspectives on Canadian Tort Law. Each author featured in the book considers the role of tort law in supporting and promoting social justice and in achieving change. The book features assessments of the tort law response to institutional abuse, treatment of welfare benefits in damages calculations, remedies for environmental degradation to aboriginal lands, racial discrimination, mental distress as tort damage, and the use of tort law in claims of torture and responses to sexual violence. The list of contributors includes Sheila McIntyre, Lynda Collins, Rakhi Ruparelia, Larry Chartrand, Sanda Rodgers, Louise Bélanger-Hardy and François Laroque.
Prostitution et traite des êtres humains, enjeux nationaux et internationaux
Nicole LaViolette (’96)
Les Éditions L’Interligne (February 2009)
Prostitution et traite des êtres humains, enjeux nationaux et internationaux is co-edited by Nicole LaViolette, Mélanie Claude and Richard Poulin. The work examines multilateral and regional treaties intended to combat sex trafficking of women and girls. Contributors, including Sigma Huda, the former United Nations' Special Rapporteur on Human Trafficking, scrutinize the progress made and the setbacks encountered in relation to existing treaties. The book also includes contributions from non-governmental organizations dedicated to combating the trafficking and sexual exploitation of women and children.
Lessons from the Identity Trail: Anonymity, Privacy and Identity in a Networked Society
Ian Kerr
Oxford University Press (February 2009)
Lessons from the Identity Trail: Anonymity, Privacy and Identity in a Networked Society is co-edited by Ian Kerr, Valerie Steeves and Carole Lucock. The book examines privacy, identity and anonymity through an interdisciplinary lens and brings together a distinguished array of philosophers, ethicists, scientists, lawyers, cryptographers, engineers and policy makers from Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Netherlands and Italy. The book is one of four volumes produced over the course of a collaborative research initiative, On the Identity Trail, which was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
- The Oxford Handbook of International Trade Law
- The Canadian Yearbook of International Law, Vol. XLV, 2007
- Elements of Quebec Civil Law: A Comparison with the Common Law of Canada
- Environmental Law, Third Edition
- Belonging and Banishment: Being Muslim in Canada
- Droit des propriétaires et des locataires dans les provinces et les territoires de common law
- Carnal Crimes: Sexual Assault Law in Canada, 1900-1975
- The Law of Evidence, Fifth Edition
- The Human Rights of Anti-Terrorism